---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to mine safety. Amend KRS 351.090 and 351.140 to reduce the required number of inspections of underground mines; specify reduced number of required inspections for both annual mine inspections and annual full electrical inspections."
description: "AN ACT relating to mine safety. Amend KRS 351.090 and 351.140 to reduce the required number of inspections of underground mines; specify reduced number of required inspections for both annual mine inspections and annual full electrical inspections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 384"
citation: "Kentucky HB 384 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dbf3dba-7c71-4941-93a7-d59be2871eff"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB384.htm"
source_hash: "6edce8ad835ccc9890cb4785f96f26810410db2a2514eb367c4de0727f1f6561"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 384 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to mine safety. Amend KRS 351.090 and 351.140 to reduce the required number of inspections of underground mines; specify reduced number of required inspections for both annual mine inspections and annual full electrical inspections.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 384 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB384/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB384/HFA1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB384/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-16** To Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Posted in committee
- **2017-03-01** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 3, 2017
- **2017-03-03** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-06** 3rd reading, passed 91-1 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-07** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-07** To Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Taken from Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2017-03-07** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2017-03-08** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2017
- **2017-03-14** 3rd reading, passed 28-8 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Received in House
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-14** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-21** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 72) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dbf3dba-7c71-4941-93a7-d59be2871eff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).