---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Rename the United States Department of Veterans Affairs throughout the Kentucky Revised Statutes."
description: "AN ACT relating to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Rename the United States Department of Veterans Affairs throughout the Kentucky Revised Statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 498"
citation: "Kentucky HB 498 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8af00c2-e644-4a28-9397-5cfcc64820e9"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB498.htm"
source_hash: "a2f237c1800e1314339f52bf681a08f5815c12b033edc702cf4a2943e55c86fa"
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 498 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Rename the United States Department of Veterans Affairs throughout the Kentucky Revised Statutes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB498/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-21** To Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-22** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-24** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-24** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-27** To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-03** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 6, 2017
- **2017-03-06** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-06** Received in House
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-08** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-08** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 42) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8af00c2-e644-4a28-9397-5cfcc64820e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).