---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to responsible real property ownership. Amend KRS 258.095 to modify the definition of persons who would qualify as the \"owner\" of a dog for purposes of that chapter."
description: "AN ACT relating to responsible real property ownership. Amend KRS 258.095 to modify the definition of persons who would qualify as the \"owner\" of a dog for purposes of that chapter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "Kentucky SB 12 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-12-07"
last_action: "2017-01-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca59b111-bda6-4100-aff9-e6f98388ead2"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB12.htm"
source_hash: "29bbae2738c22f40bfe7579027d1a4a4048776cabdbc057335976e6e0f4f5f36"
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 SB 12 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to responsible real property ownership. Amend KRS 258.095 to modify the definition of persons who would qualify as the "owner" of a dog for purposes of that chapter.

## 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/SB12/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 12 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB12/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SCA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB12/SCA1.pdf)
4. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB12/SCS1.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-07** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2017-01-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-01-03** Taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2017-01-03** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-03** Returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2017-01-04** Taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2017-01-04** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-04** Returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2017-01-05** To State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** Reported favorably with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2017-01-05** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 5, 2017
- **2017-01-05** 3rd reading, passed 25-11 with committee amendment (1-title) and Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-05** Received in House
- **2017-01-05** To State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** Taken from State Government (H)
- **2017-01-05** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-05** Returned to State Government (H)
- **2017-01-05** Posting waived
- **2017-01-06** Taken from State Government (H)
- **2017-01-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-01-06** Returned to State Government (H)
- **2017-01-07** Reported favorably, to Rules
- **2017-01-07** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Saturday, January 7, 2017
- **2017-01-07** 3rd reading, passed 57-35 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-01-07** Received in Senate
- **2017-01-07** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-01-07** Received in House
- **2017-01-07** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-01-07** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-01-09** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 007) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca59b111-bda6-4100-aff9-e6f98388ead2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).