---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to cell phones. Amend KRS 520.010 to allow persons who are in a detention facility in a professional capacity to possess a cell phone or other personal electronic device."
description: "AN ACT relating to cell phones. Amend KRS 520.010 to allow persons who are in a detention facility in a professional capacity to possess a cell phone or other personal electronic device."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 207"
citation: "Kentucky HB 207 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. McCoy", "D. Elliott", "D. St. Onge", "J. Nemes", "J. Petrie", "J. Wayne", "S. Westrom"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/354618aa-6d8d-4a9f-8587-be5088b377aa"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB207.htm"
source_hash: "6b083272d20d3a6119258f119945ab412e9c9c331b54a0fe11c262b9975b3f50"
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 207 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to cell phones. Amend KRS 520.010 to allow persons who are in a detention facility in a professional capacity to possess a cell phone or other personal electronic device.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 207 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB207/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB207/HCS1.pdf)
3. **HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB207/HFA1.pdf)
4. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB207/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. McCoy — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. St. Onge — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- J. Wayne — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-07** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 9, 2018
- **2018-03-09** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2018-03-16** Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-19** 3rd reading, passed 83-2 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-20** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-21** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2018-03-22** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** Returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2018-03-27** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2018-04-14** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Saturday, April 14, 2018
- **2018-04-14** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-14** Received in House
- **2018-04-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-04-14** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-26** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 190) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/354618aa-6d8d-4a9f-8587-be5088b377aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).