---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants. Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit a sex offender registrant who is 18 years of age or older and has committed a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor from having the same residence as a minor; provide an exception if the registrant is the minor's spouse, parent, grandparent, stepparent, sibling, stepsibling, or court-appointed guardian of the minor, unless the minor was a victim of the registrant."
description: "AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants. Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit a sex offender registrant who is 18 years of age or older and has committed a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor from having the same residence as a minor; provide an exception if the registrant is the minor's spouse, parent, grandparent, stepparent, sibling, stepsibling, or court-appointed guardian of the minor, unless the minor was a victim of the registrant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 356"
citation: "Kentucky HB 356 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Petrie"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37917232-b7a3-493b-a788-5eeab0f0a797"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB356.htm"
source_hash: "f85dc85db8889591ac4a3dee79645b130ee24f7662c283ddfe8ea46c4c686522"
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 356 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants. Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit a sex offender registrant who is 18 years of age or older and has committed a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor from having the same residence as a minor; provide an exception if the registrant is the minor's spouse, parent, grandparent, stepparent, sibling, stepsibling, or court-appointed guardian of the minor, unless the minor was a victim of the registrant.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 356 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB356/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB356/bill.pdf)
3. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB356/SFA1.pdf)
4. **SFA2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB356/SFA2.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Petrie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-14** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-14** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-16** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 19, 2018
- **2018-03-19** 3rd reading, passed 86-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-20** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-21** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-29** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-04-13** 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** Floor amendment (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **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. 181) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37917232-b7a3-493b-a788-5eeab0f0a797`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).