---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend KRS 15A.020 to reorganize the Department of Juvenile Justice into offices and divisions; confirm Executive Order 2017-599, dated September 1, 2017."
description: "AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend KRS 15A.020 to reorganize the Department of Juvenile Justice into offices and divisions; confirm Executive Order 2017-599, dated September 1, 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 431"
citation: "Kentucky HB 431 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Petrie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-21"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f8b404c-27a2-40d0-a02a-d5b6e757d9fb"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB431.htm"
source_hash: "29da92f00053237a9c1a6b9101e6b80c82552cee6360ead62d1b72213d493d8d"
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 431 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend KRS 15A.020 to reorganize the Department of Juvenile Justice into offices and divisions; confirm Executive Order 2017-599, dated September 1, 2017.

## 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/18RS/HB431/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Petrie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-23** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-07** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-12** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 13, 2018
- **2018-03-14** 3rd reading, passed 84-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-15** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-16** 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 Friday, April 13, 2018
- **2018-04-13** Passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
- **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. 192) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f8b404c-27a2-40d0-a02a-d5b6e757d9fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).