---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to screening for hepatitis C. Amend KRS 214.160 to establish that all pregnant women be tested for hepatitis C and recommend testing for children born from a pregnant woman who has a positive hepatitis C test result."
description: "AN ACT relating to screening for hepatitis C. Amend KRS 214.160 to establish that all pregnant women be tested for hepatitis C and recommend testing for children born from a pregnant woman who has a positive hepatitis C test result."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 250"
citation: "Kentucky SB 250 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Adams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22798233-227c-4d5f-8fea-bfa9089aeaab"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB250.htm"
source_hash: "79d5a556d652750d0c4e5a052c6ddcf43c79f09c66b0a4aa8e7e18a6ecdf36c8"
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 250 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to screening for hepatitis C. Amend KRS 214.160 to establish that all pregnant women be tested for hepatitis C and recommend testing for children born from a pregnant woman who has a positive hepatitis C test result.

## 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/SB250/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Adams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-03-05** To Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 16, 2018
- **2018-03-16** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-19** Received in House
- **2018-03-21** To Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Posting waived
- **2018-03-22** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-27** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 29, 2018
- **2018-03-29** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-29** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-29** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 125) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22798233-227c-4d5f-8fea-bfa9089aeaab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).