---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to child welfare and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to child welfare and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 158"
citation: "Kentucky HB 158 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Guardians", "Health and Medical Services", "Parental Rights", "Public Safety", "Children and Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Massey", "D. Carroll", "D. Graham", "D. Meade", "D. Osborne", "J. Graviss", "J. Jenkins", "K. Moser", "K. Moser", "L. Bechler", "L. Willner", "M. Prunty", "R. Huff", "W. Westerfield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e28450b3-83b1-46ae-8a8d-f96c12fd060e"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb158.html"
source_hash: "d55d3c6e612516f725dd5fa0a85d15abcd792f91b15eb59ff1a9a6a5c6aa7a35"
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 158 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to child welfare and declaring an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb158/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Massey — primary (person)
- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- D. Graham — primary (person)
- D. Meade — primary (person)
- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- J. Graviss — primary (person)
- J. Jenkins — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- L. Bechler — primary (person)
- L. Willner — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- W. Westerfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 19, 2019
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 6, 2019
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendments (1) and (2) `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for concurrence
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendments (1) and (2)
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** passed 94-1 `passage`
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 033) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e28450b3-83b1-46ae-8a8d-f96c12fd060e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).