---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to child welfare."
description: "AN ACT relating to child welfare."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 446"
citation: "Kentucky HB 446 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Health and Medical Services", "Parental Rights", "State Agencies", "Children and Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Meade", "J. Jenkins", "M. Prunty"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/447b4e76-ff83-42da-a2b5-253f7af8c27e"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb446.html"
source_hash: "abc68478534adb7b1eb731bf79eef178cfe1a31d6a7f2793bf00e173391f3e69"
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 446 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to child welfare.

## 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/hb446/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Meade — primary (person)
- J. Jenkins — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Health and Family Services (H)
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Health and Family Services (H)
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as consent bill
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2019
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 132) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/447b4e76-ff83-42da-a2b5-253f7af8c27e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).