---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to human trafficking and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "AN ACT relating to human trafficking and making an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Kentucky HB 2 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime Victims", "Crimes and Punishments", "Criminal Procedure", "Motor Carriers", "Notices", "Railroads", "Aeronautics and Aviation", "Claims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6a52e86-82ce-48ef-98de-959b65cec18d"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb2.html"
source_hash: "c31333af93bacddb680d629d3356e070c3c06ffe3c4fd434eb0e15f3c0c45868"
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 2 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to human trafficking and making an appropriation therefor.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb2/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb2/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 2 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 6, 2020
- **2020-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 87-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 26, 2020
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts ch. 75) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6a52e86-82ce-48ef-98de-959b65cec18d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).