---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to birth certificates."
description: "Amend KRS 213.141 to establish that a homeless individual as defined in KRS 198A.700 or a homeless individual under the age of 25 does not have to pay a fee to get a copy of his or her birth certificate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 100"
citation: "Kentucky HB 100 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Fiscal Note", "Public Records and Reports", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Gentry", "B. Chester-Burton", "D. Elliott", "E. Callaway", "G. Brown Jr.", "J. Bauman", "J. Blanton", "J. Hodgson", "J. Raymond", "K. Bratcher", "K. Fleming", "L. Burke", "N. Kulkarni", "R. Bridges", "S. Dietz", "S. Rawlings", "S. Stalker", "S. Witten", "W. Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbc8b037-86ba-4002-a339-6d499b898032"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb100.html"
source_hash: "b6cb0ed297cefeb39247aa75897ad59ad72671861aa1cf1a19cbc8ee65275a09"
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 100 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to birth certificates.

Amend KRS 213.141 to establish that a homeless individual as defined in KRS 198A.700 or a homeless individual under the age of 25 does not have to pay a fee to get a copy of his or her birth certificate.

## 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/24RS/hb100/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 96** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0096.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb100/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 100 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Gentry — primary (person)
- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- E. Callaway — primary (person)
- G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
- J. Bauman — primary (person)
- J. Blanton — primary (person)
- J. Hodgson — primary (person)
- J. Raymond — primary (person)
- K. Bratcher — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- L. Burke — primary (person)
- N. Kulkarni — primary (person)
- R. Bridges — primary (person)
- S. Dietz — primary (person)
- S. Rawlings — primary (person)
- S. Stalker — primary (person)
- S. Witten — primary (person)
- W. Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 24, 2024
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 96) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbc8b037-86ba-4002-a339-6d499b898032`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).