---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to patient medical records."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 422 to establish standards and procedures for access to copies of patient medical records for a patient who is under the age of eighteen."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 174"
citation: "Kentucky HB 174 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Medical Services", "Hospitals and Nursing Homes", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fugate", "D. Bentley", "J. Hodgson", "K. Moser", "M. Lockett", "R. Raymer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/319bcd85-7a5b-49ff-aa6d-9612e3f764f6"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb174.html"
source_hash: "af637209751134e90cc44ab24c21efe2c6590e084e013054c0ff86b0c0c2675a"
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 174 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to patient medical records.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 422 to establish standards and procedures for access to copies of patient medical records for a patient who is under the age of eighteen.

## 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/hb174/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 164** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0164.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb174/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 174 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- J. Hodgson — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- M. Lockett — primary (person)
- R. Raymer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 01, 2024
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment defeated Floor Amendment (1)
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** passed 81-15 `passage`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 28-7 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 77-18 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **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
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 164) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/319bcd85-7a5b-49ff-aa6d-9612e3f764f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).