---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities."
description: "Create new sections of KRS Chapter 210 to define terms; state legislative findings for the rights of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities; establish a cause of action to the Attorney General; permit the Attorney General to institute a civil action; set parameters for Circuit Courts to follow; cite as the Frank Huffman Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 214"
citation: "Kentucky HB 214 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Civil Actions", "Disabilities and the Disabled", "Mental Disability", "Mental Health", "Public Health", "Short Titles and Popular Names"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Camuel", "A. Gentry", "B. Chester-Burton", "C. Aull", "M. Hart", "R. Roarx", "T. Bojanowski"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a44e57b6-ea65-462d-9ef2-d7a0234e48e2"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb214.html"
source_hash: "fb292568fa7a841c390d5b6d9ce31258fc1d7797768135d69d1e8abd4f86b487"
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 214 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 210 to define terms; state legislative findings for the rights of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities; establish a cause of action to the Attorney General; permit the Attorney General to institute a civil action; set parameters for Circuit Courts to follow; cite as the Frank Huffman Act.

## 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/hb214/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 211** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0211.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb214/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 214 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Camuel — primary (person)
- A. Gentry — primary (person)
- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- C. Aull — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- R. Roarx — primary (person)
- T. Bojanowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** to Families & Children (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 96-0 `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 211) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a44e57b6-ea65-462d-9ef2-d7a0234e48e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).