---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to child abuse."
description: "Amend KRS 620.030 to allow a person to make a written report of dependency, neglect, or abuse of a child."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 271"
citation: "Kentucky HB 271 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Courts", "Courts", "Family", "Reports Mandated"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Chester-Burton", "J. Decker", "N. Wilson", "R. Roarx", "S. Heavrin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cdacad2-81ef-4094-a18b-d8cebf9a5705"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb271.html"
source_hash: "d70e839b3ab63b529d44c24c48727101da14b5e0caa8111361b2f0d29068199e"
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 271 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to child abuse.

Amend KRS 620.030 to allow a person to make a written report of dependency, neglect, or abuse of a child.

## 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/hb271/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 144** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0144.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb271/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 271 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- J. Decker — primary (person)
- N. Wilson — primary (person)
- R. Roarx — primary (person)
- S. Heavrin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Families & Children (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 06, 2024
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Families & Children (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- **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
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 144) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cdacad2-81ef-4094-a18b-d8cebf9a5705`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).