---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to legal instruments."
description: "Amend KRS 382.297 to establish when a county clerk shall admit any amendment, renewal, modification, or extension of a recorded mortgage to record; establish when a county clerk shall admit affidavits of amendment prepared and executed by an attorney to record; establish recording requirements and construction of section; amend KRS 413.100 to establish when a promise, acknowledgment, or payment of money operates as an extension of a lien in a recorded mortgage or deed; establish recording requirements for extension."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 488"
citation: "Kentucky HB 488 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts", "County Clerks", "Deeds and Conveyances", "Liens", "Loans and Credit", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Meredith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acfddcf6-9397-4527-ae82-68906262612d"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb488.html"
source_hash: "4f602bbb448c6ca52f79896968fed04b8c8a3d0e0da45d26a6df876eb1b6db97"
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 488 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to legal instruments.

Amend KRS 382.297 to establish when a county clerk shall admit any amendment, renewal, modification, or extension of a recorded mortgage to record; establish when a county clerk shall admit affidavits of amendment prepared and executed by an attorney to record; establish recording requirements and construction of section; amend KRS 413.100 to establish when a promise, acknowledgment, or payment of money operates as an extension of a lien in a recorded mortgage or deed; establish recording requirements for extension.

## 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/hb488/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 130** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0130.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb488/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 488 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Meredith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Banking & Insurance (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+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. 130) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acfddcf6-9397-4527-ae82-68906262612d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).