---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to adoption records."
description: "Amend KRS 199.572 to permit the child, grandchild, or sibling of a deceased birth parent or deceased adoptee to be given the right to inspect adoption papers and records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 87"
citation: "Kentucky HB 87 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Archives and Records", "Children and Minors", "Courts", "Parental Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["E. Callaway", "J. Blanton", "S. Dietz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6de13ab-86eb-4803-b796-094722e6b8f5"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb87.html"
source_hash: "ea88c45a4b5e5be3e806f1e8df95a440e8ac42a82fe809b466525931cba7eb14"
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 87 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to adoption records.

Amend KRS 199.572 to permit the child, grandchild, or sibling of a deceased birth parent or deceased adoptee to be given the right to inspect adoption papers and records.

## 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/hb87/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 43** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0043.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb87/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 87 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- E. Callaway — primary (person)
- J. Blanton — primary (person)
- S. Dietz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 24, 2024
- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 11, 2024
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 90-1 `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+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
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch.43) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6de13ab-86eb-4803-b796-094722e6b8f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).