---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to sex offenders."
description: "Create a new section of KRS 17.500 to 17.580 to define \"social media platform\"; require sex offenders who have committed a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor to display their full legal name on social media platforms; provide penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 249"
citation: "Kentucky SB 249 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Communications", "Corrections Impact", "Crimes and Punishments", "Local Mandate", "Retroactive Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Tichenor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c4584dc-f425-4214-9201-a4f440869041"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb249.html"
source_hash: "634a7b6e7093cae141513aa8d60b7fa5515b012fc74d273acf4c269c3c9da709"
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 SB 249 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to sex offenders.

Create a new section of KRS 17.500 to 17.580 to define "social media platform"; require sex offenders who have committed a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor to display their full legal name on social media platforms; provide penalties.

## 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/sb249/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 204** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0204.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb249/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 249 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- L. Tichenor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+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 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 204) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c4584dc-f425-4214-9201-a4f440869041`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).