---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to child dependency, neglect, and abuse reports."
description: "Amend KRS 620.050 to allow identified persons or entities to have access to confidential information related to child dependency, neglect, and abuse reports for the purpose of a bona fide research, quality improvement, or evaluation project; establish criteria."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 242"
citation: "Kentucky HB 242 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Courts", "Research and Methods", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16d28837-81cb-41e1-b016-13b5c9981446"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb242.html"
source_hash: "a5c6ef15d2a34fe59d9c7a0627896176db436c39b8102d998b6ac8e4d6155996"
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 242 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to child dependency, neglect, and abuse reports.

Amend KRS 620.050 to allow identified persons or entities to have access to confidential information related to child dependency, neglect, and abuse reports for the purpose of a bona fide research, quality improvement, or evaluation project; establish criteria.

## 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/25RS/hb242/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 14** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0014.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb242/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 242 — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Families & Children (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Families & Children (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 14) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16d28837-81cb-41e1-b016-13b5c9981446`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).