---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the correction of marriage documents."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 402 to allow a county clerk to correct a marriage application or marriage license upon receipt of an affidavit executed by both parties to the marriage; provide examples of errors and omissions that a clerk may correct upon receipt of the affidavit; allow persons to obtain a corrected marriage license by court order if they choose; make a person who intentionally submits a material false statement subject to the penalties in KRS 523.030; amend KRS 209A.045 to permit any funds collected from amending marriage licenses to be remitted to the domestic violence shelter fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 462"
citation: "Kentucky HB 462 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Archives and Records", "Corrections Impact", "County Clerks", "Domestic Relations", "Local Mandate", "Public Records and Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73b61d94-8cd1-4efb-a160-912638296b0f"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb462.html"
source_hash: "1f2abb0a2dd348249eb1ca6d351e52c5c65ba6e87bdcdd29722920ec75211515"
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 462 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to the correction of marriage documents.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 402 to allow a county clerk to correct a marriage application or marriage license upon receipt of an affidavit executed by both parties to the marriage; provide examples of errors and omissions that a clerk may correct upon receipt of the affidavit; allow persons to obtain a corrected marriage license by court order if they choose; make a person who intentionally submits a material false statement subject to the penalties in KRS 523.030; amend KRS 209A.045 to permit any funds collected from amending marriage licenses to be remitted to the domestic violence shelter fund.

## 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/hb462/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 135** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0135.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb462/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 462 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 28, 2025
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 135) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73b61d94-8cd1-4efb-a160-912638296b0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).