---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to orders of restitution and forfeiture following a criminal conviction of cruelty to animals in the second degree. Amend KRS 525.130, relating to cruelty to animals in the second degree, to allow a court to order an offender to pay restitution for the upkeep of a horse involved in the offense and terminate the offender's interest in the horse involved in the offense."
description: "AN ACT relating to orders of restitution and forfeiture following a criminal conviction of cruelty to animals in the second degree. Amend KRS 525.130, relating to cruelty to animals in the second degree, to allow a court to order an offender to pay restitution for the upkeep of a horse involved in the offense and terminate the offender's interest in the horse involved in the offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 200"
citation: "Kentucky HB 200 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b272a641-df31-4513-85a2-ea42aacebd95"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB200.htm"
source_hash: "e247405a0f517b64522cb19e2ba9ad210deb1fb5306f3280176f73506d64d89f"
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 200 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to orders of restitution and forfeiture following a criminal conviction of cruelty to animals in the second degree. Amend KRS 525.130, relating to cruelty to animals in the second degree, to allow a court to order an offender to pay restitution for the upkeep of a horse involved in the offense and terminate the offender's interest in the horse involved in the offense.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 200 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB200/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB200/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB200/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-21** To Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27** Posted in committee
- **2017-03-01** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 3, 2017
- **2017-03-03** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 3, 2017
- **2017-03-03** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-06** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-06** To Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2017
- **2017-03-15** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-15** Received in House
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-15** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 145) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b272a641-df31-4513-85a2-ea42aacebd95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).