---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to pawnbrokers. Amend KRS 226.040 to require specific information on a pawnbroker's register to be included on an Internet-based register; require that the register be available to law enforcement personnel and that it contain a full description of property purchased or pawned; require secondhand merchandise sold to a pawnbroker to be held a minimum of 12 days before being resold."
description: "AN ACT relating to pawnbrokers. Amend KRS 226.040 to require specific information on a pawnbroker's register to be included on an Internet-based register; require that the register be available to law enforcement personnel and that it contain a full description of property purchased or pawned; require secondhand merchandise sold to a pawnbroker to be held a minimum of 12 days before being resold."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 74"
citation: "Kentucky HB 74 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. King", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-12-06"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b54d8b3e-b866-4024-83ef-918093122b1c"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB74.htm"
source_hash: "8235c758ae0433f5c6d351fc0555f13b74138577ee0ed7dd0b7cc90741a91c6e"
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 74 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to pawnbrokers. Amend KRS 226.040 to require specific information on a pawnbroker's register to be included on an Internet-based register; require that the register be available to law enforcement personnel and that it contain a full description of property purchased or pawned; require secondhand merchandise sold to a pawnbroker to be held a minimum of 12 days before being resold.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 74 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB74/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB74/HFA1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB74/bill.pdf)
4. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB74/SFA1.pdf)
5. **SFA2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB74/SFA2.pdf)

## Sponsors

- K. King — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-06** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2018-01-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-02** To Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-05** Posted in committee
- **2018-01-10** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-01-11** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-16** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 17, 2018
- **2018-01-17** 3rd reading, passed 85-0 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-18** Received in Senate
- **2018-01-19** To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-14** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 20, 2018
- **2018-02-16** Floor amendment (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-20** Passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
- **2018-02-21** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with floor amendments (1) and (2) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-22** Received in House
- **2018-02-22** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendments (1) and (2)
- **2018-03-02** House concurred in Senate floor amendments (1) and (2)
- **2018-03-02** Passed 75-2
- **2018-03-05** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-06** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-13** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 15) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b54d8b3e-b866-4024-83ef-918093122b1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).