---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to income tax checkoff programs and making an appropriation therefor. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide taxpayers the option to donate to the Kentucky CASA network fund from their individual income tax refund; require the Department of Revenue to place the designation on the face of the Kentucky individual income tax return; provide information about the Kentucky CASA network fund in the return's instructions; transfer the funds designated by taxpayers to the Kentucky CASA network fund by July 1; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to establish the Kentucky CASA network fund and describe the requirements of the fund."
description: "AN ACT relating to income tax checkoff programs and making an appropriation therefor. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide taxpayers the option to donate to the Kentucky CASA network fund from their individual income tax refund; require the Department of Revenue to place the designation on the face of the Kentucky individual income tax return; provide information about the Kentucky CASA network fund in the return's instructions; transfer the funds designated by taxpayers to the Kentucky CASA network fund by July 1; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to establish the Kentucky CASA network fund and describe the requirements of the fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 204"
citation: "Kentucky SB 204 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Kerr", "W. Westerfield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-26"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d521b3c5-b9fb-4575-be76-bceffcd20a51"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB204.htm"
source_hash: "636b83308d5d82dd250362b016a1cf336bf9753de82a08cfd09f92b1410cabcd"
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 204 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to income tax checkoff programs and making an appropriation therefor. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to provide taxpayers the option to donate to the Kentucky CASA network fund from their individual income tax refund; require the Department of Revenue to place the designation on the face of the Kentucky individual income tax return; provide information about the Kentucky CASA network fund in the return's instructions; transfer the funds designated by taxpayers to the Kentucky CASA network fund by July 1; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to establish the Kentucky CASA network fund and describe the requirements of the fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB204/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Kerr — primary (person)
- W. Westerfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-27** To Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 8, 2018
- **2018-03-08** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-09** Received in House
- **2018-03-13** To Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-20** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 22, 2018
- **2018-03-22** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-22** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 62) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d521b3c5-b9fb-4575-be76-bceffcd20a51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).