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| Bill | AN ACT relating to federally mandated background checks and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 17.165 to define "criminal offense against a victim who is a minor"; require that all employers of applicants for initial employment in positions involving supervisory or disciplinary power over minors request conviction information from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet or the Administrative Office of the Courts; prohibit hiring of such applicants if they were convicted of a violent crime, sex crime, or criminal offense against a minor victim, or have been found by a court to have abused or neglected a child; amend KRS 199.011 to add the definition for "rap back system"; amend KRS 199.462 to allow the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to register members of certified adoptive or foster homes into the rap back system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to define "child care staff member"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to require child care staff members to submit to background checks; permit the cabinet to charge a fee for the check and require that the fee charged to the cabinet is no greater than the actual cost of the check; require the promulgation of administrative regulations; amend KRS 199.896 to require directors and employees of child-care centers with supervisory or disciplinary power over minors or in direct contact with minors to submit to background checks; amend KRS 199.8982 to require family child-care providers to submit to background checks; amend KRS 17.990 to conform; EMERGENCY. | AN ACT relating to federally mandated background checks and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 17.165 to define "criminal offense against a victim who is a minor"; require that all employers of applicants for initial employment in positions involving supervisory or disciplinary power over minors request conviction information from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet or the Administrative Office of the Courts; prohibit hiring of such applicants if they were convicted of a violent crime, sex crime, or criminal offense against a minor victim, or have been found by a court to have abused or neglected a child; amend KRS 199.011 to add the definition for "rap back system"; amend KRS 199.462 to allow the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to register members of certified adoptive or foster homes into the rap back system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to define "child care staff member"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to require child care staff members to submit to background checks; permit the cabinet to charge a fee for the check and require that the fee charged to the cabinet is no greater than the actual cost of the check; require the promulgation of administrative regulations; amend KRS 199.896 to require directors and employees of child-care centers with supervisory or disciplinary power over minors or in direct contact with minors to submit to background checks; amend KRS 199.8982 to require family child-care providers to submit to background checks; amend KRS 17.990 to conform; EMERGENCY. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2017RS | HB 374 | Kentucky HB 374 (2017RS) |
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enacted | 4 | 26 | 0 | 2017-02-14 | 2017-03-27 | openstates | ocd-bill/5c98f050-72db-4cc5-bea5-ee3178969df8 | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB374.htm | c50d1b40867665ad9b7d85b3bde8efd25570a657ca169b017c0b0c1c375f416d | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Kentucky HB 374 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to federally mandated background checks and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 17.165 to define "criminal offense against a victim who is a minor"; require that all employers of applicants for initial employment in positions involving supervisory or disciplinary power over minors request conviction information from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet or the Administrative Office of the Courts; prohibit hiring of such applicants if they were convicted of a violent crime, sex crime, or criminal offense against a minor victim, or have been found by a court to have abused or neglected a child; amend KRS 199.011 to add the definition for "rap back system"; amend KRS 199.462 to allow the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to register members of certified adoptive or foster homes into the rap back system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to define "child care staff member"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to require child care staff members to submit to background checks; permit the cabinet to charge a fee for the check and require that the fee charged to the cabinet is no greater than the actual cost of the check; require the promulgation of administrative regulations; amend KRS 199.896 to require directors and employees of child-care centers with supervisory or disciplinary power over minors or in direct contact with minors to submit to background checks; amend KRS 199.8982 to require family child-care providers to submit to background checks; amend KRS 17.990 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB 374 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
- HCS1 (committee substitute) — source
- Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
- SFA1 (committee substitute) — source
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-14 Introduced in House
introduction - 2017-02-15 To Judiciary (H)
referral-committee - 2017-02-21 Reassigned to Health and Family Services (H)
- 2017-02-22 Posted in committee
- 2017-02-23 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
reading-1 - 2017-02-24 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2017-02-24 Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 27, 2017
- 2017-02-27 Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- 2017-02-27 3rd reading, passed 91-0 with Committee Substitute
reading-3, passage - 2017-02-28 Received in Senate
- 2017-02-28 To Judiciary (S)
referral-committee - 2017-03-02 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
reading-1 - 2017-03-03 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2017-03-06 Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 7, 2017
- 2017-03-07 Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 8, 2017
- 2017-03-07 Floor amendment (1) filed
amendment-introduction - 2017-03-08 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with floor amendment (1)
reading-3, passage - 2017-03-14 Received in House
- 2017-03-14 To Rules (H)
referral-committee - 2017-03-15 Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendment (1)
- 2017-03-15 House concurred in Senate floor amendment (1)
- 2017-03-15 Bill passed 93-0
- 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. 135)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c98f050-72db-4cc5-bea5-ee3178969df8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).