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| Bill | AN ACT relating to the protection of children. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to permit a parent or legal guardian to request a background check of the child abuse and neglect registry records when employing a child care provider for his or her minor child; require the cabinet to make the request form available on its Web site; create language to require the signature of the individual child care provider consenting to a background check; amend KRS 160.380 to require that school superintendents conduct a background check of child abuse and neglect records maintained by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services when considering employment decisions; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms, prohibit youth camps from employing or allowing the involvement of any individual who has been convicted of a criminal offense against a minor or a sex crime, who is a violent offender or has abused or neglected a child; require youth camps to obtain state and national criminal background checks of applicants, contractors, or volunteers; require documentation of records checks; provide for suspension of operating permits if a youth camp is not in compliance; establish a criminal penalty for knowingly employing certain offenders; amend KRS 160.157 to allow a private, parochial, or church school to conduct a background check of child abuse and neglect records maintained by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services when considering employment decisions; Section 1 to 2 of this Act are effective July 1, 2018. | AN ACT relating to the protection of children. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to permit a parent or legal guardian to request a background check of the child abuse and neglect registry records when employing a child care provider for his or her minor child; require the cabinet to make the request form available on its Web site; create language to require the signature of the individual child care provider consenting to a background check; amend KRS 160.380 to require that school superintendents conduct a background check of child abuse and neglect records maintained by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services when considering employment decisions; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms, prohibit youth camps from employing or allowing the involvement of any individual who has been convicted of a criminal offense against a minor or a sex crime, who is a violent offender or has abused or neglected a child; require youth camps to obtain state and national criminal background checks of applicants, contractors, or volunteers; require documentation of records checks; provide for suspension of operating permits if a youth camp is not in compliance; establish a criminal penalty for knowingly employing certain offenders; amend KRS 160.157 to allow a private, parochial, or church school to conduct a background check of child abuse and neglect records maintained by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services when considering employment decisions; Section 1 to 2 of this Act are effective July 1, 2018. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2017RS | SB 236 | Kentucky SB 236 (2017RS) |
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enacted | 3 | 28 | 0 | 2017-02-16 | 2017-03-27 | openstates | ocd-bill/fd8939d8-1b47-4942-9fd6-76a5d4fde0ad | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB236.htm | 44b4fbc65709413d8a5a2ac3f98e748ba3ac59d3544d03111868c2a9550ed2bb | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Kentucky SB 236 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to the protection of children. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to permit a parent or legal guardian to request a background check of the child abuse and neglect registry records when employing a child care provider for his or her minor child; require the cabinet to make the request form available on its Web site; create language to require the signature of the individual child care provider consenting to a background check; amend KRS 160.380 to require that school superintendents conduct a background check of child abuse and neglect records maintained by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services when considering employment decisions; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms, prohibit youth camps from employing or allowing the involvement of any individual who has been convicted of a criminal offense against a minor or a sex crime, who is a violent offender or has abused or neglected a child; require youth camps to obtain state and national criminal background checks of applicants, contractors, or volunteers; require documentation of records checks; provide for suspension of operating permits if a youth camp is not in compliance; establish a criminal penalty for knowingly employing certain offenders; amend KRS 160.157 to allow a private, parochial, or church school to conduct a background check of child abuse and neglect records maintained by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services when considering employment decisions; Section 1 to 2 of this Act are effective July 1, 2018.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
- SB 236 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
- SCS1 (committee substitute) — source
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-16 Introduced in Senate
introduction - 2017-02-21 To Health & Welfare (S)
referral-committee - 2017-02-27 Taken from Health & Welfare (S)
- 2017-02-27 1st reading
reading-1 - 2017-02-27 Returned to Health & Welfare (S)
- 2017-02-28 Taken from Health & Welfare (S)
- 2017-02-28 2nd reading
reading-2 - 2017-02-28 Returned to Health & Welfare (S)
- 2017-03-01 Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute
- 2017-03-02 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 2, 2017
- 2017-03-02 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute
reading-3, passage - 2017-03-03 Received in House
- 2017-03-06 To Health and Family Services (H)
referral-committee - 2017-03-07 Taken from Health and Family Services (H)
- 2017-03-07 1st reading
reading-1 - 2017-03-07 Returned to Health and Family Services (H)
- 2017-03-08 Taken from Health and Family Services (H)
- 2017-03-08 2nd reading
reading-2 - 2017-03-08 Returned to Health and Family Services (H)
- 2017-03-08 Posted in committee
- 2017-03-14 Reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill
- 2017-03-14 Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2017
- 2017-03-15 3rd reading, passed 97-0
reading-3, passage - 2017-03-15 Received in Senate
- 2017-03-15 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- 2017-03-15 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- 2017-03-15 Delivered to Governor
- 2017-03-27 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 115)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd8939d8-1b47-4942-9fd6-76a5d4fde0ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).