republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2018rs/hb-167.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT relating to abandoned infants. Amend KRS 405.075 to establish a definition and allow the use of a "newborn safety device" related to the anonymous surrendering of a newborn infant in the Commonwealth.	AN ACT relating to abandoned infants. Amend KRS 405.075 to establish a definition and allow the use of a "newborn safety device" related to the anonymous surrendering of a newborn infant in the Commonwealth.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2018RS	HB 167	Kentucky HB 167 (2018RS)	bill		enacted	G. Brown Jr K. King L. Bechler M. Dossett	5	23	0	2018-01-10	2018-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/939191d7-0f80-4e2e-9eb2-432200dc5a01	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB167.htm	7ce3c5f04dd169f936d9d0e998f820d5c1029d53cc3f0c33a45798bf310cb789	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 167 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to abandoned infants. Amend KRS 405.075 to establish a definition and allow the use of a "newborn safety device" related to the anonymous surrendering of a newborn infant in the Commonwealth.

Version chain

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

1. HB 167 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
2. HCS1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
4. SCA1 (committee substitute) — source
5. SCS1 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• G. Brown Jr — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• L. Bechler — primary (person)
• M. Dossett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 Introduced in House introduction
• 2018-01-16 To Health and Family Services (H) referral-committee
• 2018-01-23 Posted in committee
• 2018-01-25 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute reading-1
• 2018-01-26 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2018-01-26 Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, January 29, 2018
• 2018-01-29 3rd reading, passed 89-0 with Committee Substitute reading-3, passage
• 2018-01-30 Received in Senate
• 2018-01-31 To Health & Welfare (S) referral-committee
• 2018-03-21 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute & committee amendment (1-title) reading-1
• 2018-03-22 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2018-03-27 Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 27, 2018
• 2018-03-27 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) committee amendment (1-title) reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-27 Received in House
• 2018-03-27 To Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2018-04-02 Taken from Rules
• 2018-04-02 Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
• 2018-04-02 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
• 2018-04-02 Bill passed 91-0
• 2018-04-02 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
• 2018-04-02 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
• 2018-04-02 Delivered to Governor
• 2018-04-13 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 152) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/939191d7-0f80-4e2e-9eb2-432200dc5a01. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).