republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2021rs/hb-448.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to child welfare.	AN ACT relating to child welfare.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2021RS	HB 448	Kentucky HB 448 (2021RS)	bill	Children and Minors Courts Mental Health State Agencies	enacted	A. Bowling B. Reed B. Wesley D. Bentley D. Frazier D. Lewis DJ Johnson J. Bray J. Decker J. Tipton K. Moser M. Prunty N. Kirk-McCormick R. Goforth S. Sharp S. Westrom T. Smith W. Lawrence	3	21	2	2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00	2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/af77bafa-02f6-430a-ab7f-cd70803bc668	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb448.html	e0fa7946bd4e441d19ce69daa03b55442dae6ae9f59f1cd80289ed5035799ebc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 448 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to child welfare.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 61 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 448 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Bowling — primary (person)
• B. Reed — primary (person)
• B. Wesley — primary (person)
• D. Bentley — primary (person)
• D. Frazier — primary (person)
• D. Lewis — primary (person)
• DJ Johnson — primary (person)
• J. Bray — primary (person)
• J. Decker — primary (person)
• J. Tipton — primary (person)
• K. Moser — primary (person)
• M. Prunty — primary (person)
• N. Kirk-McCormick — primary (person)
• R. Goforth — primary (person)
• S. Sharp — primary (person)
• S. Westrom — primary (person)
• T. Smith — primary (person)
• W. Lawrence — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Health & Family Services (H) referral-committee
• 2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 posted in committee
• 2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute committee-passage
• 2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 1, 2021
• 2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Health & Welfare (S) referral-committee
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 15, 2021
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (ActsCh. 61) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af77bafa-02f6-430a-ab7f-cd70803bc668. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).