republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-715.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the Kentucky National Guard and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 36.474 to remove the post-deployment provision relating to eligibility for the military family assistance trust fund; make technical correction; amend KRS 36.477 to expand the Kentucky National Guard Adoption Assistance Program to include former members of the Kentucky National Guard and allow adoption of stepchildren to qualify; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 715	Kentucky HB 715 (2024RS)	bill	Children and Minors Effective Dates Emergency Military Affairs and Civil Defense Veterans	enacted	B. Wesley C. Fugate D. Meade DJ Johnson K. Bratcher K. Moser N. Tate R. Duvall R. Heath R. Raymer S. Dietz S. Sharp W. Thomas	3	21	2	2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d3297fbf-083b-407d-99a4-5d125c3706ad	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb715.html	3944b77d3f0bdc922fadc6305d0de477b3445810b1c750fb00a0f1cee07538fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 715 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to the Kentucky National Guard and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 36.474 to remove the post-deployment provision relating to eligibility for the military family assistance trust fund; make technical correction; amend KRS 36.477 to expand the Kentucky National Guard Adoption Assistance Program to include former members of the Kentucky National Guard and allow adoption of stepchildren to qualify; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 59 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 715 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Wesley — primary (person)
• C. Fugate — primary (person)
• D. Meade — primary (person)
• DJ Johnson — primary (person)
• K. Bratcher — primary (person)
• K. Moser — primary (person)
• N. Tate — primary (person)
• R. Duvall — primary (person)
• R. Heath — primary (person)
• R. Raymer — primary (person)
• S. Dietz — primary (person)
• S. Sharp — primary (person)
• W. Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 07, 2024
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 92-0 passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill committee-passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 59) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d3297fbf-083b-407d-99a4-5d125c3706ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).