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Bill	AN ACT relating to adoption records.	Amend KRS 199.572 to permit the child, grandchild, or sibling of a deceased birth parent or deceased adoptee to be given the right to inspect adoption papers and records.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 87	Kentucky HB 87 (2024RS)	bill	Archives and Records Children and Minors Courts Parental Rights	enacted	E. Callaway J. Blanton S. Dietz	3	29	3	2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a6de13ab-86eb-4803-b796-094722e6b8f5	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb87.html	ea88c45a4b5e5be3e806f1e8df95a440e8ac42a82fe809b466525931cba7eb14	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 87 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to adoption records.

Amend KRS 199.572 to permit the child, grandchild, or sibling of a deceased birth parent or deceased adoptee to be given the right to inspect adoption papers and records.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 43 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 87 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• E. Callaway — primary (person)
• J. Blanton — primary (person)
• S. Dietz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-01-18T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-01-18T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2024-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 24, 2024
• 2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 92-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 11, 2024
• 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed 90-1 passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+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.43) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6de13ab-86eb-4803-b796-094722e6b8f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).