republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/hb-164.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to adoption.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to authorize posthumous adoption; provide that the Act may be cited as Braylon's Law.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2025RS	HB 164	Kentucky HB 164 (2025RS)	bill	Children and Minors Courts Circuit Courts Family Domestic Relations Parental Rights Short Titles and Popular Names	enacted		3	20	2	2025-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2025-03-15T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/06b3480d-378b-4cc8-9f07-4824511fb2fd	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb164.html	2f3e5117ce6a4d290d7c6ab07bf0f3b6f7429e94cb7184d54ee6ddde6a4ee011	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 164 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to adoption.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to authorize posthumous adoption; provide that the Act may be cited as Braylon's Law.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 16 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 164 — 36–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 92–0 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2025-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Families & Children (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 20, 2025
• 2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 to Families & Children (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 11, 2025
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2025-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor Acts Ch. 16) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06b3480d-378b-4cc8-9f07-4824511fb2fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).