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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the prevention of human trafficking. Amend KRS 17.500 to include promoting human trafficking involving commercial sexual activity as a criminal offense against a minor if the victim is under 18; amend KRS 156.095 to require public schools to display the National Human Trafficking Reporting Hotline; amend KRS 176.415 to require the Department of Highways to post the hotline number of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center in all rest areas."
description: "AN ACT relating to the prevention of human trafficking. Amend KRS 17.500 to include promoting human trafficking involving commercial sexual activity as a criminal offense against a minor if the victim is under 18; amend KRS 156.095 to require public schools to display the National Human Trafficking Reporting Hotline; amend KRS 176.415 to require the Department of Highways to post the hotline number of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center in all rest areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 524"
citation: "Kentucky HB 524 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71271299-392b-487b-b669-e1130480efc6"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB524.htm"
source_hash: "83eb8c2a4ff3eed30a92e9950ea47264d324e0e066884d6c70f692099d356ac0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---
# Kentucky HB 524 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to the prevention of human trafficking. Amend KRS 17.500 to include promoting human trafficking involving commercial sexual activity as a criminal offense against a minor if the victim is under 18; amend KRS 156.095 to require public schools to display the National Human Trafficking Reporting Hotline; amend KRS 176.415 to require the Department of Highways to post the hotline number of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center in all rest areas.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 524 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB524/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB524/bill.pdf)
3. **SCA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB524/SCA1.pdf)
4. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB524/SCS1.pdf)
5. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB524/SFA1.pdf)
6. **SFA2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB524/SFA2.pdf)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-21** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-22** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-24** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2017-03-03** 3rd reading, passed 81-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-06** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-07** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2017-03-07** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2017-03-08** Taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2017-03-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2017-03-14** Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) as a Consent Bill
- **2017-03-14** Floor amendment (1-title) filed to Bill and (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-29** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 29, 2017
- **2017-03-29** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-29** Floor amendments (1-title) and (2) withdrawn
- **2017-03-29** Passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2017-03-30** Received in House
- **2017-03-30** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2017-03-30** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2017-03-30** Bill passed 94-0
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-30** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-04-10** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 171) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71271299-392b-487b-b669-e1130480efc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).