republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2021rs/hb-254.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the sexual exploitation of minors.	AN ACT relating to the sexual exploitation of minors.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2021RS	HB 254	Kentucky HB 254 (2021RS)	bill	Children and Minors Corrections Impact Crime Victims Crimes and Punishments Criminal Procedure Local Mandate	enacted	A. Bowling C. Fugate C. Massey C. Stevenson D. Fister D. Frazier D. Graham D. Hale D. Lewis J. Blanton J. Bray J. Decker J. DuPlessis J. Fischer J. Tipton K. Bratcher K. Timoney M. Dossett M. Prunty N. Tate P. Flannery P. Pratt R. Huff R. Palumbo S. Heavrin S. Lewis S. Sheldon S. Westrom T. Huff	3	25	2	2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00	2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/82c28f2b-4c8d-4445-99e0-4d3c706e3efd	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb254.html	091a6da5d24f353d2b2994c1914b681543f5b9af100dc50e0c5b12c294a51caf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 254 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to the sexual exploitation of minors.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 87 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 254 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Bowling — primary (person)
• C. Fugate — primary (person)
• C. Massey — primary (person)
• C. Stevenson — primary (person)
• D. Fister — primary (person)
• D. Frazier — primary (person)
• D. Graham — primary (person)
• D. Hale — primary (person)
• D. Lewis — primary (person)
• J. Blanton — primary (person)
• J. Bray — primary (person)
• J. Decker — primary (person)
• J. DuPlessis — primary (person)
• J. Fischer — primary (person)
• J. Tipton — primary (person)
• K. Bratcher — primary (person)
• K. Timoney — primary (person)
• M. Dossett — primary (person)
• M. Prunty — primary (person)
• N. Tate — primary (person)
• P. Flannery — primary (person)
• P. Pratt — primary (person)
• R. Huff — primary (person)
• R. Palumbo — primary (person)
• S. Heavrin — primary (person)
• S. Lewis — primary (person)
• S. Sheldon — primary (person)
• S. Westrom — primary (person)
• T. Huff — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 posted in committee
• 2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 26, 2021
• 2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 96-0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (S)
• 2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (S)
• 2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (S)
• 2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (S)
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill committee-passage
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 12, 2021
• 2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 35-0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 87) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/82c28f2b-4c8d-4445-99e0-4d3c706e3efd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).