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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to child abuse and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to child abuse and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 472"
citation: "Kentucky HB 472 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Civil Actions", "Corrections Impact", "Crime Victims", "Crimes and Punishments", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Massey", "L. Bechler", "L. Bechler", "M. Hart", "R. Palumbo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bad13c3c-37a2-47fb-9131-9af5c151f005"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb472.html"
source_hash: "7d8b98be231e8ef50fd68bbd28e037d37636893a3864afc4b48067cc1b84b630"
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 472 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to child abuse and declaring an emergency.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb472/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 89** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0089.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb472/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Suspend the Rules — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 472 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- L. Bechler — primary (person)
- L. Bechler — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 5, 2021
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with floor amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 81-12 `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 89) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bad13c3c-37a2-47fb-9131-9af5c151f005`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).