republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-272.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to abandoned infants.	Amend KRS 405.075 to change the definition of "newborn safety device" related to the continuous staffing requirement.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 272	Kentucky HB 272 (2024RS)	bill	Children and Minors Health and Medical Services Parental Rights Public Safety	enacted	B. Chester-Burton K. King K. Moser N. Tate R. Roarx S. Rawlings	3	23	2	2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b35d8d84-e02a-460c-8b33-313293d6c2d4	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb272.html	5e2011fb0996342a7e46cd4b2568ca2c984496a7de8ac20acc87c986cf10b88d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 272 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to abandoned infants.

Amend KRS 405.075 to change the definition of "newborn safety device" related to the continuous staffing requirement.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 202 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 272 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• K. Moser — primary (person)
• N. Tate — primary (person)
• R. Roarx — primary (person)
• S. Rawlings — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)
• 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)
• 2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2024
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 to Families & Children (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Families & Children (S)
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Families & Children (S)
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill committee-passage
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, April 12, 2024
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 202) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b35d8d84-e02a-460c-8b33-313293d6c2d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).