republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-669.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to child welfare."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 605 to establish requirements that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall determine for all children in the care and custody of the cabinet whether each child is receiving or eligible for earned federal benefits administered by the United States Social Security Administration or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, including survivor or dependent benefits; require the cabinet to establish a program to be called the Success Sequence Savings and Disbursement Plan; require the promulgation of administrative regulations to implement the new requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 669"
citation: "Kentucky HB 669 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children And Minors", "Financial Responsibility", "Parental Rights", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Meade"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4e56f1a-f4e6-4677-818b-a6e2d5a5b668"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb669.html"
source_hash: "ec5d6262957a922b05cf99dcc956fa4712336b51f1800cf19d451d33a3a002ba"
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 669 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to child welfare.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 605 to establish requirements that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall determine for all children in the care and custody of the cabinet whether each child is receiving or eligible for earned federal benefits administered by the United States Social Security Administration or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, including survivor or dependent benefits; require the cabinet to establish a program to be called the Success Sequence Savings and Disbursement Plan; require the promulgation of administrative regulations to implement the new requirements.

## 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/26RS/hb669/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 162** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0162.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb669/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE HB 669 — **31–5** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 669 — **36–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Meade — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Families & Children (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 09 2026
- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** to Families & Children (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 91-3 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 31-5 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 162) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4e56f1a-f4e6-4677-818b-a6e2d5a5b668`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).