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Kentucky · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 194: AN ACT relating to animal control officers.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 194 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky House on January 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to animal control officers. Most recent recorded action (March 5, 2025): 2nd reading, to Rules.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Create a new section of KRS 258.095 to 258.500 to require animal control officers to receive training on recognizing child abuse; amend KRS 620.030 to add animal control officers to the list of people with a duty to report dependency, neglect, or abuse of a child; provide that the Act may be cited as Kyan's Law.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
No sponsor recorded in source data.

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. 2nd reading, to Rules
  2. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
  3. to Local Government (H)
  4. to Committee on Committees (H)
  5. introduced in House

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source