# Kentucky SB 244: AN ACT relating to the operations of the Department of Law. Kentucky SB 244, AN ACT relating to the operations of the Department of Law., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Jason Howell (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-24 (signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 59)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-SB244-2025RS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kentucky SB 244 - State: Kentucky - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: AN ACT relating to the operations of the Department of Law. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-18 - Last action: 2025-03-24, signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 59) - Sponsor: Jason Howell (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Domestic Relations, Effective Dates, Delayed, Reorganization, State Agencies, Attorney General, Children and Minors, Civil Procedure, Fiscal Note - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (126 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 7 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Health-facility transfer and discharge appeals expand: benefit, low. People affected by covered health-facility transfer or discharge notices can now appeal those notices. This adds to appeals involving covered ratings, citations, and penalties. An impartial officer appointed by the Department of Law’s Office of Administrative Hearings hears and decides the appeal. - Older support debts count against drivers: cost, medium. Child-support debts from before January 1, 1994, now count toward driver’s-license enforcement. The Transportation Cabinet must deny or suspend licenses when the Attorney General reports debts totaling at least six months’ support. Failure to obey a related subpoena or warrant after proper notice a… - Administrative hearing complaint clearinghouse requirement ends: cost, low. The law ends the requirement for a clearinghouse handling complaints about Kentucky’s administrative hearing process. That process required complaints to be sent to the agency involved. It also required tracking and reporting how the agency resolved each complaint. - Ambulance complaints no longer guarantee hearings: cost, low. The health cabinet must investigate qualifying complaints about licensed ambulance services transferred by the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services. It must hold a hearing only when it decides one is needed. Previously, these transferred complaints required both an investigation and a heari… - Health-project hearing requests face shorter deadline: cost, low. People affected by a certificate-of-need review must request a public hearing within 15 days after the review begins. They can no longer request one at any time during the review. - Public-health appeals to Cabinet secretary end: cost, low. The law removes the health and family services secretary’s duty to hear appeals under the affected public-health laws. Previously, an affected party could request that appeal in writing within 30 days. This provision does not identify a replacement appeal process. - Attorney General takes over child-support duties: mixed, low. The Attorney General and Department of Law’s child-support agency take over specified child-support and paternity duties from the health cabinet. These include bringing cases, handling genetic testing, deciding good cause for missed support-notice disputes, and appealing qualifying orders. Attorney… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jason Howell (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Donald Douglas (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-14 | House | 3rd reading, passed | pass | 88 | 2 | | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed | pass | 38 | 0 | | ## Actions (24) - 2025-03-24: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 59) - 2025-03-14: delivered to Governor - 2025-03-14: enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House (Senate) - 2025-03-14: enrolled, signed by President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-14: received in Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-14: 3rd reading, passed 88-2 (House) - 2025-03-14: placed in the Orders of the Day (House) - 2025-03-14: taken from Rules (House) - 2025-03-13: reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules (House) - 2025-03-12: to Appropriations & Revenue (H) (House) - 2025-03-12: returned to Committee on Committees (H) (House) - 2025-03-12: 1st reading (House) - 2025-03-12: taken from Committee on Committees (H) (House) - 2025-03-06: to Committee on Committees (H) (House) - 2025-03-06: received in House (House) - 2025-03-05: 3rd reading, passed 38-0 (Senate) - 2025-02-27: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 05, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-02-27: reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules (Senate) - 2025-02-26: returned to Judiciary (S) (Senate) - 2025-02-26: 1st reading (Senate) - 2025-02-26: taken from Judiciary (S) (Senate) - 2025-02-20: to Judiciary (S) (Senate) - 2025-02-18: to Committee on Committees (S) (Senate) - 2025-02-18: introduced in Senate (Senate) ## Bill text - Current, 2025-03-06: [PDF](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb244/bill.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-03-05: [PDF](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb244/orig_bill.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 501: AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs. (became law) - HB 664: AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and declaring an emergency. (signed) - HB 606: AN ACT relating to economic development. (signed) - HB 421: AN ACT relating to colorectal cancer screenings. (signed) - HB 555: AN ACT relating to local government financial practices. (signed) - HB 493: AN ACT relating to the towing and storage of motor vehicles. (signed) ## Sources - [Current (PDF)](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb244/bill.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb244/orig_bill.pdf) ## Related - [HB 501: AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB501-2025RS) - [HB 664: AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and declaring an emergency.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB664-2025RS) - [HB 606: AN ACT relating to economic development.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB606-2025RS) - [HB 421: AN ACT relating to colorectal cancer screenings.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB421-2025RS) - [HB 555: AN ACT relating to local government financial practices.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB555-2025RS) - [HB 493: AN ACT relating to the towing and storage of motor vehicles.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB493-2025RS) - [Kentucky bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kentucky/bills) - [Kentucky state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kentucky) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-SB244-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).