Children And Minors
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Purple Star Schools. [HB-469]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define “military-connected student” and “purple star school,” to establish the Purple Star School Program and set requirements for eligibility, and to designate the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs as the governing body of the program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Fugate
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 193) on 04/16/2024
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AN ACT relating to the Child Care Assistance Program. [HB-473]
Amend KRS 199.894 to define "Child Care and Development Fund" and "Child Care Assistance Program"; create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.896 to establish income eligibility requirements for the Child Care Assistance Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/06/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school pre-enrollment for military-connected students. [HB-471]
Amends KRS 159.075 to allow the use of military orders as proof of residency for enrollment or course registration in a school and to prohibit in-person enrollment or course registration when the child's parent or guardian is transferred or returning to the state.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Gooch
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 131) on 04/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of children using social media. [HB-463]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; specify what entities are subject to this Act; require digital service providers to register the age of the user; specify the duties of digital services providers relating to agreements with minors; require digital service providers to develop internal controls to prevent minors from being exposed to obscene matter, create parental monitoring tools, prevent advertising certain goods and services to minors, and provide information related to algorithms and content promotion; provide that digital
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Banta
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 03/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to Medicaid home and community-based waiver residential services. [SB-173]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to establish the right of a parent, guardian, or limited guardian to install video recording devices in the private residential room of an individual who is receiving residential services under a federally approved 1915(c) home and community-based services waiver program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Health Services (s) on 02/07/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the privacy of Social Security numbers. [SB-165]
Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to remove requirements for using a Social Security number as an identifier.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Judiciary (s) on 02/07/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public school students' communication skills. [SB-167]
Amends KRS 156.160 to require that cursive writing be included as a course of study in all elementary schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; and amends KRS 158.6453 to distinguish basic handwriting or penmanship from the definition of “writing."
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 203) on 04/17/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to settlements with minors and declaring an emergency. [SB-158]
Amends KRS 387.278, relating to certain settlements with minors, to establish provisions relating to the opening of restricted accounts and issuance of annuities on behalf of minors entering into settlements; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. Rick Girdler
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.16) on 03/29/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to assistance for military families. [HB-453]
Amends KRS 620.040 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services determine the military status of any parent or guardian subject to an investigation and notify a Department of Defense family advocacy program of an investigation involving a member of the United States Armed Forces.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 133) on 04/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of minors. [HB-450]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; prohibit social media companies from allowing minors to create accounts without parental consent; provide means for establishing age and providing parental consent; prohibit retention of personal information obtained through consent process; require social media companies to provide parents with means for account supervision; authorize the Attorney General to enforce through administrative and judicial action; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a private civil cause of action
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Nemes
Introduced In House on 02/01/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the transportation of students and declaring an emergency. [HB-447]
Amends KRS 156.153 to permit school districts to use district-owned, leased, or contracted passenger transportation vehicles to transport students to and from school and approved school activities under an alternative transportation plan approved by the Kentucky Department of Education, to provide that vehicles shall be operated by an employee or contractor of local school district who is licensed to operate a motor vehicle within the Commonwealth, and to provide that the department shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish minimum
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.35) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to guardians ad litem. [HB-436]
Amends KRS 26A.140 to state that the guardians ad litem shall receive a fee fixed by the court and paid by the Finance and Administration Cabinet; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 403.715 to 403.785 to require appointment of a guardian ad litem for any unrepresented minor who is an alleged victim of domestic violence and abuse, or who is named as a respondent or petitioner in a petition for an emergency protective order or domestic violence order, and to provide that a violation of an interpersonal protective order or a domestic violence order
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 135) on 04/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reproductive privacy. [HB-428]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to establish reproductive rights and define terms; amend KRS 18A.225 to remove the prohibition of insurance coverage for abortion; amend KRS 39A.180 to allow the Governor to suspend statutes related to abortion during a declared emergency; amend KRS 156.496 to allow a school district to operate a family resource center that provides abortion counseling; amend KRS 205.010 to permit financial aid for an abortion; amend KRS 205.510 to include abortions or induced miscarriages as medical care; amend KRS 205.560
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/31/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to custody. [HB-440]
Amend KRS 405.020 to allow people other than a parent to petition for custody of child if the parent is claimed to be unfit or to have waived his or her superior rights custody; provide factors to be considered by the court.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Introduced In House on 01/31/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to undesignated glucagon. [HB-438]
Amend KRS 158.832 to include a definition for "undesignated glucagon"; amend KRS 158.838 to allow health care practitioners to prescribe undesignated glucagon in the name of a school to be maintained for use by a school nurse or trained school employee when necessary.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to military-connected educational benefits. [HB-409]
Amend KRS 164.507 to remove degree-seeking requirement for nonremarried spouse and children of a deceased veteran when utilizing educational benefits; require students to use federal grant funds toward tuition prior to the use of the waiver; amend KRS 164.515 to expand educational benefit to include service members with a disability rating of 50% or higher; remove degree-seeking requirement; require students to use federal grant funds toward tuition prior to the use of the waiver.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela Stevenson
Introduced In House on 01/30/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for the care of children. [HB-415]
Amend KRS 304.17A-258 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for certain formulas; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for breastfeeding support and equipment; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the coverage
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/30/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to children's early learning services taxing districts. [HB-425]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 65 to authorize the establishment of children's early learning services taxing districts; define terms; provide a method and alternative method for the creation of each district and the funding of the district to be set at a maximum of 10 cents per 100 dollars of assessed property valuation; specify the board membership; require compliance with special purpose governmental entity reporting requirements; establish oath and expenses for directors; allow the employment of an attorney for the board; establish the authorities
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/30/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings. [HB-406]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to allow perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings to be claimed as a service for the child as part of the early and periodic, diagnostic and treatment benefit; amend KRS 205.6497 to require the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require a health plan to cover perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings as part of a well-child or well-baby visit; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lisa Willner
Introduced In House on 01/30/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to adult-oriented businesses and declaring an emergency. [SB-147]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 231 to express the findings of the General Assembly relating to adult-oriented businesses and the need for regulation; define terms; establish distance parameters for the location of adult-oriented businesses in proximity to identified entities and locations; establish transition provisions for existing businesses; affirm the authority of local governmental units to supplement regulation of adult-oriented businesses; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Floor Amendment (2) Filed To Committee Substitute on 03/26/2024