Children And Minors
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the practice of pharmacy. [HB-274]
Amends KRS 315.010 and 315.205 to permit pharmacists to administer vaccines to children five years of age or older pursuant to prescriber-approved protocols with the consent of a parent or guardian.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.11) on 03/26/2024
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AN ACT relating to employment of minors. [HB-255]
Amend KRS 339.230 to prohibit the Department of Workplace Standards from promulgating regulations on child labor that are more restrictive than those promulgated by the United States Secretary of Labor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Floor Amendment (2) Filed To Committee Substitute on 03/27/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to full-day kindergarten. [HB-279]
Amend KRS 158.060 to remove language that allows for half-day kindergarten programs; amend KRS 157.320 and 157.360 to remove references to kindergarten full-time equivalent pupils in average daily attendance for program base funding purposes; amend KRS 158.030 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/16/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animal control officers. [HB-253]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Introduced In House on 01/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child support. [HB-243]
Amend KRS 403.211 to add that a child support action may be filed any time following conception; add that a child support action may be filed in the county where the mother resides; amend KRS 403.212 to change the term "obligated parent" to "obligor"; establish that child support shall be retroactive to the date of the filing of a motion for support; amend KRS 406.021 to include that paternity may be determined in accordance with KRS 406.011 or by prenatal genetic testing or postnatal genetic testing; amend KRS 406.011 to require the Cabinet for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy Tate
To Judiciary (h) on 01/22/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of minors. [HB-241]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 436 to declare legislative findings relating to pornography; define terms; establish a civil cause of action against any commercial entity that publishes matter harmful to minors on the internet without obtaining age verification; require removal of personal data following review for access; establish civil causes of action for violations; establish limitations on applicability and liability.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Tipton
Introduced In House on 01/11/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to children. [HB-244]
Amends KRS 401.020 to require a court to conduct a hearing and consider the best interests of a child when one parent refuses or is unable to execute a petition for a name change for a minor child; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to define terms, to provide that shared parenting time may be exercised by the consent of the parties, to establish procedures and parenting time credit, and to provide that the court may consider whether a parent has consistently exercised time sharing when considering a child support modification; amends KRS
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 219) on 04/19/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to animal control officers. [SB-106]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lindsey Tichenor
To Families & Children (s) on 01/16/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to historical instruction. [HB-233]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require African history instruction in certain middle and high school world history and civilization courses; require Native American history instruction in certain middle and high school United States history courses; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing academic standards for the required historical instructions; require superintendents to adopt curricula for required instruction; require the Department of Education to collaborate with the Kentucky
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/10/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to childhood sexual assault or abuse. [HB-223]
Amend KRS 413.249 to remove the statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse; require every civil action arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse to be accompanied by a motion to seal the record.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lisa Willner
Introduced In House on 01/10/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [HB-225]
Amend KRS 158.645 to change the required learning capacities of Kentucky public school students; amend KRS 158.6451 to provide that schools shall expect a high level of academic achievement and shall develop students' ability to think critically and independently; amend KRS 156.010 to include career and technical education; amend KRS 160.345 to remove the reporting requirement relating to physical activity of students; amend KRS 157.065 to remove the reporting requirement relating to participation in breakfast programs; amend KRS 424.250 to reflect
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Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Lewis
Taken From The Orders Of The Day on 03/27/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the dissolution of marriage. [HB-205]
Amend KRS 403.044, relating to divorce actions in which there are minor children, to remove the requirement that 60 days must elapse before testimony is taken.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Dietz
To Judiciary (h) on 03/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Uniform Collaborative Law Act. [HB-206]
Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 403 to enact the Uniform Collaborative Law Act on the recommendation of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, to regulate the use of collaborative law participation agreements as a voluntary form of alternative dispute resolution, and to provide that the Act may be cited as the Uniform Collaborative Law Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephanie Dietz
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 62) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the military. [HB-200]
Amends KRS 40.010 and 40.400 to include the United States Space Force in the definition of “Armed Forces”; amends KRS 154.12-203 to include the United States Army Reserve Aviation Command in the membership of the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; amends KRS 156.730, the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, correcting a citation to federal law; amends KRS 156.735 to include the children of National Guard and Reserve personnel within the rights granted under that compact; amends KRS 186.041 to include the United
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Sponsored by: Rep. Billy Wesley
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 100) on 04/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 183 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to education funding. [HB-208]
Propose to amend Section 183 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for a portion of the educational costs of students outside of the public school system with parents of limited financial means; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Floor Amendment (1) Filed on 01/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to exceptions to restrictions on maternal healthcare. [SB-99]
Amend KRS 311.720, 311.7701, 311.781, and 311.787 to define terms; amend KRS 311.723, 311.727, 311.732, 311.735, 311.7706, and 311.782 to allow an abortion when there is a lethal fetal anomaly or the fetus is incompatible with sustained life outside the womb, or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest and the fetus has not reached viability as determined in the good-faith medical judgment of the physician; amend KRS 311.782 to establish a rebuttable presumption that the physician complied with the requirements of the section; amend KRS
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Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
Introduced In Senate on 01/09/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-5]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 532 to define "violent felony" and enhance sentencing for a person convicted of a third violent felony; prohibit probation, parole, or other form of release for a person who commits a crime using a weapon that is stolen, defaced, loaded with restricted ammunition, or otherwise violates state law; amend KRS 610.070 to require a parent, legal guardian, or custodian to be present at court proceedings involving a child in the juvenile justice system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to establish penalty; amend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 174) on 04/12/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Education. [SB-98]
Amend KRS 156.029 to change the public high school nonvoting student member to a voting member of the Kentucky Board of Education; add an at-large member to the board; require at least two of the members to have a child enrolled in public school; amend KRS 156.040 to exclude the student member from the age and college degree requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Education (s) on 01/11/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to parental rights. [HB-183]
Amend KRS 199.011 to define "disability"; amend KRS 199.471 to add disability as a reason upon which a petition for adoption shall not be denied; amend KRS 200.575 to require reasonable efforts and accommodations tailored to a parent's disability; amend KRS 600.020 to define "adaptive parenting equipment," "adaptive parenting techniques," "disability," and "disability support services"; amend KRS 610.125 to require a description of the reasonable efforts that have been made be provided to the court; amend KRS 620.020 to expand the definition of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/08/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to lactating students. [SB-95]
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 158 and 164 to require public schools, public charter schools, and public postsecondary institutions to provide reasonable accommodations to a lactating student; set forth the minimum requirements for those reasonable accommodations; require public schools, public charter schools, and public postsecondary institutions to provide lactating students a reasonable amount of time to express breast milk or breastfeed without incurring an academic penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg
To Education (s) on 01/10/2024