Children And Minors
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the administration of estates and creating an emergency. [HB-50]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 391 to establish the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act to codify provisions for the creation, administration, modification, termination, and validity of transfer on death deeds; define terms; specify that a transfer on death deed is revocable and shall be nontestmentary; establish requirements for a transfer on death deed and specify the process of recording a transfer on death deed; specify that a transfer on death deed is effective without notice to or acceptance by the beneficiary during the transferor’s
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
2nd Reading, To Rules on 01/25/2024
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AN ACT relating to providing free feminine hygiene products for elementary and secondary students. [SB-38]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "feminine hygiene product"; require each public school that includes any of grades four through 12 to provide free feminine hygiene products to female students; require each local board of education to adopt policies for the distribution of free feminine hygiene products.
Sponsored by: Sen. Denise Harper Angel
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sex offenders. [HB-67]
Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit a registrant from residing within 3,000 feet of a high school, middle school, elementary school, preschool, publicly owned or leased playground, or licensed daycare facility; provide that the 3,000 feet restriction applies to any person who becomes a registrant after the effective date of this Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to adoption records. [HB-87]
Amends KRS 199.572 to permit the child, grandchild, or sibling of a deceased birth parent or deceased adoptee to be given the right to inspect adoption papers and records, to establish new language that allows the court to determine who has access to adoption records on a case-by-case basis, to establish that both birth parents have to be deceased or provide consent before the adoption records can be inspected, and to provide that the court shall authorize an adult adopted person to inspect his or her adoption records; and amends KRS 199.570 to
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Signed By Governor (acts Ch.43) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school meals at low-income schools and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-40]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Proud School Match Program; direct the Department of Education to reimburse an eligible school district $0.33 for every meal reimbursed by the community eligibility provision at the paid rate; require a school district that receives a reimbursement to develop and implement a Kentucky Proud school plan to identify and purchase available Kentucky-grown agricultural products and to optimize food usage; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to urban youth agriculture education. [HB-74]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Urban Farming Youth Initiative to promote farming to youth in urban counties in at least one urban University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service office beginning August 1, 2024, and others by August 1, 2025; set each program term to one year in duration beginning in January; establish guidelines for participant eligibility.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the promotion of family well-being and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-34]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to require the eligibility periods for all public assistance programs administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services be extended to the maximum period of eligibility permitted under federal law; prohibit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services from relying exclusively on automated, artificial-intelligence based, or algorithmic software in the identification of fraud in programs administered by the cabinet; require Cabinet for Health and Family Services personnel to review relevant documentation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney Westerfield
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/05/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to students. [HB-51]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to establish definitions for the section; state legislative findings and declarations; require a public school to obtain parent approval for their child's participation in any questionnaire or similar activities; establish parental rights relating to student data and privacy; require parental consent prior to using radio frequency identification technology to track students or collect student data; require school districts and public to adopt policies and procedures to comply with the restrictions on use of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky child tax credit. [SB-12]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable Kentucky child tax credit for taxpayers with qualifying children under the age of six; authorize a maximum credit of $1,000 per qualifying child for individuals with income below $50,000 for single taxpayers and $100,000 for married taxpayers filing jointly; provide that individuals with incomes above the specified thresholds may be eligible for a reduced child tax credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/03/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty. [HB-38]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 533.010, relating to probation, to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.010 to define terms; amend KRS 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice. [SB-11]
Amends KRS 610.345 to require notice to schools prior to filing of a public offense petition against a child in certain cases; and amends KRS 158.488 and 158.153 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Schickel
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 51) on 04/04/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-25]
Amend KRS 17.500 to include distribution of matter portraying a sexual performamce by a minor in the definition of "sex crime"; amend KRS 439.3401 to include possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor and distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor in the definition of "violent offender"; amend KRS 532.060 to require a person who has been convicted of a violation of KRS 529.100, 529.110, 531.320, 531.335, or 531.340 to serve five years of postincarceration supervision; amend KRS 532.200 to redefine
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Introduced In House on 01/02/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [SB-20]
Amends KRS 635.020 to provide that a child 15 years of age or older who is charged with a Class A, B, or C felony involving the use of a firearm shall be transferred to Circuit Court to be tried as an adult, to provide that the Commonwealth’s attorney may transfer the child back to District Court after consulting with the county attorney, to provides that the Circuit Court may transfer the child back to District Court if the Circuit Court finds that fewer than two of the factors listed in KRS 640.010 favor keeping the child in Circuit Court, and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Damon Thayer
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 160) on 04/10/2024
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing May 12, 2023, as Child Care Provider Appreciation Day. [SR-268]
Recognize May 12, 2023, as Child Care Provider Appreciation Day.
Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
Introduced In Senate on 03/30/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION proclaiming April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and March 31, 2023, as Wear Blue Day in Kentucky. [SR-256]
Proclaim April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and March 31, 2023, as Wear Blue Day in Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/30/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. [HR-81]
Recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tina Bojanowski
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/14/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-591]
Amend KRS 15A.020 to reorganize the Department of Juvenile Justice; amend KRS 610.190 to allow law relating to bail to apply to children detained prior to adjudication; amend KRS 610.200 to restrict issuance of a warrant or custody order to public offense cases; amend KRS 610.265 to limit detention pending a detention hearing, or after a detention hearing, to children alleged to have committed a public offense that would be a felony or Class A misdemeanor if committed by an adult; amend KRS 610.266 to prohibit detention of a child alleged to have
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 02/23/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school personnel. [HB-529]
Amend KRS 161.155 to require school districts to provide a teacher or employee leave with no loss of income or benefits for 60 school days following an assault against the teacher or employee that results in a physical injury; define the terms of the leave; require the school district to pay for mental health services of the teacher or employee's choosing during the leave period; amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to adopt a policy requiring expulsion when a student physically assaults or batters school personnel; provide that
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/22/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to coverage for cranial conditions. [HB-589]
Create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for the treatment of plagiocephaly; prohibit certain restrictions on coverage for the treatment of plagiocephaly; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for cranial banding when prescribed by a health care provider; prohibit certain restrictions on coverage for cranial banding; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer plans offered by state postsecondary education institutions,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 02/22/2023
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to judicial supervision of a custody decree or agreement. [HB-576]
Amend KRS 403.330 to allow the court to issue orders in the child's best interest if joint custodians cannot agree on education, health care, or religious training.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 02/22/2023