Children And Minors
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abortions performed upon a minor and declaring an emergency. [HB-324]
Amend KRS 311.732, relating to performance of an abortion upon a minor, to require the informed written consent of a parent or legal guardian to include a copy of that parent's or legal guardian's government-issued identification and parent's or legal guardian's documentation; require government-issued identification for the minor; require notification to other parent with joint or physical custody with exceptions; require the physician to keep a copy of the informed written consent for at least seven years; require the physician to execute an affidavit;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Introduced In House on 01/19/2022
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AN ACT relating to campaign finance. [HB-312]
Amend KRS 121.175 to define "caregiving services" and include those services as an allowable campaign expenditure.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/18/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to educational opportunity accounts. [HB-305]
Amend KRS 141.502 to update definition of "eligible student" to increase the limit of not more than 250% of the amount of household income necessary to establish eligibility for reduced-price meals; amend KRS 141.504 to allow funds in an education opportunity account to also be used for tuition or fees to attend a prekindergarten to grade twelve nonpublic school and remove the requirements for individuals to be residents of counties of 90,000 or more to utilize the funds for nonpublic schools; amend KRS 141.510 to require a copy of the account granting
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Floor Amendment (1) Filed on 01/31/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to educational opportunity account. [SB-50]
Amend KRS 141.502 to update definition of "eligible student" to increase the limit of not more than 200% of the amount of household income necessary to establish eligibility for reduced-price meals; amend KRS 141.504 to allow funds in an education opportunity account to also be used for tuition or fees to attend a prekindergarten to grade twelve nonpublic school and remove the requirements for individuals to be residents of counties of 90,000 or more to utilize the funds for nonpublic schools; amend KRS 141.510 to require a copy of the account granting
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
To Appropriations & Revenue (s) on 01/18/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to superintendent screening committees. [SB-92]
Amend KRS 160.352 to provide that a parent member on a screening committee shall not be employed by the school district; require greater minority representation on a screening committee in a school district with a minority student population of 50 percent or greater.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
To Education (s) on 01/18/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to early childhood education. [HB-298]
Amend KRS 157.3175 to require school districts to provide full-day preschool; require that all four-year-olds residing in the school district and qualified three-year-olds be eligible; amend KRS 158.060 to remove half-day allowance for kindergarten; amend KRS 157.320 to remove "kindergarten full-time equivalent" definition; amend KRS 157.360 and 158.030 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Huff
Introduced In House on 01/13/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to gun safety for children. [HB-292]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to make it a crime to unlawfully store a firearm; establish elements of the crime for recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class B misdemeanor unless a physical injury or death results, in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor; establish the short title of Baby Dre Gun Safety Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/13/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reproductive health services. [HB-299]
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for long-acting reversible contraception administered during a postpartum hospital stay; prohibit cost sharing; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver to offer family planning services to certain low-income individuals; require the cabinet to report annually; amend KRS 164.2871 to require state postsecondary self-insured employer group plans to comply with
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood
Introduced In House on 01/13/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prevention-oriented child abuse awareness instruction. [HB-270]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require school councils or principals to adopt child abuse awareness and prevention instruction that is taught by a trained, certified teacher; establish short title of "Erin's Law."
Sponsored by: Rep. Ruth Palumbo
Recommitted To Education (s) on 03/29/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to athletics. [SB-83]
Amend KRS 156.070 to require the Board of Education or agency designated by the Board of Education to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administrative regulations or bylaws requiring schools that participate in interscholastic athletics to designate all athletic teams, activities, and sports based upon the biological sex of the students eligible to participate; prohibit male students from participating in athletic teams, activities, and sports designated as "girls"; prohibit designated agencies from entertaining complaints or investigations
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 198) on 04/13/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to children's health. [SB-84]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit the provision of or referral for gender transition procedures to any child under the age of 18 years; define a violation as unprofessional conduct and acting recklessly for purposes of tort claims; permit an action on a violation to be taken by the parent or guardian of the child before the child attains the age of 18 years and by the child within 30 years of the child attaining the age of 18 years, with exceptions under which the time may be longer; require conditions for actions and damages; prohibit
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
To Health & Welfare (s) on 01/13/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to criminal abuse. [HB-263]
Amend KRS 508.100 to increase penalties if the victim is under 12 years of age.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 31) on 03/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice. [SB-74]
Amend KRS 610.030 to require a court referral for truancy cases when there is no improvement within 30 days; require a court-designated worker to make a finding if diversion is failed due to lack of parental cooperation; allow a court to refer cases back to the court-designated worker and order parental cooperation; amend KRS 610.265 to require children charged with serious felony offenses to be detained pending a detention hearing; amend KRS 610.340 to provide that confidentiality does not apply to cases in which a child has admitted to or been
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Schickel
To Judiciary (s) on 01/12/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to children's health. [HB-253]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit the provision of or referral for gender transition procedures to any child under the age of 18 years; define a violation as unprofessional conduct and acting recklessly for purposes of tort claims; permit an action on a violation to be taken by the parent or guardian of the child before the child attains the age of 18 years and by the child within 30 years of the child attaining the age of 18 years, with exceptions under which the time may be longer; require conditions for actions and damages; prohibit
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Sponsored by: Rep. Melinda Prunty
Introduced In House on 01/08/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to athletics. [HB-247]
Amend KRS 156.070 to designate the NAIA and NJCAA as organizations the Kentucky Board of Education must consider in establishing athletic programs, require the Board of Education or agency designated by the Board of Education to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administrative regulations or bylaws requiring schools that participate in interscholastic athletics to designate all athletic teams, activities, and sports based upon the biological sex of the students eligible to participate; prohibit male students from participating in athletic
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Hale
Introduced In House on 01/08/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish policies and reports related to children in out-of-home care during the COVID-19 pandemic. [HJR-23]
Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish policies and reports related to children in out-of-home care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sponsored by: Rep. Billy Wesley
Introduced In House on 01/07/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to preschool education. [SB-60]
Amend KRS 157.3175 to remove the requirement that a preschool program proposal include a certification from a Head Start director that the Head Start program is fully utilized.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Became Law Without Governor's Signature (acts Ch. 190) on 04/11/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the rights of parents. [SB-40]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 405 to establish findings of the General Assembly related to rights and interests of parents; create a new section of KRS Chapter 405 to establish a definition of "parent" and specific rights of parents; establish a short title of "Parents' Rights Protection Act."
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Received In House on 03/24/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to early literacy education, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. [HB-226]
Amend KRS 158.791 to specify the Department of Education's role in assisting local school districts with regard to reading instruction, supports, and interventions; require the department to collaborate with designated agencies on reading programming, materials, and activities; amend KRS 158.305 to define new terms; replace references to "response to intervention" systems with "multi-tiered system of supports"; require a local board of education to adopt and implement a reading universal screener and reading diagnostic assessment by January 1, 2023;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Reassigned To Education (s) on 03/03/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to involuntary termination of parental rights. [HB-217]
Amend KRS 625.090 to include petitions filed under KRS 625.050 as information to be considered by the court in an involuntary termination of parental rights action.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Lawrence
To Judiciary (s) on 03/22/2022