Children And Minors
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Food and Drug Administration of the federal government to implement marketing restrictions and other protective measures to protect children and young adults from the dangers of vaping. [SCR-143]
Urge the United States Food and Drug Administration to implement marketing restrictions on e-cigarettes and to stop the sales of all flavored e-cigarette products that have not been subject to public health review by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brandon Smith
To Health & Welfare (s) on 02/28/2019
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AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle by a minor. [SB-95]
Amend KRS 186.560 to require the Transportation Cabinet to suspend, for 30 days, an instruction permit, intermediate license, or operator's license of a person who is under the age of 18 if that person has attained more than three points against his or her driving record; amend KRS 186.450 and 186.4122 to conform;
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Buford
To Transportation (s) on 02/07/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency. [SB-9]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to require a person who intends to perform an abortion to determine whether the unborn human individual has a detectable fetal heartbeat; prohibit a person from performing an abortion before determining whether the unborn human individual has a detectable fetal heartbeat; prohibit a person from performing an abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat; provide exceptions for medical emergencies; require documentation of whether an abortion was performed to preserve the health of the pregnant woman; specify
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Seum
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 020) on 03/15/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child abuse education. [SB-68]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 requiring each public school to provide developmentally appropriate instruction on child abuse and child sexual abuse to students in all grades; require the Department of Education to develop child abuse and child sexual abuse instructional resources for use by schools; cite the Act as Jenna Quinn's Law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
To Education (s) on 01/11/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to kinship and fictive kin care. [SB-53]
Amend KRS 405.023 to establish that the KinCare Support Program shall include respite care for low-income fictive kin caregivers; amend KRS 605.120 to require the establishment of a program for kinship and fictive kin care that will include monetary provisions for relative and fictive kin caregivers who have temporary or permanent custody of a child that shall be at a minimum $300 monthly per child through the age of 18; amend KRS 610.010 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Introduced In Senate on 01/08/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to breast-feeding. [SB-49]
Amend KRS 211.755 to establish that a mother breast-feeding a child or expressing milk in any location, public or private, where the mother and child are otherwise authorized to be shall report any violations to the local health department, independent health department, or county health department, having jurisdiction for the county in which the violation occurred; require the local health department, independent health department, or county health department to conduct an investigation of any reported violation; amend KRS 211.990 to establish
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Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
Introduced In Senate on 01/08/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearm storage. [SB-47]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit the unlawful storage of a firearm.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 01/09/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sibling visitation. [SB-31]
Amend KRS 620.050 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, in the case of siblings removed from their home who are not jointly placed, to provide for frequent visitation or other ongoing interaction between the siblings.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 003) on 03/11/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to physical education curriculum. [SB-242]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to permit a school-based decision making council or principal of a public middle or high school to adopt a physical education curriculum that includes a program of hunting, fishing, trapping, and firearm safety instruction; require the Board of Education to consult with the Department of Fish and Wildlife to promulgate standards for such a program; require the Department of Education to develop guidelines for such a program; require parents to be given notice and opportunity to opt a student out of such a
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robin Webb
To Education (s) on 02/19/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the dissemination of personally identifying information. [SB-240]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to create a new felony of disseminating personally identifying information on the Internet about a minor.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Posted In Committee on 03/13/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency. [SB-227]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit a person from denying or depriving an infant of nourishment with the intent to cause or allow the death of an infant; prohibit a person from denying or depriving an infant of medically appropriate and reasonable medical care, medical treatment, or surgical care; require a physician performing an abortion to take all medically appropriate and reasonable steps to preserve the life and health of a born alive infant; provide that a born alive infant shall be treated as a legal person under the laws
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Sponsored by: Sen. C.B. Embry
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Tuesday, March 12, 2019 on 03/07/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prevention of smoking and vaping by students. [SB-218]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Department of Education to establish an anonymous reporting mechanism for students to report concerns about vaping and other substances in schools; establish policies for the prompt investigation of reports to the anonymous reporting mechanism; encourage local school boards to provide awarness programs to teachers, students, and staff about vaping;
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Meredith
Reported Favorably, To Rules With Committee Substitute (1) on 03/14/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to guardians ad litem and other court-appointed counsel and making an appropriation therefor. [SB-205]
Amend KRS 625.041, relating to the appointment of guardian ad litems, to make a technical correction.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christian McDaniel
To Judiciary (h) on 02/27/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the education of children who are deaf and hard of hearing. [SB-203]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to declare findings of the General Assembly concerning the education of children who are deaf and hard of hearing; define "communication mode or language"; and establish requirements and conditions for developing an individual education plan for a child who is deaf or hard of hearing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Buford
To Education (s) on 02/19/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice. [SB-20]
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 15A, 27A, 158, and 194A to require reporting of statistics, including age, race, and gender, to determine whether there is disproportionate minority contact with the juvenile justice, social welfare, and educational discipline systems; create training requirements; require the development and reporting of plans to ameliorate disproportionate minority contact with juvenile justice and education systems; amend KRS 156.095 to require professional development for education professionals on juvenile justice topics;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Recommitted To Judiciary (s) on 03/01/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to grandparent visitation rights. [SB-198]
Amend KRS 405.021 to state that a grandparent whose child has died or had their parental rights terminated may still seek visitation rights with a grandchild after they have been adopted by another grandparent or a step-parent; amend KRS 199.520 to specify that adoption does not cut off legal relationship with biological family pursuant to Section 1.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
To Judiciary (s) on 02/19/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to adoption. [SB-196]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide adoption information to biological or legal parents or guardians of a child when the cabinet first commences any action related to the removal of the child from the care of the legal parent or guardian due to an allegation of dependency, neglect, or abuse; allow a licensed child-placing agency, the cabinet, or qualified prospective adoptive parents to intervene in a court case related to an allegation of dependency, neglect, or abuse if a biological
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Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney Westerfield
To Health & Welfare (s) on 02/19/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the storage of firearms. [SB-180]
Create a new section of KRS 199.420 to 199.670 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to certify that firearms in certain adoptive and foster care home placements are stored in a manner which prevents children from accessing them.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/15/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to operations of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. [SB-181]
Amend KRS 42.545 to delete the Kentucky Health and Geriatric Authority; amend KRS 42.720, 42.726, 42.728, and 61.8715 to delete reference to the Statewide Strategic Planning Committee for Children in Placement; amend KRS 154.20-020 to delete reference to building a one hundred bed inpatient mental health facility in eastern Kentucky; amend KRS 194A.050, 194A.180, and 194A.190 to delete reference to the Public Health Services Advisory Council; amend KRS 199.894 to change definition of child-care center and family child-care home; amend KRS 199.896
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Reported Favorably, 2nd Reading, To Rules With Committee Substitute (1) on 03/14/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the rights of parents. [SB-152]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 405 to establish specific rights of parents; establish a short title of "Parents Rights Act."
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Floor Amendment (2) Filed To Committee Substitute on 03/01/2019