Children And Minors
Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to corporal punishment in schools. [HB-202]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Create a new section of KRS 158.440 to 158.449 to define "corporal punishment"; prohibit a person employed by a school district from using corporal physical discipline; amend KRS 158.444 to remove corporal punishment as a form of discipline in a school; amend KRS 503.110 to remove the exception that permitted the use of physical force by a teacher against a minor.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Michael Nemes
Posted In Committee on 02/15/2019
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AN ACT relating to relative and fictive kin caregivers. [HB-2]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to establish a custodial, permanancy, and service option assistance program for relative and fictive kin caegivers; 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 delete requirement related to theKinship Care Program; amend KRS 610.010 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 073) on 03/25/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to instruction in the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and related matters. [HB-185]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 158.1415 to require the State Board of Education promulgate administrative regulations regarding human sexuality education; require implementation of a Department of Education-approved plan during the 2020-2021 school year; set the minimum instructional requirements for grades four through twelve; require instruction by a certified teacher.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas J. Burch
To Education (h) on 02/06/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sexual assault victims. [HB-169]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Amend KRS 403.322 to specify that persons found by clear and convincing evidence to have committed an offense in KRS Chapter 510 that produced a child shall not have custody, visitation, or inheritance rights with regard to that child.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert L. Goforth
To Judiciary (h) on 02/05/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to foster care and adoption services. [HB-160]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Religion ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to define "foster care or adoption services" and "religious organization"; provide that a religious organization or an individual employed by a religious organization while acting in the scope of that employment shall not be required to provide foster care or adoption services to a person if the action would cause the organization or individual to violate a sincerely held religious belief; restrict civil or criminal action against religious organizations or an individual employed by a religious organization
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Sponsored by: Rep. Myron B. Dossett
To Health And Family Services (h) on 02/05/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child welfare and declaring an emergency. [HB-158]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to require national and state background checks of staff members of child-caring facilities and child-placing agencies in Kentucky as newly required by federal law; amend KRS 199.011 to update the definition of "voluntary and informed consent" as it relates to adoption; amend KRS 199.505 to establish a beginning timeframe related to searches of the Kentucky putative father registry that corresponds to the date on which the statute became effective following its enactment in 2018; create a new section of KRS
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick W. Graham
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 033) on 03/19/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the reporting of child abuse, neglect, or dependency. [HB-149]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Amend KRS 620.030 to establish that if a person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a child is dependent, neglected, or abused, causes an oral or written report of the dependency, neglect, or abuse to be made, is employed by a local law enforcement agency, the Department of Kentucky State Police, the cabinet or its designated representative, the Commonwealth's attorney, or a county attorney, then that person shall make the oral or written report to his or her employer and to one of the other entities authorized to receive the report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas J. Burch
To Health And Family Services (h) on 01/11/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abortion. [HB-148]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to provide that if the United States Supreme Court reverses Roe v. Wade, or an amendment is adopted to the United State Constitution restoring state authority to prohibit abortion, no person shall knowingly administer to, prescribe for, procure for, or sell to any pregnant woman any medicine, drug, or other substance with the specific intent of causing or abetting the termination of the life of an unborn human being and no person shall use or employ any instrument or procedure upon a pregnant woman with the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph M. Fischer
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 152) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to vision examinations. [HB-142]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 156.160 to require a conclusive vision examination upon a child's initial enrollment in kindergarten and a vision examaination upon a child's initial enrollment in grade six.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Sims
To Health And Family Services (h) on 01/11/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the exemption of diapers from sales and use taxation. [HB-124]
[Taxes ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "diapers"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of diapers; provide that the exemptions apply to sales or purchases made after July 1, 2019, but before July 1, 2023; require the Department of Revenue to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue the amount of exemptions claimed.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dean Schamore
To Appropriations & Revenue (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to early childhood education. [HB-113]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 157.3175 to require school districts to provide full-day preschool; require all four year olds residing in the school district be eligible.
Sponsored by: Rep. Russ Meyer
To Education (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to early childhood education. [HB-112]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 158.060 to remove half-day allowance for kindergarten; amend KRS 157.320, 157.360, and 158.030 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Russ Meyer
To Education (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child abuse and declaring an emergency. [HB-103]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Religion ]
[Human Services ]
Amend KRS 620.030, relating to the requirement to report child abuse, to delete the clergy-penitent exemption and make any person who intentionally fails to report guilty of a Class D felony; amend KRS 620.050, relating to the reporting of child abuse, to delete the clergy-penitent exemption; provide for severability; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lynn Bechler
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the sexual endangerment of a child and declaring an emergency. [HB-104]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 to make the sexual endangerment of a child a Class D felony; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lynn Bechler
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child abuse and declaring an emergency. [HB-101]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
Amend KRS 500.050 to remove the five-year statute of limitations for misdemeanor sex offenses against minors and allow prosecution to be commenced at any time; amend KRS 413.249 to remove the ten-year statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse and allow a suit to be commenced at any time; amend KRS 620.030, relating to the requirement to report child abuse, to delete the clergy-penitent exemption and make any person who intentionally fails to report guilty of a Class D felony; amend KRS 620.050, relating
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sex offenses against minors and declaring an emergency. [HB-102]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 500.050 to remove the five-year statute of limitations for misdemeanor sex offenses against minors and allow prosecution to be commenced at any time; amend KRS 413.249 to remove the ten-year statute of limitations for civil actions arising from childhood sexual assault or abuse and allow a suit to be commenced at any time; provide for severability; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lynn Bechler
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to abortion and declaring an emergency. [HB-100]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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 without informed consent when there is a detectable fetal heartbeat; prohibit a person from performing an abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat; provide exceptions for medical emergencies;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Moore
To Health And Family Services (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school safety. [HB-1]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Crime ]
Amend KRS 158.441 to include definitions of school safety and school security; amend KRS 158.442 to include development and implementation of a school safety coordinator training program; specify membership on the Center for School Safety board of directors; amend KRS 158.443 to specify the board of directors is to appoint an executive director, establish all positions of the center, approve a school security risk assessment tool, review the organizational structure of the center and make recommendations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph M. Fischer
To Education (h) on 01/11/2019
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION honoring Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky and adjourning in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month in April. [SR-298]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Honor Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky and adjourn in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month in April.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christian McDaniel
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/26/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION honoring Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky and adjourning in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month in April. [SR-298]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Honor Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky and adjourn in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month in April.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christian McDaniel
Adopted By Voice Vote on 03/26/2020