Children And Minors
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child welfare. [HB-359]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 prohibiting a sex offender from receiving custody or unsupervised visitation of a child; list exceptions to the prohibition. Amend KRS 403.270, 403.280, 403.340, and 403.740, relating to custody and visitation, to provide that those sections are subject to the prohibition in Section 1. Amend KRS 600.020 to add knowingly allowing a child to have unsupervised contact with a sex offender as an element of abuse or neglect.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Posting Withdrawn on 02/24/2020
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AN ACT relating to putative fathers. [SB-121]
Amend KRS 199.480 to reduce the time in which a putative father may register to be a party to an action for adoption if he did not receive notice prior to the birth of the child from 21 days to 72 hours; amend KRS 625.065 to reduce the time in which a putative father may register to be a party to an action for involuntary termination of parental rights if he did not receive notice prior to the birth of the child from 21 days to 72 hours.
Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney Westerfield
To Judiciary (s) on 01/31/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public protection. [HB-321]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to prohibit medical professionals from performing surgeries or proscribing medications to a minor with the intent to alter the sex the child was assigned at birth and create a Class D felony and a civil cause of action for violations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 405 regarding parental rights in the area of gender identity or gender dysphoria; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to create employee protections for public employees who express opinions regarding gender identity or gender dysphoria.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
To Health And Family Services (h) on 01/28/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to athletics. [SB-114]
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; prohibiting male students from participating in athletic teams, activities, and sports designated as girls'; restricting access to athletic facilities designated for the use
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
To Education (s) on 01/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the rights of parents. [SB-116]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 405 to establish specific rights of parents; establish a short title of "Parents Rights Protection Act."
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Recommitted To Judiciary (s) on 04/15/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Congress to fully implement the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. [HCR-55]
Urge Congress to fully implement the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
Sponsored by: Rep. Travis Brenda
Posted In Committee on 01/31/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to children. [HB-312]
Amend KRS 158.448 to require the Kentucky Department of Education(KDE) to develop processes to promote more expeditious enrollment of students in foster care who are transferring to a new school or district, and the sharing of information among schools, school districts, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services(CHFS), and a child’s caseworker; amend KRS 159.170 require that KDE allow a school district’s foster care liaison to directly obtain a student’s records without requiring staff at the former district to release them first; create a new
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 64) on 03/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION recognizing the 150th anniversary of Sunrise Children's Services. [SR-83]
Recognize the 150th anniversary of Sunrise Children's Services.
Sponsored by: Sen. Whitney Westerfield
Adopted By Voice Vote on 01/29/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to student health. [HB-295]
Amend KRS 160.345 to require at least 25 minutes of student physical activity each school day; expand requirement to include students up to grade 8; and prioritize free play activities taking place outdoors.
Sponsored by: Rep. Maria Sorolis
To Education (h) on 01/23/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to operations of executive branch agencies. [SB-102]
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 100-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 definitions of "child-care center" and "family child-care home"; amend KRS 199.896 to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Mills
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 36) on 03/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to health education. [HB-296]
Repeal and reenact KRS 158.1415 to require each school district to provide comprehensive sex education instruction to all public school students; establish minimum requirements for the comprehensive sex education instruction; establish minimum requirements for the comprehensive sexual education curricula and instructional materials; prohibit a school or school district from restricting the ability of an instructor to answer a question related to comprehensive sex education; require that a school make comprehensive sex education curricula and instructional
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood
To Education (h) on 01/23/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to student access to sexually explicit material. [HB-281]
Amend KRS 156.675 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop informational materials on the public health risks and potential harms of sexually explicit Internet content; require each public school to distribute the informational materials to parents and guardians beginning with the 2021-2022 school year.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy Tate
Posted In Committee on 02/21/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to female genital mutilation. [HB-285]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to define "female genital mutilation" and create the Class B felony of female genital mutilation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop, produce, and disseminate educational materials related to female genital mutilation; amend KRS 15.334 to require law enforcement training on female genital mutilation; amend KRS 311.595 to require a conviction of female genital mutilation to result in mandatory revocation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to life-prolonging treatment for unemancipated minors. [HB-282]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require that a parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated minor be informed of an intent to withhold life-prolonging treatment before an order is instituted; permit a parent or legal guardian to refuse consent for an order to withhold life-prolonging treatment; permits either parent to petition the Circuit Court if they disagree; require a health care facility or physician to disclose a policy relating to life-prolonging treatment upon request.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nancy Tate
To Judiciary (h) on 01/21/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the sexual exploitation of minors. [HB-275]
Amend KRS 531.335 to raise the penalty for possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor under the age of 12 years to a Class C felony; amend KRS 531.340 to raise the penalty for the distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance of a minor under the age of 12 years to a Class C felony for the first offense and a Class B felony for each subsequent offense.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child restraint systems and booster seats. [HB-280]
Amend KRS 189.125 to prohibit the operator of a motor vehicle from carrying passengers who are required to be secured in a child restraint system or booster seat from placing the child restraint system or booster seat in the front seat of the vehicle if the vehicle has seating in the vehicle behind the front seat; amend KRS 189.990 to set fines for violations of all the provisions of KRS 189.125(3)at $50; retain language exempting these fines from court costs; amend KRS 189.574 and 431.452 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ed Massey
To Transportation (h) on 01/21/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to criminal history record checks. [HB-267]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to allow the Department for Community Based Services to request a criminal justice agency to perform a federal name-based criminal history record check of each adult residing in a home that a child is placed during an emergency placement; allow the Department for Kentucky State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to charge a reasonable fee for processing a fingerprint-based criminal history record check.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Elliott
To Judiciary (h) on 01/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms. [HB-259]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 01/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION honoring the Blueprint for Kentucky's Children and adjourning in honor of Children's Advocacy Day on January 23, 2020. [HR-44]
Honor the Blueprint for Kentucky's Children and adjourn in honor of Children's Advocacy Day on January 23, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Reported Favorably on 01/23/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to children of military families. [HB-266]
Amend KRS 159.075 to include parents or guardians who are transferring to a reserve component or separating from the military under honorable conditions; include a home under contract to be built as a qualifying residence; allow qualifying students to temporarily reside outside of district if the housing is unavailable and be included in the attending district's average daily attendance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Miller
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 28) on 03/24/2020