Children And Minors
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the reporting of child abuse. [HB-265]
Amend KRS 620.030, relating to the requirement to report child abuse, to limit the clergy-penitent exemption to the confessional setting; amend KRS 620.050, relating to the reporting of child abuse, to limit the clergy-penitent exemption to the confessional setting.
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AN ACT relating to family preservation services. [HB-260]
Amend KRS 200.575 to require the Kentucky Department for Community Based Services to facilitate the application and implementation of housing vouchers for qualified families as part of family preservation services.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the restoration of parental rights. [SB-92]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to establish a process and requirements for the restoration of parental rights; amend KRS 164.2847 to include a student who was reunified with parents whose parental rights were restored and a student who obtained a high school equivalency diploma; amend KRS 625.046 and 625.110 to conform.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the rights of victims of sexual offenses. [HB-256]
Amend KRS 403.322 to specify that a felony offense from another jurisdiction that leads to the conception and delivery of a child eliminates custody and visitation rights for the offender; amend KRS 405.028 to specify that a felony offense from another jurisdiction that leads to the conception and delivery of a child eliminates custody and visitation rights for the offender; amend KRS 625.050 to allow a de facto custodian of a child born as a result of a felony offense of KRS Chapter 510 to initiate an action for involuntary termination of parental
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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, January 23, 2020. [SR-42]
Recognize January 23, 2020, as Children's Advocacy Day.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the protection of born-alive infants and abortion and declaring an emergency. [SB-9]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit a person from denying or depriving a born-alive infant of nourishment with the intent to cause or allow the death of the infant; prohibit a person from denying or depriving a born-alive 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; specify that if the physician is unable to perform those duties
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice. [SB-87]
Amend KRS 635.020 to remove automatic transfer of a child from District to Circuit Court in certain cases; amend KRS 640.010 to prohibit transfer of a child to Circuit Court in cases involving persons with an IQ under 70.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT designating the second Wednesday in February as Family Resource and Youth Services Center Day. [HB-241]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the second Wednesday in February as "Family Resource and Youth Services Center Day."
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to providing an individual income tax credit for stillbirths. [SB-76]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a nonrefundable, nontransferable individual income tax credit related to stillbirths for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, but before January 1, 2024; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the operation of bicycles. [SB-78]
Amend KRS 189.287 to direct the Transportation Cabinet to include a requirement for bicycle helmets for operators and passengers under the age of 12 in the bicycle standards and safety administrative regulations promulgated under this section; amend KRS 189.990 to conform.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child abuse education. [SB-77]
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.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to school background checks. [SB-79]
Amend KRS 160.380, relating to the employment of school personnel, to define "administrative findings of child abuse or neglect" to mean a substantiated finding of child abuse or neglect that is upheld on appeal or not appealed; amend the definition of "clear CA/N check" to include administrative findings instead of substantiated findings; remove the requirement that an existing school district employee self-report a substantiated finding of child abuse or neglect to the superintendent.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to sex offender registrants. [HB-204]
Amend KRS 17.545 to prohibit sex offender registrants from living within 1,000 feet of a publicly leased playground and from being on the grounds of a publicly leased playground.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child welfare. [SB-40]
Amend KRS 194A.062 to require front-line staff to submit to national and state fingerprint-supported background checks; amend KRS 199.8966 to define the term "staff member" and to require national and state fingerprint-supported background checks of staff members of child-placing agencies in Kentucky in addition to staff members of child-caring facilities.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to mental healthcare for unaccompanied youth. [HB-213]
Amend KRS 214.185 to establish that any qualified mental health professional may provide outpatient mental health counseling to any child who is age 16 or older and is an unaccompanied youth.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to juvenile competency in status and public offenses. [HB-203]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 610 to create a minimum age of criminal responsibility of 12 years of age; establish rules relating to the court's treatment of developmental immaturity, mental illness, and intellectual disability; amend various sections to conform.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to involuntary termination of parental rights. [HB-164]
Amend KRS 625.060 to specify the rights of a foster parent related to involuntary termination of parental rights cases.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the sale of tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor products and declaring an emergency. [SB-56]
Amend KRS 438.305 to change the definition of "proof of age"; amend KRS 438.310 to prohibit the sale of tobacco, alternative nicotine, or vapor products to persons under the age of 21; amend KRS 438.311 to make it unlawful for persons under 21 to buy tobacco, alternative nicotine, or vapor products; establish a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500 for a person over the age of 18 who violates the age restrictions for purchasing or receiving tobacco, alternative nicotine, or vapor products; remove status offense designation for violations
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to involuntary termination of parental rights and declaring an emergency. [HB-167]
Amend KRS 625.060 and 625.070 to specify the rights of a foster parent related to involuntary termination of parental rights cases.
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to full-day kindergarten. [HB-41]
Amend KRS 158.060 to remove language that allows for half-day kindergarten programs; amend KRS 157.320, 157.360, and 158.030 to conform.