Children And Minors
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to solitary confinement of juveniles. [HB-147]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to limit use of solitary confinement for juveniles and require reporting of data on its use.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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AN ACT relating to child-care centers in Kentucky. [SB-45]
Create a new section of KRS 199.896 to 199.8996 to establish operational standards for child-care centers in Kentucky.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 8) on 03/11/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to preserving families that include a parent who is blind. [HB-172]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 405 relating to parents or prospective parents with blindness; define terms; establish rights of parents or prospective parents with blindness.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to historical instruction. [HB-9]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require African history instruction in certain middle and high school world history and civilization courses; require Native American history instruction in certain middle and high school United States history courses; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations establishing academic standards for the required historical instructions; require local school boards to adopt curricula for required instruction; require the Department of Education to collaborate with the Kentucky
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the sexual endangerment of a child and declaring an emergency. [HB-189]
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
Posting Withdrawn on 02/24/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to corporal punishment in schools. [HB-22]
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. Derrick Graham
Floor Amendment (2) Filed on 03/18/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to bullying. [HB-30]
Amend KRS 158.148 to include incidents that occur at non-school-sponsored events or through the use of technology in the definition of bullying; require a school district's code of acceptable behavior to include notification procedures for parents in situations of alleged bullying; require the school district's code of acceptable behavior to include procedures for restoring a student's sense of safety.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [HB-200]
Amend KRS 157.360 to reduce maximum class sizes by three.
Sponsored by: Rep. Reginald Meeks
To Education (h) on 01/09/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reporting dependency, neglect, or abuse. [SB-35]
Amend KRS 620.030 to establish that an investigation of child dependency, neglect, or abuse shall not be conducted by school personnel or other persons before a report is made; amend KRS 620.029 to conform; and amend KRS 620.040 to conform and to establish that no investigation of child dependency, neglect, or abuse shall be conducted by school personnel or other persons before the report is made.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
To Health & Welfare (s) on 01/08/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to education. [HB-190]
Amend KRS 158.148 to require that the code of acceptable behavior and discipline include appropriate reporting and escalation requirements of incidents of bullying, time requirements for investigation and response of incidents of bullying, and procedures for appeal and review of each incident of bullying.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Bratcher
To Education (s) on 02/03/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to high school students pursuing military careers. [HB-96]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 requiring schools to offer the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test annually to students in grades 10 through 12, offer counseling based on the ASVAB test results, and allow up to four excused absences to meet with a recruiter of the Armed Forces of the United States or Kentucky National Guard; amend KRS 159.035 to allow excused absences for students who meet with a military recruiter, receive ASVAB counseling, or pursue enlistment.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rob Rothenburger
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to voter registration. [HB-101]
Amend KRS 116.045 to permit a process of voter preregistration for persons at the minimum age of 16 years; require the State Board of Elections to promulgate administrative regulations to provide for preregistration and subsequent registration confirmation; amend KRS 116.046 to direct schools and the county clerk to inform students and school personnel, not less than once each school year, about the availability of preregistration and registration forms; direct the State Board of Education to implement programs of public education, not less than
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to maternal health. [HB-138]
Amend KRS 211.680 to expand the scope of the legislative intent and findings; amend KRS 211.684 and KRS 211.686 to require the existence of the state and local child and maternal fatality review teams; create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to require licensed health facilities under KRS Chapter 216B to provide each patient with written information regarding the patient's rights; define terms; require health facilities licensed under KRS 216B to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health providers involved in the perinatal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky relating to abortion. [HB-67]
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to state that Kentucky's Constitution does not secure or protect a right to abortion or funding of abortion.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
To State & Local Government (s) on 03/17/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to student health and safety. [SB-42]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require any student identification badge issued to a public middle or high school student to contain the contact information for national crisis hotlines specializing in domestic violence, sexual assault, and suicide; apply the requirement to public charter schools; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to publish recommendations for at least one national crisis hotline in each specialized area; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require any student identification badge issued by a
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 54) on 03/27/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to child abuse and declaring an emergency. [HB-47]
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 limit 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. Jerry Miller
To Judiciary (s) on 03/26/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to birth certificates for stillborn children. [HB-84]
Amend KRS 213.096 to permit either parent to file an application for a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth for any fetal death reported; require the state registrar to issue a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth upon completion of an application; require the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth to clearly indicate that it is not proof of a live birth and that it does not replace the requirement to file a report of fetal death; require that the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth not be a proof of a live birth for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Westrom
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to taxation. [HB-54]
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "diapers"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of diapers, breast pumps, and certain baby products; provide that the exemptions apply to sales or purchases made after August 1, 2020, but before August 1, 2024; require the Department of Revenue to report to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue the amount of exemptions claimed.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearm storage. [SB-32]
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 results, in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 01/08/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to create a task force on neonatal intensive care units. [HCR-6]
Create the Using the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Wisely Task Force to study and make recommendations related to the utilization, effectiveness, and cost of Kentucky's Neonatal Intensive Care Units; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet at least three times during the 2020 interim and to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wiederstein
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020