AN ACT relating to orders of protection. [HB-488]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 403.763 and 456.180 to enhance a second or subsequent violation of an order of protection to a Class D felony.
HB-488: AN ACT relating to orders of protection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
To Judiciary (s) on 03/09/2022
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice. [HB-318]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 610.030 to require a court referral for truancy cases when there is no improvement within 30 days; require a court-designated worker to make a finding if diversion is failed due to lack of parental cooperation; allow a court to refer cases back to the court-designated worker and order parental cooperation; amend KRS 610.265 to require children charged with serious felony offenses to be detained pending a detention hearing; amend KRS 610.340 to provide that confidentiality does not apply to cases in which a child has admitted to or been
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HB-318: AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.
Sponsored by: Rep. John Blanton
Floor Amendments (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) And (7) Filed on 03/30/2022
HB-289: AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Osborne
Introduced In House on 01/13/2022
You have voted HB-289: AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities..
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice. [SB-74]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 610.030 to require a court referral for truancy cases when there is no improvement within 30 days; require a court-designated worker to make a finding if diversion is failed due to lack of parental cooperation; allow a court to refer cases back to the court-designated worker and order parental cooperation; amend KRS 610.265 to require children charged with serious felony offenses to be detained pending a detention hearing; amend KRS 610.340 to provide that confidentiality does not apply to cases in which a child has admitted to or been
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SB-74: AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Schickel
To Judiciary (s) on 01/12/2022
HB-244: AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 162) on 04/08/2022
You have voted HB-244: AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities..
AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits and declaring an emergency. [HB-214]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Amend KRS 23A.020 to move Edmonson County from the 38th Judicial Circuit into the 8th Judicial Circuit; amend KRS 23A.040 (Effective January 2, 2023) to add the 56th Judicial Circuit to the list of judicial circuits with 2 Circuit Judges; amend KRS 23A.045 (Effective January 2, 2023) to remove the 3rd, 6th, 14th, and 27th Judicial Circuits from the list of judicial circuits with 3 Circuit Judges; amend KRS 23A.050 to add the 3rd, 6th, 14th, and 27th Judicial Circuits to the list of judicial circuits with 4 Circuit Judges; create KRS 23A.052 to establish
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HB-214: AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits and declaring an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 129) on 04/08/2022
AN ACT relating to judicial circuits. [HB-552]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 23A.040 (Effective January 2, 2023) to add a circuit judge to the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit; specify election schedule for new judgeship; request that the additional Circuit Court judgeship be designated as a Family Court judgeship; EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023.
HB-552: AN ACT relating to judicial circuits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ed Massey
Introduced In House on 02/22/2021
AN ACT relating to virtual court proceedings. [HB-551]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 23A and 24A to establish remote attendance by a defendant who is in jail or a detention facility via two-way audio-video communications; specify proceedings when remote attendance is required and when permitted; establish parameters to ensure protection of rights; establish local determination in juvenile criminal cases in district court.
HB-551: AN ACT relating to virtual court proceedings.
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Westrom
Taken From Rules on 03/30/2021
AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits. [SB-209]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 23A.040 (Effective January 2, 2023) to add a circuit judge to the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit; amend 24A.050 to remove a district judge from the Fifteenth Judicial District; specify election schedule for new judgeship; request that the additional circuit court judgeship be designated as a family court judgeship; request that the division removed from the Fifteenth District should be Division Two; Sections 1 to 2 EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023.
SB-209: AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Hornback
Introduced In Senate on 02/09/2021
AN ACT relating to dependency, neglect, and abuse. [HB-389]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 620.140 to create procedures for informal adjustment of certain dependency, neglect, and abuse cases.
HB-389: AN ACT relating to dependency, neglect, and abuse.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Flannery
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 179) on 04/05/2021
AN ACT relating to adoption. [HB-329]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Amend KRS 199.540 to provide the facts and findings required to set aside an adoption.
HB-329: AN ACT relating to adoption.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Introduced In House on 02/02/2021
AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits. [HB-327]
[Elections ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend KRS 23A.020 and 24A.030 (Effective January 2, 2023) to move Hancock County from the Thirty-eighth Circuit and District to the Sixth Circuit and District; amend KRS 23A.045 (Effective January 2, 2023) and 23A.050 to add a circuit judge to the Sixth Judicial Circuit; amend 24A.050 to remove a district judge from the Thirty-eighth Judicial District; specify election schedule for new judgeship; request that the additional circuit court judgeship be designated as a family court judgeship and establish election dates; request that the division removed
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HB-327: AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
To Rules (s) on 03/30/2021
HB-195: AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Nemes
Line Item Veto #1 Not Overridden on 03/30/2021
You have voted HB-195: AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities..
AN ACT relating to children. [SB-32]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Amend KRS 403.270 to specify that the existing time periods required to be considered a de facto custodian be calculated in aggragate within the last two years.
SB-32: AN ACT relating to children.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 132) on 03/25/2021
AN ACT relating to the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act. [HB-109]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Veterans ]
Establish KRS Chapter 403A and create new sections thereof to establish the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; amend KRS 403.280, 403.320, 403.340, 403.352, and 403.353 to conform.
HB-109: AN ACT relating to the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 94) on 03/23/2021
AN ACT relating to juvenile justice. [SB-20]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Mental Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
[Crime ]
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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SB-20: AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
Recommitted To Judiciary (s) on 03/01/2019