Amend KRS 527.010 to define "domestic abuse offense," "domestic violence protective order," and "physical force"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the crimes of possession of a firearm by a convicted domestic abuser and possession of a firearm by the subject of a domestic violence protective order; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to require the surrender of firearms by people subject to protective orders or convicted of specified crimes; amend KRS 403.740 and 456.060 to require courts to inform the subject of a domestic violence order or an interpersonal protective order of the firearm possession prohibition.

  RECENT STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

10/30/2019 - Pre-Filed

Amend KRS 625.060 to specify the rights of a foster parent related to involuntary termination of parental rights cases.

  RECENT STATUS

1/7/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

12/12/2019 - Pre-Filed

Amend KRS 625.060 and 625.070 to specify the rights of a foster parent related to involuntary termination of parental rights cases.

  RECENT STATUS

3/16/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/6/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/6/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

Amend KRS 29A.170 to increase payment for jurors from five dollars to thirty dollars per day.

  RECENT STATUS

2/24/2020 - posting withdrawn

1/24/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

1/9/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

Amend KRS 403.720 to include violence against an animal used as coercive conduct in the definition of "domestic violence and abuse"; amend KRS 403.740 to allow a judge to award possession of a domestic animal to the petitioner; amend KRS 456.010 to include violence against an animal used as coercive conduct in the definition of "dating violence and abuse"; amend KRs 456.060 to allow a judge to award possession of a domestic animal to the petitioner.

  RECENT STATUS

3/26/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/19/2020 - received in Senate

3/19/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 81-3 with Committee Substitute (1)

Amend KRS 29A.100 to allow individuals to be excused from jury service if they 70 years of age or older and request to be excused from jury service.

  RECENT STATUS

1/21/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

1/16/2020 - Introduced

Propose to amend Sections 110, 111, 117, 119, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide that the Supreme Court districts shall be the same in number and follow the same boundaries as the Congressional districts apportioned to the state; provide that the Chief Justice shall be elected on a statewide basis and shall serve in addition to a Justice elected from each Supreme Court district; provide that Justices of the Supreme Court representing the Supreme Court districts shall be residents of the district from which they seek the office but shall be elected on a statewide basis; provide transition language; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2020 - House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/6/2020 - (H) Returned to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

3/6/2020 - (H) FIRST READING

Amend KRS 391.030, relating to the descent of property, to increase the surviving spouse exemption from $15,000 to $30,000.

  RECENT STATUS

3/17/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/12/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/12/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

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.

  RECENT STATUS

2/24/2020 - posting withdrawn

2/7/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

2/3/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to establish the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory fund; amend KRS 23A.205 and 24A.175 to increase court costs to $110, currently $100; amend KRS 42.320 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to transfer the first $10 of each court cost to the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory fund; amend KRS 49.480 and 64.092, to conform; amend KRS 186.574 to increase the fee required by each participant in a county attorney-operated traffic safety program to $40, currently $30, and require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to transfer the first $10 of the fee to the Department of Kentucky State Police forensic laboratory fund; amend KRS 211.504 and 441.685 to conform; APPROPRIATION.

  RECENT STATUS

2/5/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

2/3/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 337.015 to require employers provide the same leave policies to adoptive parents as they provide to birth parents; change the applicable age of an adoptive child from seven to ten; create an exemption for specified categories of adoption.

  RECENT STATUS

4/15/2020 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S)

3/18/2020 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/17/2020 - floor amendment (1) filed

Amend various KRS sections to provide that guardians ad litem and court-appointed counsel shall receive a fee not to exceed $500 and to specify the payors of those fees; amend KRS 625.0405, 625.041, and 625.080 to provide that the appointment of guardians ad litem and court-appointed counsel for voluntary or involuntary termination of parental rights proceedings shall solely be for representation at the trial level and shall not extend to the filing of an appeal nor to the appeal process thereafter.

  RECENT STATUS

3/18/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/17/2020 - received in Senate

3/12/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1), and floor amendments (1) and (2)

Propose to amend Sections 97, 99, 119, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the term of office for Circuit Court Clerks and Commonwealth's Attorneys from six years to eight years beginning in 2024; increase the term of office for county attorneys and district judges from four years to eight years beginning in 2022; increase the requirement of being a licensed attorney from two years to eight years for district judges beginning in 2022; exempt any person serving as a District Judge on the effective date of the Act from the eight-year licensure requirement; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  RECENT STATUS

4/15/2020 - delivered to Secretary of State

4/15/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by President of the Senate

4/15/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

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.

  RECENT STATUS

3/17/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/11/2020 - received in Senate

3/10/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 95-0

Establish KRS Chapter 408 to adopt the Uniform Parentage Act (2017); amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 199.503 and KRS Chapter 406.

  RECENT STATUS

2/26/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

2/24/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 403.322 to deny parental rights to a person shown by clear and convincing evidence to have fathered a child via sexual assault; amend KRS 405.028 to deny parental rights to a person shown by clear and convincing evidence to have fathered a child via sexual assault; amend KRS 625.050 to add guardians and de facto custodians to the list of people who may file a petition for involuntary termination of parental rights; create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to require the court to involuntarily terminate parental rights for someone who is shown by clear and convincing evidence to have fathered a child via sexual assault.

  RECENT STATUS

2/27/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

2/25/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 21A.010, 21A.020, 22A.010 to provide that the number and boundaries of the Supreme Court districts shall be the same as the number and boundaries of Congressional districts apportioned to the state, and for the election of Supreme Court Justices, including the Chief Justice, on a statewide, nonpartisan basis; amend KRS 118A. 020, 118A.060, and 118A.090 to conform; EFFECTIVE November 3, 2020, only if voters ratify a proposed constitutional amendment providing for changes related to Supreme Court districts.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2020 - House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

3/6/2020 - (H) Returned to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

3/6/2020 - (H) FIRST READING

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 452 to set the venue for constitutional challenges to statutes, executive orders, and regulations; establish procedures for selecting a panel of three Circuit Judges to hear challenges, establish three districts from which panel judges can be drawn.

  RECENT STATUS

3/4/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

3/2/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 620.090 to require that a child support order be established or modified within 7 days of an order of temporary removal.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2020 - posting withdrawn

3/12/2020 - Committee Posting Withdrawn

3/6/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

Amend KRS 403.212 to update the child support table.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2020 - posting withdrawn

3/12/2020 - Committee Posting Withdrawn

3/11/2020 - House Judiciary (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

Amend KRS 620.145, 620.180, and 620.240 to establish a 30-day case review to be submitted to a court for a child who is in the custody of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

  RECENT STATUS

3/19/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare (S)

3/19/2020 - received in Senate

3/19/2020 - (H) THIRD READING, passed 72-12

Amend KRS 620.100 to establish a requirement that ensures that separate counsel is available to advise a cabinet employee in court anytime that the cabinet employee is required to be in court; amend KRS 620.142 to establish custodial, permanency, and service options available to a relative or fictive kin caregiver; amend KRS 620.360 to clarify that all components of a foster parent’s approval are effective for three years and that when reevaluation is required after that three years that all courses be offered online and in-person and allow the foster parent to choose the format they want for reevaluation; amend KRS 620.365 to establish requirements related to when a child has been in the same foster family home for a period of nine months.

  RECENT STATUS

3/26/2020 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Health & Welfare (S)

3/26/2020 - (S) SECOND READING

3/26/2020 - (S) Taken From Committee Senate Health & Welfare (S)

Amend KRS 118A.060 and 118A.100 to remove provisions that judicial elections shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis; provide that elections for an office of the Court of Justice shall be conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 118; repeal KRS 118A.090, 118A.150, and 118A.190; Effective November 3, 2020, only if voters ratify a proposed constitutional amendment providing for the partisan election of justices and judges.

  RECENT STATUS

3/6/2020 - (H) Returned to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

3/6/2020 - (H) FIRST READING

3/6/2020 - (H) Taken From Committee H - Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

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.

  RECENT STATUS

2/25/2020 - (S) WITHDRAWN

1/8/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health & Welfare (S)

1/7/2020 - Introduced (Pre-Filed)

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.

  RECENT STATUS

3/24/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/17/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/17/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

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.

  RECENT STATUS

1/16/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

1/14/2020 - Introduced

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 405 to establish specific rights of parents; establish a short title of "Parents Rights Protection Act."

  RECENT STATUS

4/15/2020 - (S) recommitted to committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/17/2020 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

3/12/2020 - (S) FIRST READING w/ SCS 1, to Regular

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.

  RECENT STATUS

2/20/2020 - Senate Judiciary (S), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/13/2020 - Senate Judiciary (S), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

1/31/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

Amend KRS 530.050 to raise the amount qualifying for flagrant nonsupport from $1,000 to $10,000 and raise the time period of flagrant nonsupport from 6 months to 12 months; specify lower the service time for a person jailed for nonsupport on a second or subsequent offense and that work release shall be permitted.

  RECENT STATUS

2/27/2020 - Senate Judiciary (S), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

2/6/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

2/4/2020 - Introduced

Amend KRS 304.17A-005 to define terms; create new sections of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require the commissioner of insurance to establish a database of billed health care service charges; require an insurer to reimburse for unanticipated out-of-network care; prohibit balance billing from a provider who has been reimbursed as required; provide for an independent dispute resolution program to review reimbursements provided for unanticipated out-of-network care; allow unregulated health plans to opt-in to requirements; require insurers to provide certain notices in an explanation of benefits; amend KRS 304.17A-254 and 304.17A-505 to require certain disclosures; create a new section of KRS Chapter 365 to allow the Attorney General to enjoin persons violating Section 3; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with Sections 3 and 4 of the Act; amend KRS 304.17A-0954, 304.17A-096, 304.17A-500, 304.17A-580, 304.17A-649, 304.17B-001, 304.17B-015, 304.17B-033, 304.17C-010, 304.18-114, 304.38A-010, and 304.39-241 to conform; repeal KRS 304.17A-640; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

  RECENT STATUS

3/30/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

3/26/2020 - delivered to Governor

3/26/2020 - Enrolled, Signed by Speaker of the House

Amend KRS 7.136 to allow the reviser of statutes to edit any section or parts of sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes that have been declared unconstitutional, void, or otherwise unlawful and unenforceable by a state or federal appellate court; EMERGENCY.

  RECENT STATUS

2/14/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State & Local Government (S)

2/12/2020 - Introduced

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to prohibit a parent, guardian, or other custodian from withdrawing, transfering, or in any way altering the current enrollment of a child to hinder an abused or neglected child investigation; make violation of the prohibition a Class A misdemeanor; make violation of the prohibition a Class D felony if the child is taken out of state; make notification of intent a defense to prosecution.

  RECENT STATUS

3/12/2020 - (H) posted in committee House Judiciary (H)

3/9/2020 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

3/5/2020 - received in House

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 406 to allow the court to consider the financial resources of both parties in paternity actions and order a party to pay a reasonable portion of the other party's attorney's fees and costs.

  RECENT STATUS

3/19/2020 - received in House

3/19/2020 - (S) THIRD READING, passed 29-1

3/19/2020 - (S) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15A to create the Office of Child and Family Advocacy, the Child and Family Advocacy Commission, and the child and family advocate position to provide a state-sponsored and controlled system for training and appointing guardians ad litem and counsel for minors and disabled adults; amend KRS 49.120, 209.110, 353.260, 387.305, 387.560, 392.140, and 620.100 to cap guardian ad litem or counsel fees to $500; amend various statutes to conform; Sections 4 to 28 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2021; APPROPRIATION.

  RECENT STATUS

3/2/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

2/28/2020 - Introduced

Propose to amend Sections 97, 99, 119, and 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the term of office for Commonwealth Attorneys from 6 years to 8 years beginning in 2030; to increase the terms of judges of the District Court from 4 years to 8 years beginning in 2030; and to increase the requirement of being a license attorney from 2 years to 8 years for District Court judges beginning in 2022; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  RECENT STATUS

3/6/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State & Local Government (S)

3/4/2020 - Introduced

Make technical corrections and conforming amendments to various sections of KRS Chapter 423 regarding notaries, electronic and online notarizations, and certificates of notarization; repeal KRS 423.110. 423.130, 423.140. 423.150, 423.160, 423.170, 423.180, and 423.190.

  RECENT STATUS

3/6/2020 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Judiciary (S)

3/4/2020 - Introduced