Kentucky House Bill 420 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 4 2021 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-05 - to Judiciary (S)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

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; clarify that only private attorneys appointed to represent those alleged to be mentally ill shall receive a representation fee; provide that guardians ad litems and court-appointed counsel appointed to represent minors and disabled adults in guardianship or conservatorship hearings receive a reasonable fee; specify that if the respondent is indigent, the attorney shall receive a fee not to exceed $500; clarify that attorneys appointed in a DVO or IPO proceeding to represent a minor or an adult who is incarcerated shall be paid by the Finance and Administration Cabinet; APPROPRIATION.

AN ACT relating to guardians ad litem and other court-appointed counsel and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. Daniel Elliott [R]

Rep. DJ Johnson [R]

Rep. Ed Massey [R]

2021-03-03 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 189 (Y: 96 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-05	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2021-03-04	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2021-03-04	Senate	received in Senate
2021-03-03	House	3rd reading, passed 96-1
2021-03-02	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 3, 2021
2021-03-02	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2021-03-01	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2021-02-25	House	posted in committee
2021-02-22	House	to Judiciary (H)
2021-02-09	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2021-02-09	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb420.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb420/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb420/bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/21RS/hb420/LM.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb420/vote_history.pdf