Kentucky Senate Bill 115 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 5 2013 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-03-07 - 2nd reading
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]

Amend KRS 610.125 to establish the right of a child's parents, foster parents, preadoptive parents, or relatives providing care to the child to he heard in court; amend KRS 610.127 to establish that reasonable efforts to keep a child in a home shall not be made when the court determines a parent has sexually abused the child or is required to register on a sex offender registry; repeal and reenact KRS 615.030 to replace the existing interstate compact relating to the placement of children with the new interstate compact for the placement of children; amend KRS 615.040 to conform; amend KRS 621.100 to establish that court appointed counsel for a child shall have documented training on the role of counsel that includes training in early childhood, child, and adolescent development and establish the right of a child's parents, foster parents, preadoptive parents, or relatives providing care to the child to he heard in court; amend KRS 202B.210 to conform; Sections 3 and 4 related to the new interstate compact for the placement of children shall be effective when the 35th state ratifies the compact.

AN ACT relating to child welfare.

Sen. Alice Kerr [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-07	House	2nd reading
2013-03-07	House	returned to Judiciary (H)
2013-03-07	House	taken from Judiciary (H)
2013-03-06	House	returned to Judiciary (H)
2013-03-06	House	1st reading
2013-03-06	House	taken from Judiciary (H)
2013-03-06	House	to Judiciary (H)
2013-03-05	House	received in House
2013-03-05	Senate	3rd reading, passed 35-1
2013-03-05	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 5, 2013
2013-03-01	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2013-02-28	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2013-02-11	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2013-02-07	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/13RS/SB115.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/13RS/SB115/bill.doc
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/13RS/SB115/vote_history.pdf