KY SB26 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: Engrossed on February 14 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-14 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on February 14 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-14 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Amend KRS 199.011 to define "disability"; amend KRS 199.471 to establish that no petition for placement or adoption of children shall be denied on the sole basis of a disability of the adoptive applicant and enhance procedures for determination of placement or adoption; amend KRS 199.473 to require the secretary review any refusal of a placement of a child due to a disability; that targeted adaptive or support services be offered; and that the cabinet retain all documentation for two years; amend KRS 625.050 to establish that no petition for involuntary termination of parental rights shall be ordered on the sole basis of a disability of the parent; amend KRS 625.090 regarding procedures for an involuntary termination of parental rights involving a parent with a disability.
Title
AN ACT relating to parental rights.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/sfa1 RSN# 3355 (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-14 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2025-02-14 | House | received in House |
| 2025-02-13 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Floor Amendment (1) |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | floor amendment (1) filed |
| 2025-02-07 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 12, 2025 |
| 2025-02-07 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2025-02-06 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2025-01-09 | Senate | to Judiciary (S) |
| 2025-01-07 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2025-01-07 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
Subjects
Children and Minors
Civil Procedure
Courts, Circuit
Courts, District
Courts, Family
Disabilities and the Disabled
Parental Rights
State Agencies
Civil Procedure
Courts, Circuit
Courts, District
Courts, Family
Disabilities and the Disabled
Parental Rights
State Agencies
