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SB 26 Kentucky Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to parental rights.

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.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Mar 18, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

Introduced → Current/Final · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill underwent technical formatting updates including page count adjustments from 16 to 18 pages and updated document identifiers from BR 327 to SB 26/GA. A minor wording change was made to the definition of disability, adding a semicolon for grammatical consistency. These are primarily administrative and formatting changes rather than substantive policy modifications.
TECHNICAL

Document identifiers and page numbering were updated to reflect final version formatting, changing from BR 327 to SB 26/GA and increasing page count from 16 to 18 pages.

DEFINITION

Added a semicolon after the definition of disability to improve grammatical consistency with surrounding text.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 11, 2025

How they voted

101–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 104
Mar 11, 2025
D Democratic21
20 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican83
81 Yea 2
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Mar 18, 2025
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 26)
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 97-0
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
to Families & Children (H)
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Floor Amendment (1)
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Jan 9, 2025
Committee
to Judiciary (S)
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.