HB 537 Kentucky House · 2026 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to child welfare.

Summary
Amend KRS 199.462 to prohibit an individual from being approved to provide foster care or relative caregiver services to a child, be considered a fictive kin placement for a child, or to receive a child for adoption if the individual or an adult or minor child living in the individual's home has been directed by a court to complete or attend sex offender treatment.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Last action Feb 9, 2026
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3
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Committee
2
Feb 9, 2026
Committee
to Families & Children (H)
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
introduced in House
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