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SB 156 Kentucky Senate · 2026 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to child marriage.

Summary
Amend KRS 402.020 to prohibit marriage with a person under 18 years of age; exclude from being prohibited and void, marriages entered into in the Commonwealth before the effective date of this Act and marriages entered into in another state or country; amend KRS 402.080 and 402.210 to prohibit the issuance of marriage licenses to persons under 18 years of age; amend KRS 402.030 to conform; repeal KRS 402.205, relating to petitions to courts filed by minors aged 17 years seeking permission to marry.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2026 Last action Apr 15, 2026
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Current/Final · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text remains substantively unchanged, but the document header has been updated to reflect a new bill number (SB 156) and a different legislative session identifier (GA). This indicates the bill was renumbered or refiled during the legislative process rather than having its policy content altered.
TECHNICAL

The header metadata was changed from 'BR 1889' to 'SB 156/GA', and the internal document ID was updated from 'BR188900.100' to 'SB015610.100', likely reflecting a renumbering or administrative update to the bill's tracking number.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2026

How they voted

42–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 44
Mar 3, 2026
D Democratic6
6 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican38
36 Yea 2
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
3
Committee
7
Amendments
3
Apr 15, 2026
Committee
recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
lower
Mar 31, 2026
Introduced
floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed
upper
Mar 26, 2026
Introduced
floor amendment (2) filed
upper
Mar 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed
upper
Mar 24, 2026
Committee
to Families & Children (H)
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 36-0
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.