Kentucky House Bill 528 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Passed on April 26 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-04-26 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 198)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [PDF]

Amend KRS 403.270 to create a presumption that joint custody and equally shared parenting time is in the best interrest of the child, and to require the court to consider the motiviation of the aduts involved when determining the best interest of the child for custody orders; amend KRS 403.280 to specify that the presumption of joint custody and equal parenting time is in the best interest of the child; amend KRS 403.320 to allow a parent not granted custody or shared parenting time to petition for reasonable visitation rights; amend KRS 403.340 to specify that if a court modifies a custody decree there is a rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interest of the child for the parents to have joint custody and equally shared parenting time.

AN ACT relating to joint custody.

Rep. Jason Petrie [R]	Rep. Kevin Bratcher [R]	Rep. Jim Duplessis [R]	Rep. Joseph Fischer [R]
Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. Kenny Imes [R]	Rep. David Meade [R]	Sen. Robert Mills [R]
Rep. Jason Nemes [R]	Rep. David Osborne [R]	Rep. Walker Thomas [R]

2018-04-13 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 498 (Y: 81 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 17) [PASS]
2018-04-13 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/SCS 1, SFA 1 RSN# 710 (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-19 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 355 (Y: 83 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 16) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-04-26	House	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 198)
2018-04-14	House	delivered to Governor
2018-04-14	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2018-04-14	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2018-04-13	House	Bill passed 81-2
2018-04-13	House	House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)
2018-04-13	House	posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1)
2018-04-13	House	to Rules (H)
2018-04-13	House	received in House
2018-04-13	Senate	3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1)
2018-04-13	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, April 13, 2018
2018-03-29	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2018-03-29	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2018-03-27	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2018-03-21	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2018-03-20	Senate	received in Senate
2018-03-19	House	3rd reading, passed 83-1
2018-03-16	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 19, 2018
2018-03-15	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2018-03-14	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2018-03-01	House	posted in committee
2018-02-28	House	to Judiciary (H)
2018-02-26	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB528.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB528/bill.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB528/SCS1.pdf
Amendment	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB528/SFA1.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB528/vote_history.pdf