Kentucky House Bill 256 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: Passed on March 24 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-24 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 30)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Amend KRS 403.322 to specify that a felony offense from another jurisdiction that leads to the conception and delivery of a child eliminates custody and visitation rights for the offender; amend KRS 405.028 to specify that a felony offense from another jurisdiction that leads to the conception and delivery of a child eliminates custody and visitation rights for the offender; amend KRS 625.050 to allow a de facto custodian of a child born as a result of a felony offense of KRS Chapter 510 to initiate an action for involuntary termination of parental rights; create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to require the circuit court to involuntarily terminate the parental rights of a person convicted of a felony offense of KRS Chapter 510 that leads to a child.

AN ACT relating to the rights of victims of sexual offenses.

Rep. Joseph Fischer [R]	Rep. Kimberly Banta [R]	Rep. John Blanton [R]	Rep. Chris Harris [D]
Rep. Kim King [R]	Rep. Stan Lee [R]	Rep. Ed Massey [R]	Rep. David Osborne [R]
Rep. Sal Santoro [R]

2020-03-12 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 1318 (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2020-02-24 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 143 (Y: 84 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 14) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-24	House	signed by Governor (Acts ch. 30)
2020-03-17	House	delivered to Governor
2020-03-17	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2020-03-17	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2020-03-12	House	received in House
2020-03-12	Senate	3rd reading, passed 34-0
2020-03-10	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12, 2020
2020-03-06	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-03-05	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2020-02-27	Senate	to Judiciary (S)
2020-02-25	Senate	received in Senate
2020-02-24	House	3rd reading, passed 84-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
2020-02-20	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 21, 2020
2020-02-20	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2020-02-19	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2020-01-24	House	posted in committee
2020-01-16	House	to Judiciary (H)
2020-01-14	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb256.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb256/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb256/bill.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb256/vote_history.pdf