KY HB436 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-09 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 135)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-09 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 135)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Amends KRS 26A.140 to state that the guardians ad litem shall receive a fee fixed by the court and paid by the Finance and Administration Cabinet; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 403.715 to 403.785 to require appointment of a guardian ad litem for any unrepresented minor who is an alleged victim of domestic violence and abuse, or who is named as a respondent or petitioner in a petition for an emergency protective order or domestic violence order, and to provide that a violation of an interpersonal protective order or a domestic violence order may constitute a criminal offense if the offender is an adult or a public offense if the offender is a juvenile; and creates a new section of KRS Chapter 456 to require appointment of a guardian ad litem for any unrepresented minor who is an alleged victim of dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking or who is named as a respondent or petitioner in a petition for an interpersonal protective order.
Title
AN ACT relating to guardians ad litem.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-28 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3141 (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-26 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 150 (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2024-02-26 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 150 (Y: 93 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-09 | House | signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 135) |
| 2024-03-28 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2024-03-28 | House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2024-03-28 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2024-03-28 | House | received in House |
| 2024-03-28 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 38-0 |
| 2024-03-27 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-26 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day |
| 2024-03-25 | Senate | posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024 |
| 2024-03-22 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill |
| 2024-03-21 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar |
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | to Judiciary (S) |
| 2024-02-27 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2024-02-27 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2024-02-26 | House | 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-02-22 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 23, 2024 |
| 2024-02-22 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2024-02-21 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2024-02-16 | House | to Judiciary (H) |
| 2024-01-31 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2024-01-31 | House | introduced in House |
