10RS HB407

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HB 407 (BR 1090) - S. Westrom, T. Burch, T. Moore

AN ACT relating to the Court of Justice.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 21A relating to the Supreme Court to request the Supreme Court to create a pilot project for a limited opening of courts in three to seven jurisdictions when handling dependency, needy, neglect, and abuse cases involving children and termination of parental rights, set parameters, and require reporting to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committees on Health and Welfare and Judiciary; create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 relating to juvenile procedure to permit pilot project courts to open proceedings which otherwise would be closed.

     Feb 9-introduced in House
     Feb 10-to Judiciary (H)
     Feb 18-posted in committee
     Feb 24-reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
     Feb 25-2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 26, 2010
     Mar 1-3rd reading, passed 87-10
     Mar 2-received in Senate
     Mar 4-to Judiciary (S)

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