Children and Minors
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Abandoned newborn infant, establish location signage - HB 167: HCS, SCS
Abortion,
- constitutional amendment, no right created - HB 473
- dismemberment, prohibition of - HB 454; HB 454: SCS
- Down syndrome, prohibition of - HB 455
- prohibition of - SB 164
Abuse and exploitation, prevention of - HB 120
Adoption forms, electronically accessible, providing for - SB 148
Adoption, relative caregiver, rights of indigent parents - SB 256
Age of consent, offenders 10 years older than victims prohibited - HB 101; HB 101: SFA (1)
All-terrain vehicle, operation of - SB 182
Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita Awareness Day, designating June 30 as - HB 214
ASVAB,
- school counseling based on results and included in individualized learning plans - HB 75: SCS; HB 362
- schools to offer test, grades 10 to 12 - HB 75: SCS; HB 362
Bicycle
- helmet requirements, no fines for violation - HB 52: HFA (1)
- helmets, requirement for children under 12 - HB 52
Blueprint for Kentucky's Children, honoring - HR 26; SR 51
Boarding schools and church boarding schools, definition of - HB 349
Cesarean delivery, need to lower rate of - SCR 215
Child
- abuse offender registry, establishment of - HB 600
- care centers, fees - HB 327; HB 327: HFA (1)
- custody, joint custody and shared parenting, create presumption of - HB 528; HB 528: SCS
- dependency, neglect, or abuse, requirement to report - HB 25
- pornography, trial exhibits, storage by a court - HB 120: SCS
- screening, recommending - HB 364; HB 364: HFA (1)
- support table, amounts, update to - HB 499
Child-caring facilities, exclude boarding schools and church boarding schools - HB 349
Childhood cancer caucus, establish - HCR 165; SCR 171
Children ages three through five, evaluation for special education services - SB 102: SCS
Children's Health Insurance Program, urging reauthorization of - SCR 106
Class of eligible persons, instruction in voting, secondary education - SB 265
Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs, rename - SB 132
Commitment, after reaching the age of seventeen and a half - SB 187
Compulsory school attendance, boarding schools and church boarding schools, exception for - HB 349
Corporal physical discipline, use of prohibited - HB 375; HB 386
De facto custodian rights process, updated - HB 1: HFA (2)
Division of Child Care, establish in a new executive cabinet - HB 342
Driving privileges, persons under 18, suspension of for points assessed - SB 120
Drug awareness and prevention, students to receive instruction in - HB 3
Early periodic screening, diagnostic and treatment, requiring - SB 163
Eating
- Disorder Awareness Week, Kentucky observance - SR 88
- Disorder Awareness Week, Kentucky observance of - HR 171
Education,
- compulsory attendance - HB 118
- homeschool student portfolio, annual review to determine student growth - HB 574
Emergency placement of children, criminal history record checks for - HB 301
Excused school absences, up to four days when consulting with military recruiters - HB 75: SCS; HB 362
FAIR teams, change participation of regional interagency council members - SB 201
Family
- child-care homes, age groups, staff-to-child ratios - HB 564
- Resource and Youth Services Centers, urge exemption from budget cuts - HR 174
Female
- genital mutilation, Class A felony, requirement to report - SB 46
- genital mutilation, establish as Class A felony, requirement to report - HB 397
Filing complaint for first offense misdemeanor, prohibition against, exception - HB 415
Foster
- care and adoption, new requirements established - HB 1; HB 1: HCS, HFA (1), HFA (3), SCS, SFA (2)
- children, educational stability upon placement in new school district - HB 527; HB 527: HCS
Four-year-old children, evaluation for special education services - SB 102
FRYSC funding, urge exemption from budget cuts - HR 144
Grandparents, visitation rights as to grandchildren - SB 145; HB 517
Health care coverage, child support enforcement - SB 108
Hepatitis
Holocaust, receiving instruction on - HB 128; HB 128: HCS
Home school eligibility, habitual truant, requires approval of the Kentucky Department of Education - HB 574
Hotels that are signatories of the Tourism Child-Protection Code, recognizing and encouraging use of - HR 134; SR 149
Human trafficking notice, require display of - HB 456
Individual income tax, adoption credit - HB 459
Joint custody, presumption of, not applicable in cases involving domestic violence order - HB 528: SFA (1)
Kentucky
- CASA network fund, creation of - SB 204
- Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service, renaming of - SB 132: HCS
Kinship
Local
- school boards, human sexuality education to be taught - SB 71: HFA (2)
- schools, human sexuality education to be taught - HB 80
Marriage, minimum age, raising, petitioning process - SB 48
Medical marijuana program, establishment - SB 272
Mental health screenings, require for school enrollment - HB 538; HB 604: HFA (1)
Newborn safety device, establishing - HB 167
Opioid use, stewardship of dentists and oral surgeons, recognition of - HR 216
Overnight school activities, student sleeping quarters, use by single sex, restricting to - HB 326
Parental permission,17-year-old to marry, requirement for - SB 48: SCS
Parents or prospective parents with blindness, rights established - HB 549
Persons eligible for, voter preregistration, minimum age of 16 - SB 227
Pregnancy help centers, honoring - HCR 152; SCR 154
Pregnant woman screening, requiring - HB 364; HB 364: HFA (1)
Probation, extension to the completion of treatment, allowance for - SB 177
Public
- assistance eligibility, enhanced data tracking for - HB 363; HB 363: HFA (1), HFA (2)
- playgrounds, accessible and inclusive design - HR 191; SR 290
- school restrooms and changing facilities, reasonable accommodation, requiring - HB 326
- school restrooms, use by single sex, restricting to - HB 326
Putative father registry, creation of - SB 43
Reorganization, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Dept. of Juvenile Justice, EO 2017-599 - HB 431
Restitution, juvenile cases, use best interests standard - SB 3: SCS
School
- Bus Driver Day, designatiing May 1 as - SB 12
- Bus Driver Day, designating May 1 as - HJR 19; HB 21
- Safety and Crisis Line, establishing - HB 143
- Safety and Crisis Line, establishment of - HB 143: HCS
- seizure action plan, requiring - HB 147; HB 147: SCS
Sex
- education, instructional content - SB 178
- trafficking, advertising of, advocate for change in federal law - HCR 93; HCR 93: HCS; HR 94; SR 104; SCR 105
Sexual abuse awareness and protection - SB 39; HB 239
Special education programs, students to receive appropriate education, funding to be withheld - SB 254
State
- Advisory Council for Exceptional Children, revise membership of - HB 108: SCS; SB 257
- agency children, definition of - HB 360
- Interagency Council, change membership - SB 201
Student-athletes, athlete agents contracting with - SB 228
Students with disabilities, Kentucky Peer Support Network Project, statewide implementation of - SJR 52
Unlawful storage of a firearm, prohibition of - HB 31; SB 184
Vision
- examinations, grade six enrollment requirements - HB 139
- examinations, kindergarten enrollment requirements - HB 139