Kentucky
General Assembly

Courts, District

Actions for forcible entry and detainer, expungement of records

• House Bill 159
• Senate Bill 289

Actions for forcible entry and detainer, sealing of records

• House Bill 159
• Senate Bill 289

Assisted outpatient treatment, court orders

• House Bill 127
• House Bill 127: House Committee Substitute (1)
• House Bill 127: Senate Floor Amendment (1)

Bail, out-of-county warrants, requirements

• Senate Bill 250

Counties, realignment

• House Bill 214
• House Bill 214: House Committee Substitute (1)

Criminal court costs, new ten dollar fee

• House Bill 156
• House Bill 691

Criminal procedure, remote or virtual appearance, provision

• House Bill 683

Crisis aversion and rights retention order, firearms prohibition, petition

• Senate Bill 278

Diversion for minors, order requiring parental cooperation

• Senate Bill 74
• House Bill 318
• House Bill 318: Senate Floor Amendment (1)
• House Bill 318: Senate Floor Amendment (6)
• House Bill 318: Senate Floor Amendment (7)

Division eliminations, review, report required

• House Bill 214: Senate Floor Amendment (1)

Elimination of divisions, delayed, January 1, 2031

• House Bill 214: Senate Floor Amendment (2)

Emergency placement of children, criminal history record check, requirement

• House Bill 157: House Committee Substitute (1)
• House Bill 327

Expungement, reduction of fees and waiting period

• House Bill 218

Facial recognition technology, use as evidence, prohibition

• Senate Bill 354

Family accountability, intervention, and response teams, require report

• House Bill 318: Senate Floor Amendment (4)

Guardianship proceedings, attorney, appointment

• Senate Bill 132

Judges, division elimination, various districts

• House Bill 214
• House Bill 214: House Committee Substitute (1)

Judges, remove division elimination, Fifty-first Judicial District

• House Bill 214: House Floor Amendment (1)

Judicial Branch Budget

• House Bill 244
• House Bill 244: House Committee Substitute (1)
• House Bill 244: Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• House Bill 289

Judicial Council, members, election

• House Bill 690
• House Bill 690: House Floor Amendment (1)

Juvenile matters, remote or virtual appearance, specified criminal proceedings

• House Bill 683

Limited guardian or conservator, emergency appointment, hearing, petitioner's rights

• House Bill 170: Free Conference Committee Report (1)
• House Bill 675
• House Bill 675: House Committee Substitute (2)

limited guardian or conservator, emergency appointment, hearing, petitioner's rights

• House Bill 675: House Committee Substitute (1)

Mentally ill, hospitalization, addition of gender-neutral language

• House Bill 533

Minors, settlement, approval

• House Bill 170: Free Conference Committee Report (1)
• House Bill 170: House Committee Substitute (1)
• House Bill 170: Senate Committee Substitute (1)

Name of deceased victim, posthumous change by family member

• House Bill 611

Opioid abatement trust fund

• House Bill 92: House Committee Substitute (1)

Opioid abatement trust fund, settlement proceeds

• House Bill 92: Senate Committee Substitute (1)

Order for reimbursement of jail fees, conviction requirement

• House Bill 544

Orders of protection, lifetime, creation

• House Bill 710

Orders of protection, lifetime, hearing

• House Bill 710

Pretrial release, prohibition of money bail

• Senate Bill 331
• Senate Bill 369

Referral for truancy cases, court-designated worker

• Senate Bill 74
• House Bill 318
• House Bill 318: Senate Floor Amendment (6)
• House Bill 318: Senate Floor Amendment (7)

Remote or virtual appearance, civil actions, provision

• House Bill 683

Remote or virtual appearance, specified criminal proceedings, provision

• House Bill 683

Sentencing, probation with alternative sentence, primary custodian

• Senate Bill 296

Trial commissioners, salaries, increase

• House Bill 520

Last updated: 2/8/2023 2:57 PM (EST)