Kentucky
General Assembly

02/03/26	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/24/26	to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
02/26/26	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/27/26	2nd reading, to Rules
03/02/26	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 03 2026
03/03/26	3rd reading, passed 36-0
03/04/26	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)
03/24/26	to Families & Children (H)
03/25/26	floor amendment (1) filed
03/26/26	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar floor amendment (2) filed
03/27/26	2nd reading, to Rules
03/31/26	Floor Amendment (2) withdrawn floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	L. Burke
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 402.020 to remove marriage between members of the same sex from marriages that are prohibited and void.
Index Headings	Civil Actions - Marriage, same sex couples, allowing Domestic Relations - Marriage, same sex couples, allowing

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	K. Holloway
Summary	Remove original provisions; amend KRS 402.020 to allow persons age 16 and older to marry if they have been declared an emancipated minor or if the marriage parties have a child in common or if a party is pregnant with a child of the other party and judicial permission to marry has been granted; amend KRS 402.210 and 402.205 to conform.
Index Headings	Children And Minors - Marriage, age 16 and older, allowing County Clerks - Marriage, minors age 16 and older, allowing Courts - Marriage, minors age 16 and older, allowing Courts, Circuit - Marriage, minors age 16 and older, allowing Courts, District - Marriage, minors age 16 and older, allowing Courts, Family - Marriage, minors age 16 and older, allowing Domestic Relations - Marriage, minors age 16 and older, allowing

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Piggyback?	Yes
Sponsor	K. Moser
Summary	Add new sections of KRS Chapter 210 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission; establish the positive youth development trust fund; amend KRS 200.503, 200.505, and 200.509 to require the State Interagency Council for Services and Supports to Children and Transition-Age Youth to direct regional interagency councils to coordinate with the Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission to establish workgroups to perform community needs assessments, research opportunities for positive youth development programming, and apply for grants to fund and implement positive youth development programming; amend KRS 200.505 to add the state suicide prevention coordinator and Attorney General, or their designees, to the Interagency Council for Services and Support to Children and Transition-Age Youth.
Index Headings	Counties - Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission, positive youth development programming Mental Health - Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission, youth suicide prevention Public Health - Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission, positive youth development programming State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, state suicide prevention coordinator State Agencies - Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities State Agencies - Department for Public Health, Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission State Agencies - Department of Education, Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission, member Treasurer - Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission Piggybacked Bills - HB 686 Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees - Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission, duties, establishment Attorney General - Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission, legal settlements Attorney General - State Interagency Council, membership Boards And Commissions - Regional interagency councils, youth suicide prevention Boards And Commissions - State Interagency Council, membership Boards And Commissions - State Interagency Council, youth suicide prevention Children And Minors - Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission, suicide prevention, mental health Cities - Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission, positive youth development programming

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	K. Moser
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 156/GA