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Children And Minors


Abortion, prohibitions, removal

Adoption, gender-neutral language, insertion

Adoption, inheritance and succession, limitation

Adoption, unmarried couples, prohibition

Adoptive child placement, restrictions

Adult performance in view of a minor, prohibition

Alleged criminal acts, mental health, treatment, parameters, establishment

App stores, app developers, duties to minors

Baby-related and menstrual products, diapers, sales and use tax, exemption

Beyond the control of school, failed diversion, petition

Boy, definition

Certified Child Care Community Designation Program, requirements

Certified family child-care homes, requirements

Child Care Assistance Program, establishment

Child Care Assistance Program, income exclusions, establishment

Child credit against taxes imposed for qualifying children under 6 years, refundable

Child custody, gender-neutral language, insertion

Child dependency, neglect, or abuse reports, requirements

Child Welfare and Family Court Reform Task Force, establishment

Childcare center employees, continuing education, pediatric ingestion of controlled substances

Child-care center licensee standards, establishment

Child-care center licensure, requirements

Child-care centers, square footage requirements, establishment

Child-care centers, square footage requirements, waiver, establishment

Child-care centers, video surveillance, requirement

Child-care homes and centers, access to the Child Care Assistance Program, requirements

Child-care microcenters, establish

Children with disabilities, maximum class and caseload sizes

Children's health and welfare fiscal impact statement, requirement

Choking prevention in schools, anti-choking devices, Heimlich maneuver, emergencies

Classroom Library Grant Program, establishment

Contracts, nondisclosure and confidentiality provisions, sexual abuse, void

Criminal abuse and neglect, pediatric ingestion of controlled substances

Custody proceedings, domestic violence or abuse, determination of custody, factors

Department for Libraries and Archives, Kids Love to Read Program, creation

Diabetes, prescribed medication, administration in school

Diabetes, prescribed medication in schools

Divorce, parties with minor children, 60-day waiting period, basis for waiver, establishment

Education, urban agriculture, promotion

Educational benefits, veterans and their families, expansion

Eligible registered teacher apprenticeship dual credit program, program requirements, 2.75 GPA

Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership Program, requirements

Equal parenting time, presumption, removal

Family impact statement, requirements

Feminine hygiene products, no-cost provision to elementary and secondary students

Fictive kin caregiver, child placement, restrictions

Firearms, personal injury, civil liability

Foster care child placement, requirements

Foster child placement, restrictions

Gender transition services, KCHIP payment or coverage, prohibition

Girl, definition

Grandparent visitation, best interests factors, establishment

Grooming a minor, creation of offense

Grooming a minor, elements

Grooming a minor, exceptions

Grooming a minor, preparing a minor for sexual conduct, removal

Grooming by school employees, prohibition

Guardians ad litem and counsel, appointment

Habitual truancy, family diversion plan, requirements

Hearing aids and related services, insurance, coverage requirements

Hearings aids and related services, insurance, network adequacy requirements

Hemp-derived vapor products, age verification, fines

Historical instruction, African and Native American history, requirements

Human growth and development instruction, requirements, parental notification

Human sexuality instruction, parental right to opt student out of instruction

Imagination Library Program, interagency cooperation to increase enrollment

Immunizations for children, restrictions on requiring additional immunizations

Individual income tax credit, eligible child

Inheritance tax, foster child, Class A beneficiary, August 1, 2026

Juvenile convictions, life imprisonment without parole for capital offense, prohibition

KCHIP, contraceptive coverage

KCHIP, counseling interventions, perinatal depression, coverage requirement

KCHIP, epinephrine devices, coverage requirement

KCHIP, feeding or eating disorders, coverage requirements

KCHIP, formulas, coverage requirement

KCHIP, pharmacist services, reimbursement requirement, establishment

Kentucky Board of Education, student member, appointment April of sophomore year

Kentucky Child Care Advisory Council, membership, establish

Kentucky Department of Education, Kentucky Center for Statistics, data reporting

Kentucky diaper access programs, establishment

Kentucky Kindergarten Readiness Performance-Based Child Care Incentive Pilot Program, establishment

Kentucky Mentorship Month, January 2026

Kindergarten, full day, requirement

Learning pods, child-care center, exclusion

Learning pods, family child-care home, exclusion

Licensed and certified child care services study, establishment

Licensed child-care centers, requirements

Local CASA programs, board of directors, standards

Marriage, prohibition

Medicaid, 1915(c) home and community-based waivers, requirements

Mental health, treatment facilities, parameters, establishment

Military families, individualized family services plan, comparable services

Military Kids Day, celebrating

Missing and unidentified persons, case information, National Missing and Unidentified Persons System

Missing persons case information, National Missing and Unidentified Persons System

Online services, protection of minors

Outdoor nature-based early learning and child-care program, licensure requirements

Parentage fraud, Class B misdemeanor, elements

Parental rights relating to cellular phones, establishment

Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders screenings, coverage requirement

Possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, computer-generated image

Possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor, parole eligibility

Primary caretaker of a dependent child, eligibility, conditions of sentence

Primary caretaker of a dependent child, finding, effect on another proceeding

Proactive admissions program, information on students

Proactive postsecondary admissions program, public secondary institutions, establishment

Protection of minors, social media platforms

Provisional license to carry concealed weapons, persons aged 18 to 20

Psychotropic drugs, adverse drug reaction reporting system, Medicaid

Public education, diversity, equity and inclusion activities, prohibition

Public education, recess, inclusion in instructional day, minimum time requirements by grade level

Public offense, mental health, treatment facility, establishment

Public offense, mental health, treatment plan, establishment

Public schools, ultra-processed foods, ban

Qualified school volunteers, unauthorized electronic communication, scope of prohibition

Quality-based graduated early childhood rating system program, requirements

Read Across America Day, participation

Recognition of child abuse, training, animal control officers

Registered teacher apprenticeship programs, dual credit scholarship, eligibility

Relative caregiver, child placement, restrictions

School activity, transportation, driver qualification, drug testing and background check

School district employees and volunteers, unauthorized electronic communication, exclusions

School-based Medicaid program

Sex crimes against victim under 12 years old, capital offense

Sex offenders, participation in Halloween-related activity involving minors, prohibition

Sex offenders, residing within 3,000 feet of specific locations, prohibitions

Social media and AI companion platforms, addictive features, age verification

Social workers, child-caring or child-placing entity employees, licensure exemption

Special health needs, gender-neutral language

State child-care certification exemption, military property with licensure, establishment

Status offender, detention, requirements

Statute of limitations, civil actions, childhood sexual assault or abuse

Student attendance days, school calendar amendment, waiver

Student lunch period, 30 minute minimum duration

Students, anaphylaxis treatment, possession and administration of intranasal epinephrine at schools

Success Sequence, instruction, requirements

Suspended visitation or parenting time, restoration, establishment

Title IX, K-12 public school oversight system, establishment

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program, litigation proceeds, support

Transfer of assets, dispense with estate administration, establishment

Truancy, Supporting Opportunities for Accountability and Restoration Program, pilot project

Unauthorized electronic communication, reduction in scope of exclusions, enforcement flexibility

Unlawful storage of a firearm, prohibition, affirmative defense

Vapor products, alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, age verification, fines

Vital statistics, data collection, boy and girl, identification

Youth camp, sunscreen application, policy

Youth in state custody, transitional living support, extension or reentry to age 21, request

Youth organizations, provision of information


Last updated: 2/17/2026 6:57 PM (EST)