---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to child marriage. Amend KRS 402.020 to establish a new minimum age for marriage; amend KRS 402.030 to establish the power of courts to declare a marriage void when one party is under 18 years of age; amend KRS 402.210 to prohibit individuals under the age of 17 years from marrying; establish the process for a 17- year old to petition a court for permission to marry and the criteria for granting the petition; repeal KRS 402.260 which provides for the estate of minors who marry to be placed in receivership until they reach the age of 18 years."
description: "AN ACT relating to child marriage. Amend KRS 402.020 to establish a new minimum age for marriage; amend KRS 402.030 to establish the power of courts to declare a marriage void when one party is under 18 years of age; amend KRS 402.210 to prohibit individuals under the age of 17 years from marrying; establish the process for a 17- year old to petition a court for permission to marry and the criteria for granting the petition; repeal KRS 402.260 which provides for the estate of minors who marry to be placed in receivership until they reach the age of 18 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 48"
citation: "Kentucky SB 48 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Harper Angel", "J. Adams", "M. McGarvey", "R. Alvarado", "W. Schroder"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-02"
last_action: "2018-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e716bd44-eb19-4510-8991-c37252cd694d"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB48.htm"
source_hash: "561edce8691b1009ca56b202e1000ce83709164b65aa9a6105440cac981b0b54"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SB 48 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to child marriage. Amend KRS 402.020 to establish a new minimum age for marriage; amend KRS 402.030 to establish the power of courts to declare a marriage void when one party is under 18 years of age; amend KRS 402.210 to prohibit individuals under the age of 17 years from marrying; establish the process for a 17- year old to petition a court for permission to marry and the criteria for granting the petition; repeal KRS 402.260 which provides for the estate of minors who marry to be placed in receivership until they reach the age of 18 years.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB48/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 48 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB48/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB48/SCS1.pdf)
4. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB48/SFA1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Harper Angel — primary (person)
- J. Adams — primary (person)
- M. McGarvey — primary (person)
- R. Alvarado — primary (person)
- W. Schroder — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-03** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** Taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2018-03-05** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-05** Returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2018-03-06** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-2`
- **2018-03-06** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 7, 2018
- **2018-03-06** Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-07** 3rd reading, passed 34-3 with Committee Substitute (1) & floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-08** Received in House
- **2018-03-12** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-14** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-16** Taken from Rules
- **2018-03-16** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 16, 2018
- **2018-03-16** 3rd reading, passed 87-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-19** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-19** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-19** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-19** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-29** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 36) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e716bd44-eb19-4510-8991-c37252cd694d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).