---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to dissolution of marriage. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to clarify that a victim of domestic violence is not required to pay the legal fees of the abusive spouse in a divorce action when the spouse is incarcerated for crimes against the petitioner."
description: "AN ACT relating to dissolution of marriage. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to clarify that a victim of domestic violence is not required to pay the legal fees of the abusive spouse in a divorce action when the spouse is incarcerated for crimes against the petitioner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "Kentucky SB 68 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Carroll", "D. Harper Angel", "J. Adams", "M. McGarvey", "R. Alvarado", "R. Girdler", "R. Webb", "S. West", "W. Schroder", "W. Westerfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9875962-eab7-476f-8ffd-479eeb46fca7"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB68.htm"
source_hash: "ebc255004b65bbf8e10d018715b79aafabe76d577c684853a07cd124a87be095"
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 68 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to dissolution of marriage. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to clarify that a victim of domestic violence is not required to pay the legal fees of the abusive spouse in a divorce action when the spouse is incarcerated for crimes against the petitioner.

## 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/SB68/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 68 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB68/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB68/SFA1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- D. Harper Angel — primary (person)
- J. Adams — primary (person)
- M. McGarvey — primary (person)
- R. Alvarado — primary (person)
- R. Girdler — primary (person)
- R. Webb — primary (person)
- S. West — primary (person)
- W. Schroder — primary (person)
- W. Westerfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-08** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 31, 2018
- **2018-01-29** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-01-31** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-01** Received in House
- **2018-02-05** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-28** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2018-03-13** Taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2018-03-13** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 14, 2018
- **2018-03-14** 3rd reading, passed 86-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-15** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-15** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-15** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-27** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 27) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9875962-eab7-476f-8ffd-479eeb46fca7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).