---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to termination of parental rights."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to allow a parent to voluntarily terminate his or her parental rights during the pendency of a proceeding under KRS Chapter 620, relating to dependency, neglect, and abuse actions, by signing a consent form prescribed by the Administrative Office of the Courts and filing the form with the court; amend KRS 625.020 and 625.041 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 476"
citation: "Kentucky HB 476 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Courts", "Circuit", "Courts", "District", "Courts", "Family", "Domestic Relations", "Parental Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Elliott"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ed8adc4-44b6-43fb-8ecf-7fa106ce2cc0"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb476.html"
source_hash: "d869918b89f441dfff264642c59c377559b59b1e6e96b33cbdb136598b67b767"
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 HB 476 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to termination of parental rights.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to allow a parent to voluntarily terminate his or her parental rights during the pendency of a proceeding under KRS Chapter 620, relating to dependency, neglect, and abuse actions, by signing a consent form prescribed by the Administrative Office of the Courts and filing the form with the court; amend KRS 625.020 and 625.041 to conform.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb476/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 37** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0037.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb476/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- No Motion Provided — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 476 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Elliott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Families & Children (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 04, 2024
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch.37) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ed8adc4-44b6-43fb-8ecf-7fa106ce2cc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).