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Bill AN ACT relating to grandparent visitation. Amend KRS 405.021 to create a presumption that grandparent visitation is in the child's best interest when there is a significant and viable relationship between the child and grandparent, and the parent who is the child of the grandparent is deceased; amend KRS 620.090 to require the court to consider granting visitation rights to the grandparents who are not granted temporary custody. AN ACT relating to grandparent visitation. Amend KRS 405.021 to create a presumption that grandparent visitation is in the child's best interest when there is a significant and viable relationship between the child and grandparent, and the parent who is the child of the grandparent is deceased; amend KRS 620.090 to require the court to consider granting visitation rights to the grandparents who are not granted temporary custody. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2018RS HB 517 Kentucky HB 517 (2018RS)
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C. McCoy
J. Petrie
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Kentucky HB 517 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to grandparent visitation. Amend KRS 405.021 to create a presumption that grandparent visitation is in the child's best interest when there is a significant and viable relationship between the child and grandparent, and the parent who is the child of the grandparent is deceased; amend KRS 620.090 to require the court to consider granting visitation rights to the grandparents who are not granted temporary custody.

Version chain

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

  1. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • B. Reed — primary (person)
  • C. McCoy — primary (person)
  • J. Petrie — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-02-26 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2018-02-28 To Judiciary (H) referral-committee
  • 2018-03-05 Posted in committee
  • 2018-03-14 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar reading-1
  • 2018-03-15 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2018-03-15 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
  • 2018-03-20 To Judiciary (S) referral-committee
  • 2018-03-27 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar reading-1
  • 2018-03-29 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2018-04-13 Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, April 13, 2018
  • 2018-04-13 Passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
  • 2018-04-14 3rd reading, passed 38-0 reading-3, passage
  • 2018-04-14 Received in House
  • 2018-04-14 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  • 2018-04-14 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  • 2018-04-14 Delivered to Governor
  • 2018-04-26 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 197) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/130d8c8f-71cd-456f-8478-d68ef7ca3757. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).