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Bill AN ACT relating to joint custody. Amend KRS 403.270 to create a presumption that joint custody and equally shared parenting time is in the best interrest of the child, and to require the court to consider the motiviation of the aduts involved when determining the best interest of the child for custody orders; amend KRS 403.280 to specify that the presumption of joint custody and equal parenting time is in the best interest of the child; amend KRS 403.320 to allow a parent not granted custody or shared parenting time to petition for reasonable visitation rights; amend KRS 403.340 to specify that if a court modifies a custody decree there is a rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interest of the child for the parents to have joint custody and equally shared parenting time. AN ACT relating to joint custody. Amend KRS 403.270 to create a presumption that joint custody and equally shared parenting time is in the best interrest of the child, and to require the court to consider the motiviation of the aduts involved when determining the best interest of the child for custody orders; amend KRS 403.280 to specify that the presumption of joint custody and equal parenting time is in the best interest of the child; amend KRS 403.320 to allow a parent not granted custody or shared parenting time to petition for reasonable visitation rights; amend KRS 403.340 to specify that if a court modifies a custody decree there is a rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interest of the child for the parents to have joint custody and equally shared parenting time. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2018RS HB 528 Kentucky HB 528 (2018RS)
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D. Meade
D. Osborne
J. DuPlessis
J. Fischer
J. Nemes
J. Petrie
K. Bratcher
K. Imes
M. Hart
R. Mills
W. Thomas
4 23 0 2018-02-26 2018-04-26 openstates ocd-bill/984116fa-eaa8-44da-b537-aa6082d91417 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB528.htm 0e9f35d106938ab2ec84749c49f7f939c7a2942916e502fd94fda4fc9d28d66c 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Kentucky HB 528 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to joint custody. Amend KRS 403.270 to create a presumption that joint custody and equally shared parenting time is in the best interrest of the child, and to require the court to consider the motiviation of the aduts involved when determining the best interest of the child for custody orders; amend KRS 403.280 to specify that the presumption of joint custody and equal parenting time is in the best interest of the child; amend KRS 403.320 to allow a parent not granted custody or shared parenting time to petition for reasonable visitation rights; amend KRS 403.340 to specify that if a court modifies a custody decree there is a rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interest of the child for the parents to have joint custody and equally shared parenting time.

Version chain

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

  1. HB 528 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
  3. SCS1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SFA1 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • D. Meade — primary (person)
  • D. Osborne — primary (person)
  • J. DuPlessis — primary (person)
  • J. Fischer — primary (person)
  • J. Nemes — primary (person)
  • J. Petrie — primary (person)
  • K. Bratcher — primary (person)
  • K. Imes — primary (person)
  • M. Hart — primary (person)
  • R. Mills — primary (person)
  • W. Thomas — 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
  • 2018-03-01 Posted in committee
  • 2018-03-14 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar reading-1
  • 2018-03-15 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2018-03-16 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 19, 2018
  • 2018-03-19 3rd reading, passed 83-1 reading-3, passage
  • 2018-03-20 Received in Senate
  • 2018-03-21 To Judiciary (S) referral-committee
  • 2018-03-27 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) reading-1
  • 2018-03-29 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2018-03-29 Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2018-04-13 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, April 13, 2018
  • 2018-04-13 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1) reading-3, passage
  • 2018-04-13 Received in House
  • 2018-04-13 To Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2018-04-13 Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1)
  • 2018-04-13 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)
  • 2018-04-13 Bill passed 81-2
  • 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. 198) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/984116fa-eaa8-44da-b537-aa6082d91417. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).