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Bill 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. 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. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2018RS SB 48 Kentucky SB 48 (2018RS)
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D. Harper Angel
J. Adams
M. McGarvey
R. Alvarado
W. Schroder
4 22 0 2018-01-02 2018-03-29 openstates ocd-bill/e716bd44-eb19-4510-8991-c37252cd694d http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB48.htm 561edce8691b1009ca56b202e1000ce83709164b65aa9a6105440cac981b0b54 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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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
  2. SB 48 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
  3. SCS1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SFA1 (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/e716bd44-eb19-4510-8991-c37252cd694d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).