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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill 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. 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. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2018RS SB 68 Kentucky SB 68 (2018RS)
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D. Carroll
D. Harper Angel
J. Adams
M. McGarvey
R. Alvarado
R. Girdler
R. Webb
S. West
W. Schroder
W. Westerfield
3 22 0 2018-01-05 2018-03-27 openstates ocd-bill/c9875962-eab7-476f-8ffd-479eeb46fca7 http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB68.htm ebc255004b65bbf8e10d018715b79aafabe76d577c684853a07cd124a87be095 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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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
  2. SB 68 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
  3. SFA1 (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/c9875962-eab7-476f-8ffd-479eeb46fca7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).