republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/sb-268.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to financial support of a child or dependent after driving under the influence.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 allowing restitution in the form of child support to be ordered in violations of KRS 189A.010 if the violation caused the death of a parent or guardian of a minor child or resulted in a finding by the court that a parent or guardian of a minor child is disabled or totally and permanently disabled; provide that the Act may be cited as Melanie's Law.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	SB 268	Kentucky SB 268 (2023RS)	bill	Alcoholic Beverages Children and Minors Crime Victims Crimes and Punishments Criminal Procedure Disabilities and the Disabled Short Titles and Popular Names	enacted		3	32	3	2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00	2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f96d23a5-6b01-4fb3-92ea-433c433ea4bd	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb268.html	f16615e3e4a9e4b09cf934d258e6985294080ff30ccb8be1b6a9fba5c7695366	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 268 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to financial support of a child or dependent after driving under the influence.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 allowing restitution in the form of child support to be ordered in violations of KRS 189A.010 if the violation caused the death of a parent or guardian of a minor child or resulted in a finding by the court that a parent or guardian of a minor child is disabled or totally and permanently disabled; provide that the Act may be cited as Melanie's Law.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 174 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE SB 268 W/ hcs1 hcta1 — pass (pass) · upper
• Pass — pass (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 268 W/ scs1 sfa2 — pass (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 10, 2023
• 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) withdrawn
• 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 passed 34 -0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2) passage
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (H)
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (H)
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (H)
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (H)
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 84-12 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 passed 37-0 passage
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 174) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f96d23a5-6b01-4fb3-92ea-433c433ea4bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).