republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-476.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to termination of parental rights.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to allow a parent to voluntarily terminate his or her parental rights during the pendency of a proceeding under KRS Chapter 620, relating to dependency, neglect, and abuse actions, by signing a consent form prescribed by the Administrative Office of the Courts and filing the form with the court; amend KRS 625.020 and 625.041 to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 476	Kentucky HB 476 (2024RS)	bill	Children and Minors Courts Circuit Courts District Courts Family Domestic Relations Parental Rights	enacted	D. Elliott	3	21	2	2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5ed8adc4-44b6-43fb-8ecf-7fa106ce2cc0	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb476.html	d869918b89f441dfff264642c59c377559b59b1e6e96b33cbdb136598b67b767	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 476 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to termination of parental rights.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 to allow a parent to voluntarily terminate his or her parental rights during the pendency of a proceeding under KRS Chapter 620, relating to dependency, neglect, and abuse actions, by signing a consent form prescribed by the Administrative Office of the Courts and filing the form with the court; amend KRS 625.020 and 625.041 to conform.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 37 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• No Motion Provided — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 476 — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• D. Elliott — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 to Families & Children (H) referral-committee
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 04, 2024
• 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch.37) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ed8adc4-44b6-43fb-8ecf-7fa106ce2cc0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).