republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/sb-151.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to relative and fictive kin caregivers.	Amend KRS 600.020 to define "child-specific foster home"; amend KRS 620.140 to allow a child to submit to the District Court the names of possible relative or fictive kin caregivers whom the child could be placed with if the court removes the child from his or her home; amend KRS 620.142 to establish when a relative or fictive kin caregiver can apply to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to be certified as a child-specific foster home.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	SB 151	Kentucky SB 151 (2024RS)	bill	Children and Minors Courts District Parental Rights State Agencies	enacted	B. Storm C. Armstrong D. Douglas D. Harper Angel G. Elkins G. Neal J. Adams M. Deneen M. Wise R. Mills S. Meredith	3	23	3	2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cf183a30-afb7-435f-a74a-c60469eb0987	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb151.html	159271a70280538223a9555dd1e1fa96fcb2686dd02702ef1ef4828d89755bfb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 151 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to relative and fictive kin caregivers.

Amend KRS 600.020 to define "child-specific foster home"; amend KRS 620.140 to allow a child to submit to the District Court the names of possible relative or fictive kin caregivers whom the child could be placed with if the court removes the child from his or her home; amend KRS 620.142 to establish when a relative or fictive kin caregiver can apply to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to be certified as a child-specific foster home.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 85 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASS SB 151 W/ hcs1 — pass (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 151 — pass (pass) · upper
• Pass — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Storm — primary (person)
• C. Armstrong — primary (person)
• D. Douglas — primary (person)
• D. Harper Angel — primary (person)
• G. Elkins — primary (person)
• G. Neal — primary (person)
• J. Adams — primary (person)
• M. Deneen — primary (person)
• M. Wise — primary (person)
• R. Mills — primary (person)
• S. Meredith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 to Families & Children (S) referral-committee
• 2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 08, 2024
• 2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-02-23T05:00:00+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
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 85) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf183a30-afb7-435f-a74a-c60469eb0987. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).