Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| Bill | AN ACT relating to parental rights. | Amend KRS 199.011 to define "disability"; amend KRS 199.471 to establish that no petition for placement or adoption of children shall be denied on the sole basis of a disability of the adoptive applicant and enhance procedures for determination of placement or adoption; amend KRS 199.473 to require the secretary review any refusal of a placement of a child due to a disability; that targeted adaptive or support services be offered; and that the cabinet retain all documentation for two years; amend KRS 625.050 to establish that no petition for involuntary termination of parental rights shall be ordered on the sole basis of a disability of the parent; amend KRS 625.090 regarding procedures for an involuntary termination of parental rights involving a parent with a disability. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2025RS | SB 26 | Kentucky SB 26 (2025RS) |
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enacted | 3 | 21 | 2 | 2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 | 2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 | openstates | ocd-bill/a0b8a544-5302-4c5d-ae73-00b004e5aa1b | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb26.html | 456db4c75cce86147937771db831e39f971cd71aad3cc20285a05d289299fb5c | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Kentucky SB 26 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to parental rights.
Amend KRS 199.011 to define "disability"; amend KRS 199.471 to establish that no petition for placement or adoption of children shall be denied on the sole basis of a disability of the adoptive applicant and enhance procedures for determination of placement or adoption; amend KRS 199.473 to require the secretary review any refusal of a placement of a child due to a disability; that targeted adaptive or support services be offered; and that the cabinet retain all documentation for two years; amend KRS 625.050 to establish that no petition for involuntary termination of parental rights shall be ordered on the sole basis of a disability of the parent; amend KRS 625.090 regarding procedures for an involuntary termination of parental rights involving a parent with a disability.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 26 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Final Passage — 97–0 (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 26 W/ sfa1 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate
introduction - 2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2025-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S)
referral-committee - 2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage - 2025-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2025-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- 2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed
amendment-introduction - 2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
passage - 2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Floor Amendment (1)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 to Families & Children (H)
referral-committee - 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage - 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 05, 2025
- 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 97-0
passage, reading-3 - 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
- 2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 26)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a0b8a544-5302-4c5d-ae73-00b004e5aa1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).