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| Bill | AN ACT relating to child welfare. | Amend KRS 199.462 to prohibit an individual from being approved to provide foster care or relative caregiver services to a child, be considered a fictive kin placement for a child, or to receive a child for adoption if the individual or an adult or minor child living in the individual's is on the adult or juvenile sex offender registry; amend KRS 199.801 related to placement requirements for children in the custody of the state; amend KRS 600.020 to update definitions for "diversion agreement," "eligible youth," and "informal adjustment"; amend KRS 610.030 to establish which individuals shall have access to diversion agreements related to juvenile court cases; amend KRS 610.345 to expand the list of individuals that a judge shall notify when a child is adjudicated guilty of an offense which classifies him or her as a youthful offender to include school superintendents, school directors of pupil personnel, and school resource officers; amend KRS 620.050 to expand the list of individuals or entities that can have access to a report of suspected child abuse, neglect, or dependency; remove certain individuals and entities that could have access to files, reports, notes, photographs, records, electronic and other communications, and working papers used or developed by a children's advocacy center related to child welfare investigations; to allow medical professionals to administer comprehensive urine drug screens on children when they suspect abuse or neglect; allow external child fatality and near fatality review panel to access additional data; amend KRS 620.055 to allow the child fatality and near fatality review panel to compel the attendance of members from an investigating agency to discuss cases in closed session; amend KRS 620.140 to expand the ability for a dependent, neglected, or abused youth to request to have his or her commitment extended or reinstated beyond the age of 18 up to the age of 21; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define and establish requirements for "plan of safe care" and "plan of care safety assessment review" related to substance-exposed infants; create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 related to reporting of involuntarty termination of parental rights; amend KRS 508.090 to define "controlled substance" and "abuse or neglect"; amend KRS 508.100 and 508.110 to conform; amend KRS 508.120 to enhance the penalty of abuse in the third degree if the victim is under 13 years old and suffered serious physical injury as a result of ingesting or inhaling a controlled substance; amend KRS 15.440 to require law enforcement agencies to possess a policies and procedures manual related to pediatric ingestion or inhalation of controlled substances; amend various sections to require continuing education on pediatric ingestion or inhalation of controlled substances for certain professionals. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2026RS | HB 778 | Kentucky HB 778 (2026RS) |
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Kentucky HB 778 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to child welfare.
Amend KRS 199.462 to prohibit an individual from being approved to provide foster care or relative caregiver services to a child, be considered a fictive kin placement for a child, or to receive a child for adoption if the individual or an adult or minor child living in the individual's is on the adult or juvenile sex offender registry; amend KRS 199.801 related to placement requirements for children in the custody of the state; amend KRS 600.020 to update definitions for "diversion agreement," "eligible youth," and "informal adjustment"; amend KRS 610.030 to establish which individuals shall have access to diversion agreements related to juvenile court cases; amend KRS 610.345 to expand the list of individuals that a judge shall notify when a child is adjudicated guilty of an offense which classifies him or her as a youthful offender to include school superintendents, school directors of pupil personnel, and school resource officers; amend KRS 620.050 to expand the list of individuals or entities that can have access to a report of suspected child abuse, neglect, or dependency; remove certain individuals and entities that could have access to files, reports, notes, photographs, records, electronic and other communications, and working papers used or developed by a children's advocacy center related to child welfare investigations; to allow medical professionals to administer comprehensive urine drug screens on children when they suspect abuse or neglect; allow external child fatality and near fatality review panel to access additional data; amend KRS 620.055 to allow the child fatality and near fatality review panel to compel the attendance of members from an investigating agency to discuss cases in closed session; amend KRS 620.140 to expand the ability for a dependent, neglected, or abused youth to request to have his or her commitment extended or reinstated beyond the age of 18 up to the age of 21; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define and establish requirements for "plan of safe care" and "plan of care safety assessment review" related to substance-exposed infants; create a new section of KRS Chapter 625 related to reporting of involuntarty termination of parental rights; amend KRS 508.090 to define "controlled substance" and "abuse or neglect"; amend KRS 508.100 and 508.110 to conform; amend KRS 508.120 to enhance the penalty of abuse in the third degree if the victim is under 13 years old and suffered serious physical injury as a result of ingesting or inhaling a controlled substance; amend KRS 15.440 to require law enforcement agencies to possess a policies and procedures manual related to pediatric ingestion or inhalation of controlled substances; amend various sections to require continuing education on pediatric ingestion or inhalation of controlled substances for certain professionals.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 68 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 778 w/ SCS 1 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — 88–0 (pass) · lower
- Pass — 94–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- D. Grossberg — primary (person)
- N. Wilson — primary (person)
- S. Heavrin — primary (person)
- S. Stalker — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House
introduction - 2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Families & Children (H)
referral-committee - 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage - 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction - 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 17 2026
- 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction - 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 to Families & Children (S)
referral-committee - 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage - 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
reading-2 - 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
- 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H)
referral-committee - 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
- 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 88-0
passage - 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
- 2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch.68)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0472159f-d93c-40c6-9c19-7c2de2d9c060. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).