republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-17.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the protection of children.	Amend KRS 620.500 to add the Kentucky CASA Network to the definition of "association"; amend KRS 620.505 to decrease the minimum number of local CASA board members from 15 to 12; remove the provision that local CASA programs are required to comply with National CASA Association Standards for programs make technical corrections; remove "cabinet" and replace with "the Department for Community Based Services" relating to employees who are prohibited from becoming volunteers or employees of the court-appointed special advocate program; amend KRS 620.537 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 620.055 to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 17	Kentucky SB 17 (2026RS)	bill	Boards And Commissions Children And Minors Courts State Agencies	enacted	B. Storm G. Neal M. Deneen	3	20	2	2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/989aad6c-9e75-4bb9-b009-4248b8de7e94	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb17.html	2b9993c4b40553576c57d853aa60f5009c6ea01a3ddf0c24c32978dbdaf07837	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 17 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the protection of children.

Amend KRS 620.500 to add the Kentucky CASA Network to the definition of "association"; amend KRS 620.505 to decrease the minimum number of local CASA board members from 15 to 12; remove the provision that local CASA programs are required to comply with National CASA Association Standards for programs make technical corrections; remove "cabinet" and replace with "the Department for Community Based Services" relating to employees who are prohibited from becoming volunteers or employees of the court-appointed special advocate program; amend KRS 620.537 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 620.055 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 53 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS SB 17 w/ SCS 1, SCTA 1 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 92–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Storm — primary (person)
• G. Neal — primary (person)
• M. Deneen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 26, 2026
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed with 33-0 Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 92-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 53) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/989aad6c-9e75-4bb9-b009-4248b8de7e94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).