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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to grandparent visitation. Amend KRS 405.021 to create a presumption that grandparent visitation is in the child's best interest when there is a significant and viable relationship between the child and grandparent, and the parent who is the child of the grandparent is deceased; amend KRS 620.090 to require the court to consider granting visitation rights to the grandparents who are not granted temporary custody."
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description: "AN ACT relating to grandparent visitation. Amend KRS 405.021 to create a presumption that grandparent visitation is in the child's best interest when there is a significant and viable relationship between the child and grandparent, and the parent who is the child of the grandparent is deceased; amend KRS 620.090 to require the court to consider granting visitation rights to the grandparents who are not granted temporary custody."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
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legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
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session: "2018RS"
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identifier: "HB 517"
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citation: "Kentucky HB 517 (2018RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "C. McCoy", "J. Petrie"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2018-02-26"
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last_action: "2018-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/130d8c8f-71cd-456f-8478-d68ef7ca3757"
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source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB517.htm"
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source_hash: "e0eb3e24be0b6513a7833fbed19fc64b30bd9ea465f57bbb7af4c6e85845152f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
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---
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# Kentucky HB 517 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to grandparent visitation. Amend KRS 405.021 to create a presumption that grandparent visitation is in the child's best interest when there is a significant and viable relationship between the child and grandparent, and the parent who is the child of the grandparent is deceased; amend KRS 620.090 to require the court to consider granting visitation rights to the grandparents who are not granted temporary custody.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB517/bill.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- B. Reed — primary (person)
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- C. McCoy — primary (person)
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- J. Petrie — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2018-02-28** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-05** Posted in committee
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- **2018-03-14** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-15** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 16, 2018
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- **2018-03-16** 3rd reading, passed 87-0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-03-19** Received in Senate
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- **2018-03-20** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-27** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-29** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2018-04-13** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, April 13, 2018
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- **2018-04-13** Passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
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- **2018-04-14** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-04-14** Received in House
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- **2018-04-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
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- **2018-04-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
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- **2018-04-14** Delivered to Governor
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- **2018-04-26** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 197) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/130d8c8f-71cd-456f-8478-d68ef7ca3757`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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