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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to dissolution of marriage. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to clarify that a victim of domestic violence is not required to pay the legal fees of the abusive spouse in a divorce action when the spouse is incarcerated for crimes against the petitioner."
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description: "AN ACT relating to dissolution of marriage. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to clarify that a victim of domestic violence is not required to pay the legal fees of the abusive spouse in a divorce action when the spouse is incarcerated for crimes against the petitioner."
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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: "SB 68"
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citation: "Kentucky SB 68 (2018RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["D. Carroll", "D. Harper Angel", "J. Adams", "M. McGarvey", "R. Alvarado", "R. Girdler", "R. Webb", "S. West", "W. Schroder", "W. Westerfield"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2018-01-05"
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last_action: "2018-03-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9875962-eab7-476f-8ffd-479eeb46fca7"
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source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB68.htm"
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source_hash: "ebc255004b65bbf8e10d018715b79aafabe76d577c684853a07cd124a87be095"
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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 SB 68 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to dissolution of marriage. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to clarify that a victim of domestic violence is not required to pay the legal fees of the abusive spouse in a divorce action when the spouse is incarcerated for crimes against the petitioner.
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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/SB68/bill.pdf)
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2. **SB 68 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB68/orig_bill.pdf)
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3. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB68/SFA1.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- D. Carroll — primary (person)
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- D. Harper Angel — primary (person)
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- J. Adams — primary (person)
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- M. McGarvey — primary (person)
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- R. Alvarado — primary (person)
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- R. Girdler — primary (person)
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- R. Webb — primary (person)
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- S. West — primary (person)
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- W. Schroder — primary (person)
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- W. Westerfield — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2018-01-08** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-25** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-26** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-29** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 31, 2018
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- **2018-01-29** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-01-31** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-02-01** Received in House
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- **2018-02-05** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-12** Posted in committee
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- **2018-02-28** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-01** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-01** Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
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- **2018-03-13** Taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
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- **2018-03-13** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-13** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 14, 2018
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- **2018-03-14** 3rd reading, passed 86-0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-03-15** Received in Senate
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- **2018-03-15** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
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- **2018-03-15** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
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- **2018-03-15** Delivered to Governor
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- **2018-03-27** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 27) `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/c9875962-eab7-476f-8ffd-479eeb46fca7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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