republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-436.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to guardians ad litem.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 456 to require appointment of a guardian ad litem for any unrepresented minor who is a party to the action or on behalf of whom a petition for an interpersonal protective order has been filed; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403.715 to 403.785 to require appointment of a guardian ad litem for any unrepresented minor who is a party to the action or on behalf of whom a petition for an emergency protective order or domestic violence order has been filed; establish protocols for proceeding against minor respondents who violate an order of protection; amend KRS 26A.140 to state that the guardians ad litem shall be paid a fee by the Finance and Administration Cabinet and fixed by the court.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 436	Kentucky HB 436 (2024RS)	bill	Attorneys Children and Minors Civil Actions Civil Procedure Domestic Relations	enacted	K. Moser S. Dietz	3	21	2	2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/dbb1ede2-bf27-4d38-987d-7a649f307028	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb436.html	93cdaa52121f3dd468d18b8370786245e71469220e02244e5975b73b9b7ea6d7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 436 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to guardians ad litem.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 456 to require appointment of a guardian ad litem for any unrepresented minor who is a party to the action or on behalf of whom a petition for an interpersonal protective order has been filed; create a new section of KRS Chapter 403.715 to 403.785 to require appointment of a guardian ad litem for any unrepresented minor who is a party to the action or on behalf of whom a petition for an emergency protective order or domestic violence order has been filed; establish protocols for proceeding against minor respondents who violate an order of protection; amend KRS 26A.140 to state that the guardians ad litem shall be paid a fee by the Finance and Administration Cabinet and fixed by the court.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 135 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 436 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• K. Moser — primary (person)
• S. Dietz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 23, 2024
• 2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 135) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dbb1ede2-bf27-4d38-987d-7a649f307028. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).