HB 157 Kentucky House · 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to children.

Summary

Amend KRS 405.021 to establish that grandparent visitation rights are not adversely affected by any investigation related to abuse, neglect, dependency of a child, or termination of parental rights of the grandparent's son or daughter who is the father or mother of the child visited by the grandparent, unless the Circuit Court determines that it is in the best interest of the child to do so.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2021

Committee Review

Mar 2022

House Passage

Mar 2022

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Dec 10, 2021 Last action Mar 25, 2022

Floor votes · House Mar 23, 2022

How they voted

81–1

Passed · 11 other

Total votes 93

Mar 23, 2022

D Democratic25

22 Yea 1 Nay 2

88% Yea

R Republican68

59 Yea 9

86% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 25, 2022

Committee

to Judiciary (S)

upper

Mar 24, 2022

Committee

to Committee on Committees (S)

upper

Mar 23, 2022

Lower · Passed

3rd reading, passed 86-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)

lower

Mar 17, 2022

Lower · Passed

reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)

lower

Mar 16, 2022

Committee

to Health & Family Services (H)

lower

Mar 14, 2022

Lower · Passed

returned to Committee on Committees (H)

lower

Mar 14, 2022

Lower · Passed

taken from Committee on Committees (H)

lower

Jan 4, 2022

Committee

to Committee on Committees (H)

lower

Jan 4, 2022

Introduced

introduced in House

lower

Dec 10, 2021

Introduced

Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

lower

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors