AN ACT relating to involuntary termination of parental rights.
Summary
Amend KRS 625.090 to include petitions filed under KRS 625.050 as information to be considered by the court in an involuntary termination of parental rights action.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 5, 2022
Last action Mar 22, 2022
Floor votes · House Mar 21, 2022
How they voted
84–0
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 93
Mar 21, 2022
D
Democratic25
88% Yea
R
Republican68
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
2
Committee
5
Mar 22, 2022
Committee
to Judiciary (S)
upper
Mar 21, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 91-0
lower
Mar 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Committee
to Judiciary (H)
lower
Jan 5, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 5, 2022
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
William Lawrence
RRepublican
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