Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky SB17: AN ACT relating to the protection of children.
Status: Signed into law, April 8, 2026
Amend KRS 620.500 to add the Kentucky CASA Network to the definition of "association"; amend KRS 620.505 to decrease the minimum number of local CASA board members from 15 to 12; remove the provision that local CASA programs are required to comply with National CASA Association Standards for programs make technical corrections; remove "cabinet" and replace with "the Department for Community Based Services" relating to employees who are prohibited from becoming volunteers or employees of the court-appointed special advocate program; amend KRS 620.537 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 620.055 to conform.
What the bill says
An act relating to the protection of children.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to the protection of children. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 620.190 is amended to read as follows: (1) There shall be established within each judicial district a citizen foster care review board to be appointed by the Chief District Judge or family court judge. The Chief District Judge or family court judge may authorize the creation of additional local citizen foster care review boards as needed. (2) Each local citizen foster care review board shall consist of not less than three (3) members and shall be appointed according to the following (b) At least two (2) members of each local citizen foster care review board shall, as far as practicable, be chosen from among the following [,] 2. Medicine;[,] 3. Psychology;[,] 4. Social work;[,] and 5. Education; (c) Each local citizen foster care review board shall, as far as practicable, include a foster parent; (d) All members of each local citizen foster care review board shall, as far as practicable, be representative of the socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic composition of the area served; (e) Employees of the Department for Community Based Services[cabinet] shall be prohibited from serving on the local citizen foster care review board; (f) All appointed board members shall serve a term of three (3) …
Sponsors
- Brandon Storm (R, SD-021) · primary sponsor
- Matthew Deneen (R, SD-010)
- Gerald Neal (D, SD-033)
Latest actions
- : signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 53)
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : received in Senate
- : 3rd reading, passed 92-0
- : floor amendment (1) filed
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
Votes
- House: Pass RCS# 339 (March 26, 2026): 92 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate: PASS SB 17 w/ SCS 1, SCTA 1 (SCS 1) RSN# 3782 (January 27, 2026): 33 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Courts, Children And Minors, Boards And Commissions
Common questions
- What is SB17?
- SB17 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to the protection of children.
- What does SB17 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the protection of children.
- What is the status of SB17?
- Signed into law as of April 8, 2026. Latest action: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 53) (April 8, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB17?
- Brandon Storm (R, SD-021), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB17?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/sb17.html
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