Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB611: AN ACT relating to domestic relations.
Status: Signed into law, April 7, 2026
Amend KRS 209A.122 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide information regarding whether parties to a petition for an order of protection were represented by a legal counsel; to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to provide all statistical information from all JC-3 forms and all fields on a JC-3 form, relating to domestic violence or abuse or dating violence or abuse; remove the number of orders of protection in LINK; amend KRS 15A.190 to require JC-3 forms to be electronic.
What the bill says
An act relating to domestic relations.
From the committee substitute text:
AN ACT relating to domestic relations. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 508 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) The entering of a judgment of conviction for assault in the first degree or assault in the second degree, or for a felony criminal attempt, conspiracy, facilitation, or solicitation to commit assault in the first degree or assault in the second degree, shall operate as an application for an order of protection issued under KRS Chapter 403 or an interpersonal protective order issued under KRS Chapter 456, as applicable, if the relationship between the defendant and the victim meets the definition of: (a) Family member or member of an unmarried couple as defined in KRS 403.720; or (b) Dating relationship as defined in KRS 456.010; unless the victim requests otherwise. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS Chapter 403 or 456, as applicable: (a) An order of protection or an interpersonal protective order requested under this section may be issued by the court that entered the judgment of conviction; (b) The judgment of conviction shall constitute sufficient cause for entry of the order without the necessity of further proof being taken; and (c) The order may be effective for up to ten (10) years, with further renewals …
Sponsors
- Stephanie Dietz (R, HD-065) · primary sponsor
- Beverly Chester-Burton (D, HD-044)
Latest actions
- : signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 49)
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : received in House
- : 3rd reading, passed 38-0
- : passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
- : posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
- : 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Votes
- Senate: Floor Vote RSN# 4014 (March 25, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Pass RCS# 208 (March 6, 2026): 91 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Domestic Relations, Reports Mandated, Courts
Common questions
- What is HB611?
- HB611 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to domestic relations.
- What does HB611 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to domestic relations.
- What is the status of HB611?
- Signed into law as of April 7, 2026. Latest action: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 49) (April 7, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB611?
- Stephanie Dietz (R, HD-065), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB611?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb611.html
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