Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB686: AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission.
Status: In committee, April 1, 2026
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 210 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission; establish the positive youth development trust fund; amend KRS 200.503, 200.505, and 200.509 to require the State Interagency Council for Services and Supports to Children and Transition-Age Youth to direct regional interagency councils to coordinate with the Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission to establish workgroups to perform community needs assessments, research opportunities for positive youth development programming, and apply for grants to fund and implement positive youth development programming; amend KRS 200.505 to add the state suicide prevention coordinator and Attorney General, or their designees, to the Interagency Council for Services and Support to Children and Transition-Age Youth.
What the bill says
An act relating to the Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission. WHEREAS, suicide is the second leading cause of death for youth and young adults in Kentucky; and WHEREAS, the 2023 Kentucky Youth Risk Behavior Survey reported that 18.6 percent of Kentucky high schoolers seriously considered attempting suicide, 8.6 percent of Kentucky high schoolers attempted suicide, and 24.6 percent of Kentucky middle schoolers purposely hurt themselves; and WHEREAS, around 16 percent of Kentucky children between the ages of 3 and face anxiety or depression; and WHEREAS, in 2024, percent of American teenagers reported that social media sites have a mostly negative effect on people in their age group, up from 32 percent in 2022; and WHEREAS, experts say that suicide can be preventable when educators, students, and communities learn the warning signs and how to take action when a young person might be at risk of a suicidal crisis; and WHEREAS, Kentucky can address the more harmful effects of social media through positive childhood experiences that are associated with reduced rates of depression, substance use, delinquent behavior, risky sexual behavior, persistent insomnia, and lower inflammatory markers; and WHEREAS, research demonstrates a dose-response relationship between childhood exposure to adverse experiences and positive childhood experiences, with improvements in mental and relational health in adulthood for those who have more positive childhood experiences; NOW, …
Sponsors
- Kimberly Moser (R, HD-064) · primary sponsor
- Kimberly Banta (R, HD-063)
- Stephanie Dietz (R, HD-065)
- Samara Heavrin (R, HD-018)
Latest actions
- : returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- : 2nd reading
- : taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- : returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- : 1st reading
- : taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- : to Committee on Committees (S)
- : received in Senate
- : 3rd reading, passed 85-7 with Floor Amendments (1) and (2)
- : floor amendment (2) filed
Votes
- House: Pass RCS# 349 (March 27, 2026): 85 yea, 7 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Children And Minors, Boards And Commissions, Local Mandate, Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees, Counties, Attorney General, Public Health
Common questions
- What is HB686?
- HB686 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission.
- What does HB686 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission.
- What is the status of HB686?
- In committee as of April 1, 2026. Latest action: returned to Committee on Committees (S) (April 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB686?
- Kimberly Moser (R, HD-064), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB686?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb686.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.