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Kentucky 2026RS

HB 598

AN ACT relating to guardians ad litem and other appointed counsel.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-11 22:11:01 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Attorneys, Children And Minors, Courts, Courts, District, Courts, Family, Disabilities, Effective Dates, Delayed, Short Titles And Popular Names
Introduced / first action
2026-02-09 05:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15A to establish the Department of Family Representation and Advocacy and the Family Representation and Advocacy Commission to provide a state-sponsored and controlled system for training and appointing guardians ad litem and other counsel; amend various sections to cap guardian ad litem or counsel fees at $500; amend various other sections to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Family Representation and Advocacy Act; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2027.

Sponsors

No sponsorship record is supplied.

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

  2. returned to Rules

  3. taken from the Orders of the Day

  4. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 05 2026

  5. 2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2

  6. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

    committee-passage

  7. to Families & Children (H)

    referral-committee

  8. to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee

  9. introduced in House

    introduction

Recorded votes

Roll calls

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Related measures

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