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Kentucky 2026RS

SB 156

AN ACT relating to child marriage.

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

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Children And Minors, Civil Actions, County Clerks, Courts, Courts, Circuit, Courts, District, Courts, Family, Domestic Relations, Parental Rights
Introduced / first action
2026-02-03 05:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Amend KRS 402.020 to prohibit marriage with a person under 18 years of age; exclude from being prohibited and void, marriages entered into in the Commonwealth before the effective date of this Act and marriages entered into in another state or country; amend KRS 402.080 and 402.210 to prohibit the issuance of marriage licenses to persons under 18 years of age; amend KRS 402.030 to conform; repeal KRS 402.205, relating to petitions to courts filed by minors aged 17 years seeking permission to marry.

Sponsors

No sponsorship record is supplied.

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

  2. floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed

    amendment-introduction

  3. Floor Amendment (2) withdrawn

  4. 2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2

  5. floor amendment (2) filed

    amendment-introduction

  6. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

    committee-passage

  7. floor amendment (1) filed

    amendment-introduction

  8. to Families & Children (H)

    referral-committee

  9. to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee

  10. received in House

  11. 3rd reading, passed 36-0

    passage, reading-3

  12. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 03 2026

  13. 2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2

  14. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

    committee-passage

  15. to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)

    referral-committee

  16. to Committee on Committees (S)

    referral-committee

  17. introduced in Senate

    introduction

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