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HB537Introduced in the House

AN ACT relating to child welfare.

IntroducedHouse Families & Children

Introduced by Jared Bauman, District 28

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Amend KRS 199.462 to prohibit an individual from being approved to provide foster care or relative caregiver services to a child, be considered a fictive kin placement for a child, or to receive a child for adoption if the individual or an adult or minor child living in the individual's home has been directed by a court to complete or attend sex offender treatment.

Where it stands

to Families & Children (H)

February 9, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. introduced in House

  2. to Committee on Committees (H)

  3. to Families & Children (H)

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