KY HB 598
introducedAN ACT relating to guardians ad litem and other appointed counsel.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
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.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-09
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-04-15 — recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- S. Dietzprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-02-09
introduced in House
introduction
2026-02-09
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-17
to Families & Children (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-26
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage
2026-02-27
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-03-04
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 05 2026
2026-03-26
taken from the Orders of the Day
2026-03-26
returned to Rules
2026-04-15
recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
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Documents
Votes
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Related bills
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