KY SB 289
died on adjournmentAN ACT relating to missing children.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did KY SB 289 pass?
No. KY SB 289 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-17): to Committee on Committees (H)
What is KY SB 289 about?
Amend KRS 16.175 to expand the criteria for determining when an Amber alert should be initiated to include when a child's disappearance may not have been voluntary and the physical safety of the child may be endangered and when a child is committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice or in the temporary custody of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, a relative, or a nonrelative placement; provide that the Act may be cited as Wynter's law.
Who sponsors KY SB 289?
L. Tichenor, B. Smith, M. Deneen and 1 others are the primary sponsors of KY SB 289.
Description
Amend KRS 16.175 to expand the criteria for determining when an Amber alert should be initiated to include when a child's disappearance may not have been voluntary and the physical safety of the child may be endangered and when a child is committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice or in the temporary custody of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, a relative, or a nonrelative placement; provide that the Act may be cited as Wynter's law.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-27
- Latest action
- 2026-03-17 — to Committee on Committees (H)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- L. Tichenorprimary
- B. Smithprimary
- M. Deneenprimary
- B. Stormprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-17
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-03-17
received in House
2026-03-16
3rd reading, passed 35-0
passage,reading-3
2026-03-13
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 16 2026
2026-03-13
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-03-12
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-09
to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-27
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-27
introduced in Senate
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
PASS SB 289
2026-03-16 · pass · 35-0
Member-level votes (38)
- Berg: yes
- Givens: yes
- Neal: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Boswell: yes
- Herron: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Tichenor: yes
- Carroll: yes
- Higdon: yes
- Nunn: yes
- Webb: yes
- ChambersArmstrong: yes
- Howell: yes
- Raque Adams: yes
- West: yes
- Clemons: yes
- Madon: yes
- Rawlings: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Deneen: yes
- Mays Bledsoe: yes
- Reed: yes
- Williams: yes
- Douglas: yes
- McDaniel: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Elkins: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stivers: yes
- Wise: yes
- Funke Frommeyer: yes
- Mills: yes
- Storm: yes
- Carpenter: not voting
- Girdler: not voting
- Smith: not voting
Related bills
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