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KY HB51

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/7/2026

Primary Sponsor

Shane Baker

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates a new requirement for "family impact statements" to be prepared for all bills and resolutions introduced in the Kentucky General Assembly, covering both regular and extraordinary sessions

  • Requires statements to analyze how legislation affects eight specific family-related factors: housing costs, marriage rates, out-of-wedlock birth rates, child-raising/education costs, parental control over education, children's job readiness, foster/adoption efforts, and care for extended family members

  • Director of the Legislative Research Commission must sign each statement, which can be prepared by LRC or other state departments and agencies

  • State agencies requested to prepare statements must comply within 7 working days of receipt

  • Prohibits either chamber from voting on any bill or resolution until a family impact statement has been prepared and attached

Legislative Description

AN ACT relating to family impact statements.

Children and Minors

Last Action

to Families & Children (H)

1/14/2026

Committee Referrals

Families & Children1/14/2026
Committee On Committees1/7/2026

Full Bill Text

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