SB 156 KY Passed One Chamber
AN ACT relating to child marriage.
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Summary
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 (5)
- J. Adams Republican · primary
- C. Armstrong Democratic · primary
- M. Deneen Republican · primary
- S. Funke Frommeyer Republican · primary
- L. Tichenor Republican · primary
Action history (17)
- Feb 3, 2026 introduced in Senate · upper
- Feb 3, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
- Feb 24, 2026 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) · upper
- Feb 26, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
- Feb 27, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
- Mar 2, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 03 2026 · upper
- Mar 3, 2026 3rd reading, passed 36-0 · upper
- Mar 4, 2026 received in House · lower
- Mar 4, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
- Mar 24, 2026 to Families & Children (H) · lower
- Mar 25, 2026 floor amendment (1) filed · upper
- Mar 26, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
- Mar 26, 2026 floor amendment (2) filed · upper
- Mar 27, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
- Mar 31, 2026 Floor Amendment (2) withdrawn · upper
- Mar 31, 2026 floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed · upper
- Apr 15, 2026 recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) · lower
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