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SB 156 KY
Passed One Chamber

AN ACT relating to child marriage.

KY · session 2026RS · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 3, 2026

Latest action (Apr 15, 2026) recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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)

Action history (17)

  1. Feb 3, 2026 introduced in Senate · upper
  2. Feb 3, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  3. Feb 24, 2026 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) · upper
  4. Feb 26, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
  5. Feb 27, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
  6. Mar 2, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 03 2026 · upper
  7. Mar 3, 2026 3rd reading, passed 36-0 · upper
  8. Mar 4, 2026 received in House · lower
  9. Mar 4, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  10. Mar 24, 2026 to Families & Children (H) · lower
  11. Mar 25, 2026 floor amendment (1) filed · upper
  12. Mar 26, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
  13. Mar 26, 2026 floor amendment (2) filed · upper
  14. Mar 27, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
  15. Mar 31, 2026 Floor Amendment (2) withdrawn · upper
  16. Mar 31, 2026 floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed · upper
  17. Apr 15, 2026 recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) · lower
Subjects
Children And MinorsCivil ActionsCounty ClerksCourtsCourts, CircuitCourts, DistrictCourts, FamilyDomestic RelationsParental Rights

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