AN ACT relating to domestic relations.

Amend KRS 209A.122 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to provide information regarding whether parties to a petition for an order of protection were represented by a legal counsel; to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to provide all statistical information from all JC-3 forms and all fields on a JC-3 form, relating to domestic violence or abuse or dating violence or abuse; remove the number of orders of protection in LINK; amend KRS 15A.190 to require JC-3 forms to be electronic.

Courts Domestic Relations Reports Mandated State Agencies

Introduced: February 10, 2026

Last action: April 7, 2026

(Acts Ch. 49)

In effect since July 15, 2026

Acts from the 2026 Regular Session that don't carry an emergency clause or set their own effective date took effect 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).

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This bill changes how Kentucky courts and law enforcement collect and share data about domestic violence protection orders. It requires the Administrative Office of the Courts to track whether people involved in protection order cases had a lawyer, and it requires the Kentucky State Police to report more complete information from domestic violence incident forms, which must now be submitted electronically. Who it may affect: people seeking or responding to domestic violence protection orders, courts and law enforcement agencies handling domestic violence cases.

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