AN ACT relating to the protection of children.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 620 to require social service workers to wear body-worn cameras when interacting with children during investigations; require recordings to be stored for at least 5 years and be made available to parents or guardians, their counsel, and the court; establish a civil cause of action against employees of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services who knowingly submit a false statement, withhold exculpatory evidence, or violate a person's constitutional…

Introduced: March 4, 2026

Last action: March 11, 2026

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This bill sets new rules for how the state's child protective services operates, including requiring social workers to wear body cameras during child investigations and storing those recordings for at least five years. It raises the legal standard for removing a child from their home, requires courts to give extra scrutiny to government actions that interfere with parental rights, and allows parents to sue state employees who file false statements or violate their constitutional rights.…

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