SB17
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Amend KRS 620.500 to add the Kentucky CASA Network to the definition of "association"; amend KRS 620.505 to decrease the minimum number of local CASA board members from 15 to 12; remove the provision that local CASA programs are required to comply with National CASA Association Standards for programs make technical corrections; remove "cabinet" and replace with "the Department for Community Based Services" relating to employees who are prohibited from becoming volunteers or employees of the court-appointed special advocate program; amend KRS 620.537 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 620.055 to conform.
Introduced: January 6, 2026
Last action: April 8, 2026
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).
Plain-language summary
This bill makes several administrative updates to Kentucky's Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program, which provides volunteers to represent the interests of children in abuse and neglect court cases. Changes include adding the Kentucky CASA Network to the program's official definition, reducing the required number of local CASA board members from 15 to 12, and removing the requirement that local programs follow National CASA Association standards. It also clarifies which state agency employees cannot volunteer…
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