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Kentucky · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 56: AN ACT relating to court proceedings on petitions for order of protection.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 56 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky Senate on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to court proceedings on petitions for order of protection. Most recent recorded action (January 9, 2025): to Judiciary (S).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Amend KRS 403.735, relating to continuance of an emergency protective order, to allow the petitioner to be excused from future court appearances until the respondent has been served; amend KRS 456.050, relating to continuance of an interpersonal protective order, to allow the petitioner to be excused from future court appearances until the respondent has been served.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
No sponsor recorded in source data.

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. to Judiciary (S)
  2. to Committee on Committees (S)
  3. introduced in Senate

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source