HB611 - Domestic Relations Protection Orders
Summary
Kentucky Governor signed HB611 into law on April 7, 2026, amending KRS 209A.122 and KRS 15A.190 to modify domestic violence and protection order reporting requirements. The Administrative Office of the Courts must now include information about legal counsel representation on protection order petitions, and the Kentucky State Police must submit all JC-3 form statistics electronically. The number of protection orders will be removed from the LINK system.
What changed
HB611 amends KRS 209A.122 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to document whether parties seeking protection orders were represented by legal counsel, and mandates that the Kentucky State Police provide all statistical information from JC-3 forms electronically under KRS 15A.190. The bill also removes the count of protection orders from the LINK system.
Affected parties include the Administrative Office of the Courts, Kentucky State Police, and entities filing or processing domestic violence and dating violence protection order petitions. State agencies will need to update forms and reporting systems to comply with the new electronic submission and documentation requirements.
What to do next
- Monitor for implementation dates
- Review JC-3 form electronic submission procedures
Source document (simplified)
ChangeBridge / Kentucky / HB611 Signed by Governor HB611 House Bill Signed by Governor 2026-04-07
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.
Bill Details
State Kentucky
Session 2026 Regular Session
Chamber House
Official Source apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb611....
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Sponsors
Stephanie Dietz (Rep - R) Beverly Chester-Burton (Rep - D)
Action History
2026-04-07 H signed by Governor 2026-03-26 H delivered to Governor 2026-03-26 H enrolled, signed by President of the Senate 2026-03-26 H enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House 2026-03-26 H received in House 2026-03-25 S 3rd reading, passed 38-0 2026-03-24 S passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day 2026-03-20 S posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026 2026-03-18 S 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill 2026-03-17 S reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar 2026-03-13 S to Families & Children (S) 2026-03-09 S to Committee on Committees (S) 2026-03-09 S received in Senate 2026-03-06 H 3rd reading, passed 91-0 with Committee Substitute (1) 2026-03-03 H posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 04 2026 2026-02-27 H 2nd reading, to Rules 2026-02-26 H reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) 2026-02-18 H to Families & Children (H) 2026-02-10 H to Committee on Committees (H) 2026-02-10 H introduced in House
Votes
2026-03-06 House: Veto Override RCS# 208 Yea: 91 Nay: 0 2026-03-25 Senate: Third Reading RSN# 4014 Yea: 38 Nay: 0
Committee Referrals
2026-02-10 H Committee On Committees 2026-02-18 H Families & Children 2026-02-27 H Rules 2026-03-09 S Committee on Committees 2026-03-13 S Families & Children 2026-03-18 S Rules
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