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SUPPORT House Bill 195 (Dual Parent Adoption) Sponsor: Rep. Tom Burch (D-Louisville).
The bill would “establish that the definition for stepparent means the spouse of the legal parent of the child to be adopted, or any non-relative adult person who, upon the petition for adoption with the written consent of the legal parent of the child to be adopted, the court finds acts in a parental role to the child.”
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SUPPORT House Bill 118 (Hospital Visitation Rights) Sponsor: Rep. Mary Lou Marzian Co-Sponsirs: Reps. Kelly Flood (D-Lexington), Joni Jenkins (D-Louisville), Reginald Meeks (D-Louisville), Darryl Owens (D-Louisville), Ruth Ann Palumbo (D-Lexington), Arnold Simpson, (D-Covington) and Susan Westrom (D-Lexington).
The bill will “allow a patient of a health facility who is 18 years of age or older to designate, in writing, an individual not legally related by marriage or blood, who the patient wishes to have visitation rights." UPDATE: House Bill 118 passed with unanimous, bi-partisan support out of Rep. Tom Burch's Health and Welfare Committee, and then passed the full House of Representatives (99-0) Jan. 27. It has now been sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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SUPPORT House Bill 117 (Statewide Fairness Law) Sponsor: Rep. Mary Lou Marzian (D-Louisville) Co-Sponsors: Reps. Ruth Ann Palumbo (D-Lexington), Kelly Flood (D-Lexington), Joni Jenkins (D-Louisville), Reginal Meeks (D-Louisville), Darryl Owens (D-Louisville), Jim Wayne (D-Louisville), Susan Westrom (D-Lexington).
The bill would “include a prohibition on discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity” in employment, housing and public accommodations across the state.
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SUPPORT House Bill 17 (Marriage Amendment Repeal) Sponsor: Rep. Mary Lou Marzian (D-Louisville).
The proposed constitutional amendment would “repeal the definition of marriage” as between one man and one woman.
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SUPPORT Senate Bill 138 (Statewide Fairness Law) Sponsor: Sen. Kathy Stein (D-Lexington).
The bill would “include a prohibition on discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity” in employment, housing and public accommodations across the state.
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