House Bill 778 is a child safety omnibus bill introduced by Attorney and State Rep. Nick Wilson, who represents part of eastern Kentucky. The state senate version that has some of the same stuff and is Senate Bill 204.

House Bill 778:

• Makes it clear that people seeking to be a foster parent or adopt a child will fail the background test if they are a registered sex-offender or have a registered sex-offender living in their residence, regardless of the age of that sex-offender
• Makes it officially “abuse or neglect” in Kentucky state law to give your own underage children street drugs (such as meth) to ingest or inhale
• Adds Fentanyl, Methadone, Buprenorphine, and Xylazine to the list of chemicals that urine drug screening tests will test for
• Adds a new section to Kentucky State Law that says that, when a child is a respondent or requester for a protective restraining order, the superintendent or principal of the child's school will be notified and the school resource officer will also be notified

This legislation is important in specifying what should already be in the law but isn't. Please email your state senator to support this bill!