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HB 338 KY
Passed One Chamber

AN ACT relating to forcible entry and detainer.

KY · session 2026RS · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 13, 2026

Latest action (Apr 14, 2026) returned to Committee on Committees (S)

Summary

Create new sections of KRS 383.200 to 383.285 to provide for expungement of records in eviction proceedings that are dismissed; prohibit minors from being named in an action for forcible detainer unless the minor is a leaseholder; provide for expungement of a minor's name from an order; amend KRS 383.250 to provide for sealing of records; amend KRS 367.310 to prohibit consumer reporting agencies from maintaining information in their files relating to dismissed eviction actions; provide that the expungement of dismissed eviction actions applies to actions initiated on or after the effective date of the Act.

Sponsors (17)

Action history (15)

  1. Jan 13, 2026 introduced in House · lower
  2. Jan 13, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  3. Jan 21, 2026 to Judiciary (H) · lower
  4. Mar 11, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
  5. Mar 12, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
  6. Mar 12, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 13 2026 · lower
  7. Mar 18, 2026 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
  8. Mar 19, 2026 received in Senate · upper
  9. Mar 19, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  10. Apr 1, 2026 taken from Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  11. Apr 1, 2026 1st reading · lower
  12. Apr 1, 2026 returned to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  13. Apr 14, 2026 taken from Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  14. Apr 14, 2026 2nd reading · lower
  15. Apr 14, 2026 returned to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
Subjects
Civil ActionsConsumer ProtectionCourts, DistrictLandlord And Tenant

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