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SB 147 KY
Passed One Chamber

AN ACT relating to vital records.

KY · session 2026RS · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 2, 2026

Latest action (Apr 15, 2026) recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Summary

Amend KRS 213.136 to establish processes and procedures for requesing vital statistics records from the state or county registrar; amend KRS 213.141 to increase the fee for a certified copy of a vital statistic record to $10; establish fee exceptions; increase the fee for a certified copy of a birth record to $15; establish fee exceptions; establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall provide a copy of the Annual Lifetime Kentucky Death Report to the State Board of Elections on or before July 1 of each year; amend KRS 116.113 to conform.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (14)

  1. Feb 2, 2026 introduced in Senate · upper
  2. Feb 2, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  3. Mar 10, 2026 to Health Services (S) · upper
  4. Mar 11, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar · upper
  5. Mar 12, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill · upper
  6. Mar 12, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day by the Rules Committee for Friday, March 13 2026 · upper
  7. Mar 13, 2026 3rd reading, passed 38-0 · upper
  8. Mar 17, 2026 received in House · lower
  9. Mar 17, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  10. Mar 18, 2026 to Health Services (H) · lower
  11. Mar 19, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
  12. Mar 20, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
  13. Mar 26, 2026 floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed · upper
  14. Apr 15, 2026 recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) · lower
Subjects
Archives And RecordsDeathsElections And VotingPublic Records And ReportsState Agencies

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