SB 198 KY

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Create a new section of KRS 15.800 to 15.876 to require staff in the Department of Law with access to or use of federal tax information to submit to a criminal background check to be provided to the Attorney General; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to define terms; establish that each state agency is for all purposes the custodian of its own records; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to establish a 10-year statute of limitations in actions brought by the Attorney General; amend KRS 13B.140 to prohibit a hearing officer from being named as a party in any court action seeking judicial review of a final order of an agency; amend KRS 216B.115 to establish that in any appeal to the Franklin Circuit Court, neither the Attorney General nor any hearing officer shall be named as a party; amend KRS 322A.030 to remove the Attorney General as legal adviser to the Board of Registration for Professional Geologists; amend KRS 403.213 to remove the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as a member of the commission charged with review of the child support tables to conform with the transfer of child support enforcement to the Attorney General; amend KRS 367.160 to conform; make technical corrections.

• S. Meredith Republican · primary

1. Feb 13, 2026 introduced in Senate · upper
2. Feb 13, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
3. Mar 4, 2026 to Judiciary (S) · upper
4. Mar 5, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
5. Mar 6, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
6. Mar 6, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11 2026 · upper
7. Mar 11, 2026 3rd reading, passed 32-0 · upper
8. Mar 12, 2026 received in House · lower
9. Mar 12, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
10. Mar 16, 2026 to Judiciary (H) · lower
11. Mar 18, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
12. Mar 19, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
13. Mar 24, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 25 2026 · upper
14. Mar 25, 2026 floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed · upper
15. Mar 27, 2026 taken from the Orders of the Day · upper
16. Mar 27, 2026 recommitted to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) · lower
17. Mar 31, 2026 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · upper
18. Mar 31, 2026 taken from Rules · upper
19. Mar 31, 2026 placed in the Orders of the Day · upper
20. Mar 31, 2026 3rd reading, passed 67-19 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · upper
21. Mar 31, 2026 received in Senate · upper
22. Mar 31, 2026 to Rules (S) · upper
23. Apr 1, 2026 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · upper
24. Apr 1, 2026 Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · upper
25. Apr 1, 2026 received in House · lower
26. Apr 1, 2026 to Rules (H) · lower
27. Apr 1, 2026 posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · upper
28. Apr 1, 2026 House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) · upper
29. Apr 1, 2026 Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate · upper