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SB142

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AN ACT relating to affordable housing, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 198A to define terms; establish the abandoned home pool fund to be administered by the Kentucky Housing Corporation; specify eligible recipients, activities, and uses of fund; amend KRS 64.012 to increase county clerk recording fees and add a $2 fee to be deposited in the abandoned home pool fund; appropriate $25,000,000 from the General Fund to the abandoned home pool fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY, effective July 1, 2026.

Administrative Regulations and ProceedingsAppropriationsBudget and Financial AdministrationCounty ClerksEffective Dates, EmergencyFeesFundsHousing, Building, and ConstructionLandlord and TenantPovertyPropertyState AgenciesUrban Renewal

Introduced: January 30, 2026

Last action: March 10, 2026

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Legislative History

Jan 30, 2026 · Senate
Introduced In Senate
Jan 30, 2026 · Senate
To Committee On Committees (S)
Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
To State & Local Government (S)

Primary Sponsor

Portrait of Brandon Smith
Brandon Smith

Senator · Senate District 30

Primary sponsor
Brandon.Smith@kylegislature.gov
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