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2026 Regular Session

SB198

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AN ACT relating to operations in the Office of the Attorney General.

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.

Administrative Regulations and ProceedingsAdvisory Boards, Commissions, and CommitteesAttorney GeneralBackground ChecksBoards and CommissionsCivil ActionsCivil ProcedureConsumer ProtectionCourts, CircuitDomestic RelationsPublic Officers and EmployeesPublic Records and ReportsState AgenciesTechnical CorrectionsTrade Practices and Retailing

Introduced: February 13, 2026

Last action: April 1, 2026

Conference Committee Appointed In House And Senate
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Legislative History

Feb 13, 2026 · Senate
Introduced In Senate
Feb 13, 2026 · Senate
To Committee On Committees (S)
Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
To Judiciary (S)
Mar 5, 2026 · Senate
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar
Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Wednesday, March 11 2026 (clerical)
Mar 11, 2026 · Senate
3rd Reading, Passed 32-0 (clerical)
Mar 12, 2026 · House
Received In House

Primary Sponsor

Portrait of Stephen Meredith
Stephen Meredith

Senator · Senate District 05

Primary sponsor
Stephen.Meredith@kylegislature.gov
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Roll calls

March 11, 2026

Senate: 3rd reading, passed 32-0

Yea: 32
Nay: 0
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March 31, 2026

House: 3rd reading, passed 67-19 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)

Yea: 67
Nay: 19