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HB494

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AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 13A to establish a process for final legislative approval or disapproval of administrative regulations promulgated by designated administrative bodies; indicate that approved administrative regulations will be considered ratified by the General Assembly only after enactment of legislation that specifically approves the section, range, chapter, or title; delay the effective date of an affected regulation until the ratification process is complete; allow regulations necessary to prevent a loss of federal or state funding to go into effect sooner but remain subject to final approval; deem a disapproved ordinary regulation void or emergency regulation expired; require the regulations compiler to submit an eligible regulation list to the Committee on Committees of each chamber; establish session procedures and rules for the regulation review process in the legislature; require each administrative body to submit a list of its ratified regulations to the regulations compiler; authorize the General Assembly to prepare an omnibus bill to cover approved and disapproved regulations; amend KRS 13A.010 to define "final legislative approval" and "ratified"; amend KRS 13A.040 to require the regulations compiler to maintain a ratification status list for all regulations; amend KRS 13A.3102 to make regulation ratification apply to the 7-year certification process; amend KRS 13A.331 to make the ratification status of a regulation supersede its traditional adoption and effective status; amend KRS 13A.190 to conform.

Introduced: January 27, 2026

Last action: February 3, 2026

To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
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This bill would give the Kentucky General Assembly the power to formally approve or reject administrative regulations before they take full effect. Currently, state agencies can issue regulations that become law without a direct legislative vote; this bill would require the legislature to specifically ratify those regulations. Regulations needed to protect state or federal funding could take effect sooner, but would still need final legislative approval. Who it may affect: Kentucky residents and businesses subject to state agency rules, as well as state agencies and departments that issue administrative regulations.

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Legislative History

Jan 27, 2026 ·
Introduced
Feb 3, 2026 ·
To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

Primary Sponsor

Portrait of T.J. Roberts
T.J. Roberts

Representative · House District 066

Primary sponsor
tj.roberts@kylegislature.gov
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Co-sponsors (2)

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John Hodgson

Representative · House District 036

Co-sponsor
john.hodgson@kylegislature.gov
Portrait of Josh Calloway
Josh Calloway

Representative · House District 010

Co-sponsor
Josh.Calloway@kylegislature.gov