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HB145

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AN ACT relating to state personnel.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to allow the State Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Attorney General to employ persons exempt from approval requirements of the classified service as deemed necessary or advisable to make and carry out policy; permit the State Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Attorney General to increase, by administrative order, the salary of any classified employee with status up to the midpoint of the grade of the employee's classification.

Actuarial AnalysisAgricultureAttorney GeneralAuditor of Public AccountsPersonnel and EmploymentPublic Officers and EmployeesSecretary of StateState AgenciesState EmployeesTreasurer

Introduced: January 7, 2026

Last action: April 15, 2026

Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (H)
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Legislative History

Jan 7, 2026 · House
Introduced In House
Jan 7, 2026 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Jan 14, 2026 · House
To State Government (H)
Feb 26, 2026 · House
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar
Feb 27, 2026 · House
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Apr 15, 2026 · House
Recommitted To Appropriations & Revenue (H) (clerical)

Primary Sponsor

Portrait of Peyton Griffee
Peyton Griffee

Representative · House District 026

Primary sponsor
peyton.griffee@kylegislature.gov
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Co-sponsors (1)

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Mitch Whitaker

Representative · House District 094

Co-sponsor
mitchum.whitaker@kylegislature.gov