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Last action · February 4, 2025

To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

Introduced January 9, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB178

AN ACT relating to fiscal statements.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to define "Fiscal note"; require fiscal notes to be filed with the clerk in the chamber of the General Assembly for each bill or resolution that is filed; establish requirements related to fiscal notes for the director of the Legislative Research Commission; require fiscal notes to contain specific information; amend KRS 6.950, 6.955, 6.960, 6.965, and 6.970 to rename fiscal note to local government mandate statement; amend KRS 13A.190, 13A.230, 13A.250, and 13A.280 to rename fiscal note to fiscal note on state and local government.

Financial Responsibility General Assembly Legislative Research Commission Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Budget and Financial Administration

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This bill changes how the Kentucky General Assembly tracks the cost of proposed laws. It requires that every bill or resolution filed in the legislature come with a fiscal note explaining its financial impact, and it updates existing terminology in state law to make these cost-related documents more clearly labeled. Who it may affect: Kentucky taxpayers and local governments that may bear costs from new legislation.

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