AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Communications Network Authority and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 154.15-010 to remove the definition of "executive director" of the Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA); amend KRS 154.15-020 to administratively attach the KCNA to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; remove references to the executive director and the advisory group of the KCNA; abolish the KCNA advisory group; remove references to KCNA staff and require the executive director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology (COT) to assign COT personnel to carry out the functions…

Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Committees Agriculture Attorney General Boards and Commissions Budget and Financial Administration Communications Education, Elementary and Secondary Effective Dates, Emergency Information Technology Internet, Access And Infrastructure Public Officers and Employees Reorganization Secretary of State State Agencies Technology Treasurer

Introduced: January 12, 2026

Last action: March 10, 2026

Delivered To Secretary Of State (Acts Ch. 2)

In effect since March 10, 2026

This act carries an emergency clause, so it took effect as soon as it became law instead of waiting the usual 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).

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This bill reorganizes the Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA), a state body that oversees government communications and technology infrastructure, by folding its functions into the existing Commonwealth Office of Technology. It eliminates the KCNA's executive director position and advisory group, transfers staff and records to the new agency, and replaces the current board membership with several statewide elected officials and the Department of Education's chief information officer. Who it may affect: state government employees previously working for the KCNA, and state agencies that rely on KCNA-managed communications and technology services.

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