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KY SB 135

died on adjournment

AN ACT relating to the provision of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and declaring an emergency.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Amend KRS 48.705 to allow the Governor to authorize limited use of moneys in the budget reserve trust fund to provide for the continuity of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during a lapse in federal appropriations; require repayment of the moneys within 90 days of restoration of federal appropriations; require reporting to the Legislative Research Commission and the State Budget Director; require prior approval of the General Assembly if more than 5% of the total balance of the budget reserve trust fund is used; EMERGENCY.

Introduced
2026-01-29
Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-29 — to Committee on Committees (S)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • R. Thomasprimary
  • C. Armstrongprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-29

    introduced in Senate

    introduction

  2. 2026-01-29

    to Committee on Committees (S)

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb135.html

Attribution

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