KY SB 147
died on adjournmentAN ACT relating to vital records.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did KY SB 147 pass?
No. KY SB 147 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-15): recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
What is KY SB 147 about?
Amend KRS 213.136 to establish processes and procedures for requesing vital statistics records from the state or county registrar; amend KRS 213.141 to increase the fee for a certified copy of a vital statistic record to $10; establish fee exceptions; increase the fee for a certified copy of a birth record to $15; establish fee exceptions; establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall provide a copy of the Annual Lifetime Kentucky Death Report to the State Board of Elections on or before July 1 of each year; amend KRS 116.113 to conform.
Who sponsors KY SB 147?
C. Richardson is the primary sponsor of KY SB 147.
Description
Amend KRS 213.136 to establish processes and procedures for requesing vital statistics records from the state or county registrar; amend KRS 213.141 to increase the fee for a certified copy of a vital statistic record to $10; establish fee exceptions; increase the fee for a certified copy of a birth record to $15; establish fee exceptions; establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall provide a copy of the Annual Lifetime Kentucky Death Report to the State Board of Elections on or before July 1 of each year; amend KRS 116.113 to conform.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-02
- Latest action
- 2026-04-15 — recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- C. Richardsonprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-15
recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2026-03-26
floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
amendment-introduction
2026-03-20
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-03-19
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-18
to Health Services (H)
referral-committee
2026-03-17
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-03-17
received in House
2026-03-13
3rd reading, passed 38-0
passage,reading-3
2026-03-12
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day by the Rules Committee for Friday, March 13 2026
2026-03-12
2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
reading-2
2026-03-11
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-10
to Health Services (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-02
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-02
introduced in Senate
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
PASS SB 147
2026-03-13 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (38)
- Berg: yes
- Girdler: yes
- Neal: yes
- Storm: yes
- Boswell: yes
- Givens: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Herron: yes
- Nunn: yes
- Tichenor: yes
- Carroll: yes
- Higdon: yes
- Raque Adams: yes
- Webb: yes
- ChambersArmstrong: yes
- Howell: yes
- Rawlings: yes
- West: yes
- Clemons: yes
- Madon: yes
- Reed: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Deneen: yes
- Mays Bledsoe: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Williams: yes
- Douglas: yes
- McDaniel: yes
- Smith: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Elkins: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stivers: yes
- Wise: yes
- Funke Frommeyer: yes
- Mills: yes
Related bills
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