KY SB 149

enacted

AN ACT relating to the office of county treasurer.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did KY SB 149 pass?

Yes. KY SB 149 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-13): signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 128)

What is KY SB 149 about?

Amend KRS 68.010, relating to the office of county treasurer, to time the appointment of county treasurer to the election of county officer's; require the county treasurer's bond be corporate surety; stipulate that an acting county treasurer may be appointed for reason of the treasurer's absence; provide if the county treasurer is unable to perform the duties of the office for 5 days the fiscal court may appoint an acting county treasurer; set a time period of 60 days or upon the conclusion of the county treasurer's term, whichever occurs first, to fill the position of county treasurer, and allow the appointment of a deputy county treasurer and outline the authority, oath, and bond requirements of the position.

Who sponsors KY SB 149?

G. Elkins is the primary sponsor of KY SB 149.

Description

Introduced: 2026-02-02
Latest action: 2026-04-13 — signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 128)
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2026-04-13
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 128)
executive-signature
2026-04-01
delivered to Governor
2026-04-01
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage
2026-04-01
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage
2026-04-01
received in Senate
2026-04-01
3rd reading, passed 85-0
passage,reading-3
2026-03-31
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 01 2026
2026-03-26
floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
amendment-introduction
2026-03-25
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-03-24
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-19
to Local Government (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 for Friday, March 13 2026
2026-03-12
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-03-11
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-09
to State & Local Government (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-02
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-02
introduced in Senate
introduction

Versions

IntroducedCompare
Current/FinalCompare
Acts Chapter 128Compare
(document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

PASS SB 149
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
Pass
2026-04-01 · pass · 85-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Baker: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Holloway: yes
- Meade: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Banta: yes
- Fister: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Miles: yes
- Stevenson P: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Flannery: yes
- Imes: yes
- Moore: yes
- Tackett Laferty: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Fleming: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Moser: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Fugate: yes
- King: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Koch: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Payne: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Calloway: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Proctor: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Rabourn: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Clines: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Raymer: yes
- White: yes
- Decker: yes
- Hale: yes
- Maddox: yes
- Riley: yes
- Williams: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hampton: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Willner: yes
- Doan: yes
- Hart: yes
- Massaroni: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- McCool: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Witten: yes
- Blanton: not voting
- Brown: not voting
- Donworth: not voting
- Lawrence: not voting
- Petrie: not voting
- Bowling: not voting
- Burke: not voting
- Elliott: not voting
- Lockett: not voting
- Smith: not voting
- Bray: not voting
- Chester-Burton: not voting
- Hancock: not voting
- Meredith: not voting
- Tate: not voting

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb149.html

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:22:24.357326Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changes Status and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this session Session dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=KY&identifier=SB 149. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.