KY SB 198

died on adjournment

AN ACT relating to operations in the Office of the Attorney General.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did KY SB 198 pass?

No. KY SB 198 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 (2026-04-01): Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate

What is KY SB 198 about?

Create a new section of KRS 15.800 to 15.876 to require staff in the Department of Law with access to or use of federal tax information to submit to a criminal background check to be provided to the Attorney General; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to define terms; establish that each state agency is for all purposes the custodian of its own records; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to establish a 10-year statute of limitations in actions brought by the Attorney General; amend KRS 13B.140 to prohibit a hearing officer from being named as a party in any court action seeking judicial review of a final order of an agency; amend KRS 216B.115 to establish that in any appeal to the Franklin Circuit Court, neither the Attorney General nor any hearing officer shall be named as a party; amend KRS 322A.030 to remove the Attorney General as legal adviser to the Board of Registration for Professional Geologists; amend KRS 403.213 to remove the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as a member of the commission charged with review of the child support tables to conform with the transfer of child support enforcement to the Attorney General; amend KRS 367.160 to conform; make technical corrections.

Who sponsors KY SB 198?

S. Meredith is the primary sponsor of KY SB 198.

Description

Introduced: 2026-02-13
Latest action: 2026-04-01 — Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2026-04-01
Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
2026-04-01
House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2026-04-01
posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2026-04-01
to Rules (H)
referral-committee
2026-04-01
received in House
2026-04-01
Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2026-04-01
posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2026-03-31
to Rules (S)
referral-committee
2026-03-31
received in Senate
2026-03-31
3rd reading, passed 67-19 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
passage,reading-3
2026-03-31
placed in the Orders of the Day
2026-03-31
taken from Rules
2026-03-31
reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
committee-passage
2026-03-27
recommitted to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)
2026-03-27
taken from the Orders of the Day
2026-03-25
floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
amendment-introduction
2026-03-24
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 25 2026
2026-03-19
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-03-18
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-16
to Judiciary (H)
referral-committee
2026-03-12
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-03-12
received in House
2026-03-11
3rd reading, passed 32-0
passage,reading-3
2026-03-06
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11 2026
2026-03-06
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-03-05
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-04
to Judiciary (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-13
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-13
introduced in Senate
introduction

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Documents

Votes

PASS SB 198
2026-03-11 · pass · 32-0
Member-level votes (38)
- Berg: yes
- Girdler: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Smith: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Givens: yes
- Mills: yes
- Stivers: yes
- Carroll: yes
- Herron: yes
- Neal: yes
- Storm: yes
- ChambersArmstrong: yes
- Higdon: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Clemons: yes
- Howell: yes
- Nunn: yes
- Webb: yes
- Deneen: yes
- Madon: yes
- Raque Adams: yes
- West: yes
- Douglas: yes
- Mays Bledsoe: yes
- Reed: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Elkins: yes
- McDaniel: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wise: yes
- Boswell: not voting
- Rawlings: not voting
- Wheeler: not voting
- Williams: not voting
- Funke Frommeyer: not voting
- Tichenor: not voting
Pass
2026-03-31 · pass · 67-19
Member-level votes (100)
- Baker: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- Meade: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Banta: yes
- Fister: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Flannery: yes
- Imes: yes
- Miles: yes
- Smith: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Fleming: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Moser: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Fugate: yes
- King: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Bray: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Koch: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Payne: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Clines: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Pollock: yes
- White: yes
- Decker: yes
- Hale: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Raymer: yes
- Williams: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hampton: yes
- McCool: yes
- Riley: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Hart: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Witten: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- Aull: no
- Camuel: no
- Grossberg: no
- Marzian: no
- Stevenson P: no
- Bojanowski: no
- Chester-Burton: no
- Hancock: no
- Moore: no
- Watkins: no
- Brown: no
- Donworth: no
- Holloway: no
- Roarx: no
- Willner: no
- Burke: no
- Gentry: no
- Lehman: no
- Stalker: no
- Bauman: not voting
- Doan: not voting
- Lawrence: not voting
- Proctor: not voting
- Tate: not voting
- Bowling: not voting
- Elliott: not voting
- Maddox: not voting
- Rabourn: not voting
- Truett: not voting
- Calloway: not voting
- Kulkarni: not voting
- Massaroni: not voting
- Tackett Laferty: not voting

Related bills

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Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb198.html

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