KY SB 261
enactedAN ACT relating to pedestrian swinging bridges.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did KY SB 261 pass?
Yes. KY SB 261 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-23): signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 192)
What is KY SB 261 about?
Amend KRS 67.083 to allow fiscal courts to provide for the care and maintenance of pedestrian swinging bridges that are available for recreation and public enjoyment; amend KRS 411.190 to give liability protections to owners of land leased to a local government that maintains pedestrian swinging bridges that are available for recreation and public enjoyment on the land.
Who sponsors KY SB 261?
R. Stivers is the primary sponsor of KY SB 261.
Description
Amend KRS 67.083 to allow fiscal courts to provide for the care and maintenance of pedestrian swinging bridges that are available for recreation and public enjoyment; amend KRS 411.190 to give liability protections to owners of land leased to a local government that maintains pedestrian swinging bridges that are available for recreation and public enjoyment on the land.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-26
- Latest action
- 2026-04-23 — signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 192)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- R. Stiversprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-23
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 192)
executive-signature
2026-04-15
delivered to Governor
2026-04-15
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage
2026-04-15
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage
2026-04-15
received in Senate
2026-04-15
3rd reading, passed 93-3
passage,reading-3
2026-04-15
placed in the Orders of the Day
2026-04-15
taken from Rules
2026-04-15
reported favorably, to Rules
committee-passage
2026-04-15
to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
referral-committee
2026-04-15
taken from Committee on Committees (H)
2026-04-01
returned to Committee on Committees (H)
2026-04-01
2nd reading
reading-2
2026-04-01
taken from Committee on Committees (H)
2026-03-31
returned to Committee on Committees (H)
2026-03-31
1st reading
reading-1
2026-03-31
taken from Committee on Committees (H)
2026-03-13
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-03-13
received in House
2026-03-12
3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
passage,reading-3
2026-03-11
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
passage
2026-03-09
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11 2026
2026-03-05
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-03-04
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage
2026-03-02
to State & Local Government (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-26
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-26
introduced in Senate
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
PASS SB 261 w/ SCS 1
2026-03-12 · pass · 37-0
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
- Meredith: yes
- Smith: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Elkins: yes
- Mills: yes
- Stivers: yes
- Wise: yes
- Funke Frommeyer: yes
- McDaniel: not voting
Pass
2026-04-15 · pass · 93-3
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Doan: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- McCool: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Baker: yes
- Donworth: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Smith: yes
- Banta: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Holloway: yes
- Meade: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stevenson P: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Imes: yes
- Moore: yes
- Tackett Laferty: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Moser: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Fister: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Bowling: yes
- Flannery: yes
- King: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Fleming: yes
- Koch: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Payne: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Lawrence: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Burke: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Proctor: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Calloway: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Raymer: yes
- White: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Riley: yes
- Williams: yes
- Chester-Burton: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Willner: yes
- Clines: yes
- Hampton: yes
- Maddox: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Decker: yes
- Hancock: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Witten: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hart: yes
- Massaroni: yes
- Bray: no
- Gooch: no
- Miles: no
- Brown: not voting
- Hale: not voting
- Rabourn: not voting
- Tate: not voting
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