KY SB 41
died on adjournmentAN ACT relating to the levy of an ad valorem tax rate.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Did KY SB 41 pass?
No. KY SB 41 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 (2026-03-10): to Committee on Committees (H)
What is KY SB 41 about?
Amend KRS 132.017, relating to the process for a recall of a local ad valorem tax rate, to define "school nickel tax rate"; require a petition process for recalling the levy of a school nickel tax rate; remove other taxes levied by local governmental entities from the petition process requirements; require an ad valorem tax levied by a local governmental entity and a general tax rate levied by a local board of education to be voted upon by the voters if the tax rate produces more than 4% in revenues over the revenues produced by the compensating tax rate; require the suspension of the ordinance, order, resolution, or motion levying the tax rate until after the required election; allow a local governmental entity or a local board of education to cancel a required recall election by reconsidering the levy and instead levying a tax rate that produces no more than 4% in revenues over the revenues produced by the compensating tax rate; specify ballot and public notification requirements for the election; provide that if a tax rate is recalled, the compensating tax rate shall be levied; amend KRS 68.245, 75A.050, 132.018, 132.023, 132.027, and 160.470 to conform; make technical changes; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
Who sponsors KY SB 41?
G. Boswell is the primary sponsor of KY SB 41.
Description
Amend KRS 132.017, relating to the process for a recall of a local ad valorem tax rate, to define "school nickel tax rate"; require a petition process for recalling the levy of a school nickel tax rate; remove other taxes levied by local governmental entities from the petition process requirements; require an ad valorem tax levied by a local governmental entity and a general tax rate levied by a local board of education to be voted upon by the voters if the tax rate produces more than 4% in revenues over the revenues produced by the compensating tax rate; require the suspension of the ordinance, order, resolution, or motion levying the tax rate until after the required election; allow a local governmental entity or a local board of education to cancel a required recall election by reconsidering the levy and instead levying a tax rate that produces no more than 4% in revenues over the revenues produced by the compensating tax rate; specify ballot and public notification requirements for the election; provide that if a tax rate is recalled, the compensating tax rate shall be levied; amend KRS 68.245, 75A.050, 132.018, 132.023, 132.027, and 160.470 to conform; make technical changes; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-07
- Latest action
- 2026-03-10 — to Committee on Committees (H)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- G. Boswellprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-10
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-03-10
received in House
2026-03-09
3rd reading, passed 26-9
passage,reading-3
2026-03-06
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
passage
2026-03-04
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 06 2026
2026-02-26
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-02-25
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-02-11
to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
referral-committee
2026-01-07
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-01-07
introduced in Senate
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
PASS SB 41
2026-03-09 · pass · 26-9
Member-level votes (38)
- Boswell: yes
- Madon: yes
- Raque Adams: yes
- Tichenor: yes
- Carroll: yes
- Mays Bledsoe: yes
- Rawlings: yes
- West: yes
- Deneen: yes
- McDaniel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Douglas: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Williams: yes
- Elkins: yes
- Mills: yes
- Stivers: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Funke Frommeyer: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Storm: yes
- Wise: yes
- Higdon: yes
- Nunn: yes
- Berg: no
- Givens: no
- Howell: no
- Thomas: no
- ChambersArmstrong: no
- Herron: no
- Neal: no
- Webb: no
- Clemons: no
- Carpenter: not voting
- Girdler: not voting
- Smith: not voting
Related bills
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