Kentucky bills · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky SB 198
AN ACT relating to operations in the Office of the Attorney General.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
No sponsor recorded.
Summary
Official abstract published by the Kentucky legislature· Summary of Original Version
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.
Text versions
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:19 PM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 Senate | Pass | pass | Set your home in Kentucky to see |
| Mar 11, 2026 Senate | PASS SB 198 | pass | Set your home in Kentucky to see |
Actions
- Apr 1, 2026 · Senate
Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate - Apr 1, 2026 · Senate
House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) - Apr 1, 2026 · Senate
posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) - Apr 1, 2026 · House
to Rules (H) - Apr 1, 2026 · House
received in House - Apr 1, 2026 · Senate
Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) - Apr 1, 2026 · Senate
posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) - Mar 31, 2026 · Senate
to Rules (S) - Mar 31, 2026 · Senate
received in Senate - Mar 31, 2026 · Senate
3rd reading, passed 67-19 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) - Mar 31, 2026 · Senate
placed in the Orders of the Day - Mar 31, 2026 · Senate
taken from Rules - Mar 31, 2026 · Senate
reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) - Mar 27, 2026 · House
recommitted to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) - Mar 27, 2026 · Senate
taken from the Orders of the Day - Mar 25, 2026 · Senate
floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed - Mar 24, 2026 · Senate
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 25 2026 - Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
2nd reading, to Rules - Mar 18, 2026 · Senate
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar - Mar 16, 2026 · House
to Judiciary (H) - Mar 12, 2026 · House
to Committee on Committees (H) - Mar 12, 2026 · House
received in House - Mar 11, 2026 · Senate
3rd reading, passed 32-0 - Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11 2026 - Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
2nd reading, to Rules - Mar 5, 2026 · Senate
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar - Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
to Judiciary (S) - Feb 13, 2026 · Senate
to Committee on Committees (S) - Feb 13, 2026 · Senate
introduced in Senate