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Kentucky 2026RS

HB 448

AN ACT relating to background checks.

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-11 12:11:04 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Archives And Records, Background Checks, Cities, Corrections And Correctional Facilities, State, Counties, Courts, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Federal Laws And Regulations, Fees, Jails And Jailers, Local Government, Peace Officers And Law Enforcement, Police, City And County, Police, State, Public Records And Reports, Public Safety, Sheriffs, State Agencies
Introduced / first action
2026-01-21 05:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to define terms and require criminal justice agencies to provide criminal history records information to requesting agencies when they are conducting a basic suitability or fitness assessment for federal or contractor employees under 5 U.S.C. sec. 9101; authorize the agency to request a fee of $25 for reimbursement of expenses related to the check from entities other than the Commonwealth; amend KRS 610.340, relating to juvenile justice records, to conform.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 42)

    executive-signature
  2. delivered to Governor

  3. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

    passage
  4. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

    passage
  5. received in House

  6. 3rd reading, passed 38-0

    passage, reading-3
  7. passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day

  8. posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026

  9. 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill

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  10. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar

    committee-passage
  11. to State & Local Government (S)

    referral-committee
  12. to Committee on Committees (S)

    referral-committee
  13. received in Senate

  14. 3rd reading, passed 81-8

    passage, reading-3
  15. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 12 2026

  16. 2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2
  17. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

    committee-passage
  18. to Local Government (H)

    referral-committee
  19. to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee
  20. introduced in House

    introduction

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