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Kentucky 2026RS

SB 59

AN ACT relating to prohibited uses of tax dollars and resources.

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

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Cities, Corrections Impact, Counties, Crimes And Punishments, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Local Government, Local Mandate, Public Officers And Employees, Special Districts, Special Purpose Governmental Entities, State Agencies
Introduced / first action
2026-01-09 05:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Amend KRS 65.013 to define terms; expand the prohibition on using tax dollars to advocate for or against a public question on the ballot to prohibit using any resources, and to explicitly apply prohibition to school districts, regional educational cooperatives, and recalls on a ballot; establish a criminal penalty and a prohibition against holding a position of public trust or profit for 10 years for a person found guilty of violating the prohibition; create a cause of action for a citizen aggrieved by a violation of the prohibition; establish a statute of limitations to commence suit and the appropriate venue; provide when the suit accrues; specify damages recoverable per violation; allow for class action; include a prohibition against holding a position of public trust or profit for 10 years for a person held civilly liable; amend KRS 48.025 and 132.017 to conform.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 155)

    became-law

  2. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

    passage

  3. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

    passage

  4. received in Senate

  5. passed 80-19

    passage

  6. veto overridden

    veto-override-passage

  7. posted for consideration of Governor's veto

  8. taken from Rules (H)

  9. to Rules (H)

    referral-committee

  10. received in House

  11. passed 31-7

    passage

  12. veto overridden

    veto-override-passage

  13. posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto

  14. to Rules (S)

    referral-committee

  15. received in Senate

  16. Vetoed

    executive-veto

  17. delivered to Governor

  18. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

    passage

  19. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

    passage

  20. passed 29-8

    passage

  21. Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2)

  22. posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2)

  23. taken from Rules

  24. to Rules (S)

    referral-committee

  25. received in Senate

  26. 3rd reading, passed 75-16 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2)

    passage, reading-3

  27. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026

  28. floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute

    amendment-introduction

  29. 2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2

  30. floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

    amendment-introduction

  31. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

    committee-passage

  32. to State Government (H)

    referral-committee

  33. to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee

  34. received in House

  35. 3rd reading, passed 28-9 with Committee Substitute (1)

    passage, reading-3

  36. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 05 2026

  37. 2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2

  38. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

    committee-passage

  39. to Appropriations & Revenue (S)

    referral-committee

  40. to Committee on Committees (S)

    referral-committee

  41. introduced in Senate

    introduction

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