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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT relating to local entities and declaring an emergency."
+description: "Amend KRS 64.5277 to define \"excess credit hours\"; amend KRS 64.5278 to allow a city to establish different base incentive amounts for different types of city officers by ordinance; remove minimum and maximum payment amounts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
+legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
+session: "2026RS"
+identifier: "SB 20"
+citation: "Kentucky SB 20 (2026RS)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities", "Local Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Mays Bledsoe", "G. Elkins", "M. Deneen", "M. Nunn", "P. Wheeler", "S. Madon"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86971fff-adf4-4d39-ae65-221fb3493cfa"
+source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb20.html"
+source_hash: "0a13fad6e74c75ab849130064c4a6e86566f5e25afdee707621066ff10cbeb6f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
+---
+
+# Kentucky SB 20 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to local entities and declaring an emergency.
+
+Amend KRS 64.5277 to define "excess credit hours"; amend KRS 64.5278 to allow a city to establish different base incentive amounts for different types of city officers by ordinance; remove minimum and maximum payment amounts.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb20/orig_bill.pdf)
+2. **Acts Chapter 90** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0090.pdf)
+3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb20/bill.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 20 w/ HFA 1, HFA 3, HFA 4 (T) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Pass — **95–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASS SB 20 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Mays Bledsoe — primary (person)
+- G. Elkins — primary (person)
+- M. Deneen — primary (person)
+- M. Nunn — primary (person)
+- P. Wheeler — primary (person)
+- S. Madon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 30 2026
+- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
+- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1), (2-title), (3) and (4-title) filed
+- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Floor Amendments (1) and (3) and Floor Amendment (4-title) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
+- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1), (3) and (4-title)
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in Floor Amendments (1) and (3) and Floor Amendment (4-title)
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed 38-0 `passage`
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
+- **2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 90) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86971fff-adf4-4d39-ae65-221fb3493cfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
+