---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to procurement."
description: "AN ACT relating to procurement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 26"
citation: "Kentucky HB 26 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Clerks", "Courts", "Fiscal", "Local Government", "Notices", "Publications", "Sheriffs", "Special Districts", "Cities", "Counties", "Special Purpose Governmental Entities", "Contracts", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "J. Sims Jr", "L. Elkins", "R. Rothenburger", "W. Schroder", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-09-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb77b396-ed8a-4c5d-9e08-70eb14c4b844"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb26.html"
source_hash: "9c9c389dfb6822bd8a0d7bb1eded87d1ae1dbd8d425561ce720405464c3bc720"
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 HB 26 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to procurement.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb26/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- J. Sims Jr — primary (person)
- L. Elkins — primary (person)
- R. Rothenburger — primary (person)
- W. Schroder — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 15, 2019
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 89-2 `passage`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 079) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb77b396-ed8a-4c5d-9e08-70eb14c4b844`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).