---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to STABLE Kentucky accounts."
description: "Amend KRS 41.415 to make technical corrections and to conform; amend KRS 164A.260 to exempt moneys in a STABLE Kentucky accounts from attachment, execution, or garnishment; to require that moneys in a STABLE Kentucky account to be disregarded for the purpose of determining eligibility for or the amount of public assistance; and to require that moneys in a STABLE Kentucky account be transferred to the estate of the designated beneficiary upon the death of the designated beneficiary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 160"
citation: "Kentucky SB 160 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities and the Disabled", "Medicaid", "Public Assistance", "Public Medical Assistance", "Treasurer"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ce13e56-638e-4d7a-8a01-f873a4ae2dd6"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb160.html"
source_hash: "157163e0d1d6a95445ee3a382fb9e5ac697b2401a8c5dabc24523333ee9a4f8c"
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 160 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to STABLE Kentucky accounts.

Amend KRS 41.415 to make technical corrections and to conform; amend KRS 164A.260 to exempt moneys in a STABLE Kentucky accounts from attachment, execution, or garnishment; to require that moneys in a STABLE Kentucky account to be disregarded for the purpose of determining eligibility for or the amount of public assistance; and to require that moneys in a STABLE Kentucky account be transferred to the estate of the designated beneficiary upon the death of the designated beneficiary.

## 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/23RS/sb160/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 157** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0157.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb160/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 160 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Families & Children (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 03, 2023
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34 -0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Families & Children (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Families & Children (H)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Families & Children (H)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 157) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ce13e56-638e-4d7a-8a01-f873a4ae2dd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).