---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the collection of fees in a county containing a consolidated local government."
description: "Amend KRS 64.012 to require the document storage fee to be held in a separate fund by the county clerk in a county containing a consolidated local government; specify uses for the fee revenue; and require reporting; amend KRS 137.115 to require in a county with a consolidated local government that specific license fees be payable to an agency of the consolidated local government as designated by its council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 52"
citation: "Kentucky SB 52 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consolidated Local Governments", "Counties", "County Clerks", "Courts", "Fiscal", "Fees", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc0421f3-9665-427d-b3fa-607916087f3e"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb52.html"
source_hash: "03ecf35b46ee16efb041976e436bbe0f52573cfd5f3b413abe36e99278eca04b"
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 52 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to the collection of fees in a county containing a consolidated local government.

Amend KRS 64.012 to require the document storage fee to be held in a separate fund by the county clerk in a county containing a consolidated local government; specify uses for the fee revenue; and require reporting; amend KRS 137.115 to require in a county with a consolidated local government that specific license fees be payable to an agency of the consolidated local government as designated by its council.

## 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/sb52/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 189** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0189.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb52/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 52 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 21, 2023
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Local Government (H)
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Local Government (H)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Local Government (H)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Local Government (H)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **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
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 189) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc0421f3-9665-427d-b3fa-607916087f3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).