---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to local fiscal administration."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define \"qualified local government\"; require that each employee of a qualified local government who has access to federal tax information submit to a criminal background check by the Department of Kentucky State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation; require that the fee charged by the Department of Kentucky State Police be no more than the actual cost of processing the background check; authorize the Department of Kentucky State Police to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement this section."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 492"
citation: "Kentucky HB 492 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Cities", "Consolidated Local Governments", "Counties", "Counties", "Charter", "Counties", "Urban", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Police", "State", "State Agencies", "Unified Local Governments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Fleming", "M. Lockett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f03ce0a-878d-45c9-ade3-69c605467751"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb492.html"
source_hash: "786c0fc0cdcc96cfe825cf8fe2dde78824fd39d8f26b7d8be215c6670faab140"
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 492 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to local fiscal administration.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define "qualified local government"; require that each employee of a qualified local government who has access to federal tax information submit to a criminal background check by the Department of Kentucky State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation; require that the fee charged by the Department of Kentucky State Police be no more than the actual cost of processing the background check; authorize the Department of Kentucky State Police to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement this section.

## 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/24RS/hb492/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 48** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0048.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb492/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 492 W/ scs1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- M. Lockett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 26, 2024
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 21, 2024
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-2 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 83-8 `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 48) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f03ce0a-878d-45c9-ade3-69c605467751`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).