---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to campaign finance."
description: "Amend KRS 121.175 to allow the use of campaign funds to pay for the reasonable costs of security measures for a state candidate, officeholder, member of his or her family, and employees of the candidate's campaign or the officeholder's office as long as the amount does not exceed $15,000 per fiscal year; define \"security measure\" and \"usual and normal charge.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 136"
citation: "Kentucky HB 136 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Campaign Finance", "Elections And Voting", "Safety", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Chester-Burton", "J. Branscum", "W. Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/837ad578-5223-4977-a6ea-22d5538e13bd"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb136.html"
source_hash: "5e667fbc834dc91571a100f60e1a3157c2b1d1a5fa378a2fff5fd1fa4b1147cc"
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 136 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to campaign finance.

Amend KRS 121.175 to allow the use of campaign funds to pay for the reasonable costs of security measures for a state candidate, officeholder, member of his or her family, and employees of the candidate's campaign or the officeholder's office as long as the amount does not exceed $15,000 per fiscal year; define "security measure" and "usual and normal charge."

## 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/hb136/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 25** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0025.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb136/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 136 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- J. Branscum — primary (person)
- W. Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 17 2026
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 25) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/837ad578-5223-4977-a6ea-22d5538e13bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).