---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the State Treasurer and unclaimed property."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 establishing the fourth week of September of each year to be Unclaimed Property Week; amend KRS 41.020 to remove Treasurer's requirement to maintain his or her residency at the seat of government; amend KRS 393A.020 to remove mineral proceeds from the KRS list of property to which the chapter does not apply; amend KRS 393A.740 to include deficient reports as punishable by civil penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 456"
citation: "Kentucky HB 456 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commendations And Recognitions", "Minerals And Mining", "Property", "Treasurer"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Freeland", "G. Brown Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/329603e0-3909-4e7c-9710-1ae7f45d21dd"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb456.html"
source_hash: "628120255462244c61c9b82ce0b989e09fd26d59ab4d7bda80674481462263d0"
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 456 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the State Treasurer and unclaimed property.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 establishing the fourth week of September of each year to be Unclaimed Property Week; amend KRS 41.020 to remove Treasurer's requirement to maintain his or her residency at the seat of government; amend KRS 393A.020 to remove mineral proceeds from the KRS list of property to which the chapter does not apply; amend KRS 393A.740 to include deficient reports as punishable by civil penalty.

## 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/hb456/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 78** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0078.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb456/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 456 w/ SCS 1 — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Freeland — primary (person)
- G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 18 2026
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 99-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed 96-0 `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 78) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/329603e0-3909-4e7c-9710-1ae7f45d21dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).