---
type: "Bill"
title: "A JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the release of funds and declaring an emergency."
description: "Authorize the Office of State Budget Director to release a portion of the moneys previously appropriated for the Kentucky Water and Wastewater Assistance for Troubled or Economically Restrained Systems Program; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HJR 81"
citation: "Kentucky HJR 81 (2026RS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Budget And Financial Administration", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Public Utilities", "Sewer Systems", "State Agencies", "Water Supply"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "J. Bray", "J. Petrie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82dcf48e-da92-48bf-8ec6-014b4ed3f6df"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hjr81.html"
source_hash: "ec86fee95d02ecbb137a9d5dc79ba9daa9215700d54f6f86eb9dd8f79c6b5a0b"
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 HJR 81 (2026RS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the release of funds and declaring an emergency.

Authorize the Office of State Budget Director to release a portion of the moneys previously appropriated for the Kentucky Water and Wastewater Assistance for Troubled or Economically Restrained Systems Program; EMERGENCY.

## 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/hjr81/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 190** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0190.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hjr81/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HJR 81 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Adopt — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 14 2026
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted 38-0 `reading-3`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 190) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82dcf48e-da92-48bf-8ec6-014b4ed3f6df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).