---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to a residential safe room rebate program."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to define terms; the residential safe room rebate program; establish the residential safe room rebate fund to provide rebates to residents of this state for the construction or installation of a residential safe room; establish an application process by which the Division of Emergency Management awards rebates; require the division to promulgate administrative regulations; require the division to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission about the residential safe room rebate program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 11"
citation: "Kentucky SB 11 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations And Proceedings", "Disasters And Recovery Efforts", "Fiscal Note", "Funds", "Housing", "Building", "And Construction", "Reports Mandated", "Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Smith", "M. Deneen", "S. Meredith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84cb1299-d015-4c4f-ae0d-115c25680027"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb11.html"
source_hash: "756707d3dccc931bf0e1f9a5d094d52e70760e9a976b573c16b45cf821bd6bce"
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 11 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to a residential safe room rebate program.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to define terms; the residential safe room rebate program; establish the residential safe room rebate fund to provide rebates to residents of this state for the construction or installation of a residential safe room; establish an application process by which the Division of Emergency Management awards rebates; require the division to promulgate administrative regulations; require the division to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission about the residential safe room rebate program.

## 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/sb11/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0005.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb11/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **84–8** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 11 w/ SCS 1 — **33–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Smith — primary (person)
- M. Deneen — primary (person)
- S. Meredith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 06 2026
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-3 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19 2026
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 84-8 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 5) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84cb1299-d015-4c4f-ae0d-115c25680027`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).