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Bill AN ACT relating to government contracts. Create a new section of KRS 45A.690 to 45A.725 to establish standards and rules for the Attorney General when awarding contingency fee personal service contracts for legal services; require the Attorney General to make written findings of the need for a contingency fee contract; set limits on the amount of the contingency fee; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to post information regarding the contract on its Web site; require the contractor to maintain certain records; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Attorney General to submit a report on all contingency fee contracts to the Government Contract Review Committee by September 1 of each year; amend KRS 45A.695 to require the Attorney General to participate in discussions with contingency fee offerors to determine their qualifications; amend KRS 15.100 to conform. AN ACT relating to government contracts. Create a new section of KRS 45A.690 to 45A.725 to establish standards and rules for the Attorney General when awarding contingency fee personal service contracts for legal services; require the Attorney General to make written findings of the need for a contingency fee contract; set limits on the amount of the contingency fee; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to post information regarding the contract on its Web site; require the contractor to maintain certain records; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Attorney General to submit a report on all contingency fee contracts to the Government Contract Review Committee by September 1 of each year; amend KRS 45A.695 to require the Attorney General to participate in discussions with contingency fee offerors to determine their qualifications; amend KRS 15.100 to conform. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2018RS HB 198 Kentucky HB 198 (2018RS)
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J. Gooch Jr.
J. Nemes
15 31 0 2018-01-16 2018-04-02 openstates ocd-bill/ebfac167-ce44-49a4-bfcf-2f006302362d http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB198.htm c5337c4814acd1a703c8ad4a8cb204573dcd72b651198a5e8073e68c62b76f6f 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Kentucky HB 198 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to government contracts. Create a new section of KRS 45A.690 to 45A.725 to establish standards and rules for the Attorney General when awarding contingency fee personal service contracts for legal services; require the Attorney General to make written findings of the need for a contingency fee contract; set limits on the amount of the contingency fee; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to post information regarding the contract on its Web site; require the contractor to maintain certain records; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Attorney General to submit a report on all contingency fee contracts to the Government Contract Review Committee by September 1 of each year; amend KRS 45A.695 to require the Attorney General to participate in discussions with contingency fee offerors to determine their qualifications; amend KRS 15.100 to conform.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. HB 198 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
  2. HFA1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HFA10 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HFA11 (committee substitute) — source
  5. HFA12 (committee substitute) — source
  6. HFA2 (committee substitute) — source
  7. HFA3 (committee substitute) — source
  8. HFA4 (committee substitute) — source
  9. HFA5 (committee substitute) — source
  10. HFA6 (committee substitute) — source
  11. HFA7 (committee substitute) — source
  12. HFA8 (committee substitute) — source
  13. HFA9 (committee substitute) — source
  14. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
  15. SCS1 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • J. Gooch Jr. — primary (person)
  • J. Nemes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-16 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2018-01-18 To Judiciary (H) referral-committee
  • 2018-01-22 Posted in committee
  • 2018-01-31 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar reading-1
  • 2018-02-01 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2018-02-02 Floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed
  • 2018-02-05 Floor amendments (4) and (6) filed to HFA 1 and floor amendments (5) and (7) filed to the Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2018-02-07 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 8, 2018
  • 2018-02-07 Floor amendment (8) filed to HFA 1 and floor amendment (9) filed to Bill amendment-introduction
  • 2018-02-08 Floor amendments (10), (11), and (12) filed to Committee Substitute
  • 2018-02-15 3rd reading reading-3
  • 2018-02-15 Floor amendments (8) and (9) ruled out of order
  • 2018-02-15 Floor amendments (4) and (6) defeated
  • 2018-02-15 Passed 52-40 with floor amendment (1)
  • 2018-02-16 Received in Senate
  • 2018-02-20 To Judiciary (S) referral-committee
  • 2018-03-15 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) reading-1
  • 2018-03-16 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2018-03-19 Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 19, 2018
  • 2018-03-19 Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
  • 2018-03-19 3rd reading, passed 26-12 with Committee Substitute (1) reading-3, passage
  • 2018-03-20 Received in House
  • 2018-03-20 To Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2018-03-22 Taken from Rules (H)
  • 2018-03-22 Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
  • 2018-03-22 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
  • 2018-03-22 Passed 57-36
  • 2018-03-22 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  • 2018-03-27 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  • 2018-03-27 Delivered to Governor
  • 2018-04-02 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 87) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ebfac167-ce44-49a4-bfcf-2f006302362d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).