republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2018rs/sb-200.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to executive orders. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11 to require executive orders issued by the Governor to be identified by year of issuance and subject area, to be numbered consecutively within year of issuance and subject area categories, and to be filed with the Secretary of State; require the Secretary of State to forward certain executive orders identified to the director of the Legislative Research Commission on the date filed; require the co-chairs of the Legislative Research Commission to refer executive orders relating to reorganization of state government and other matters pertaining to the operation or official policy of the government, to the legislative committee of jurisdiction within two working days after the order is received by the Legislative Research Commission; provide that executive orders relating to appointments requiring confirmation, reorganization of state government, and other matters pertaining to the operation or official policy of the government shall not become effective until 35 days after being filed with the Secretary of State; require the committee of referral to review the executive order within 30 days and report its findings and objections; require an objection by the reviewing committee to be upon the vote of a majority of the committee members of either chamber; direct that executive orders pertaining to governmental policy which were objected to by a reviewing committee be identified in legislation drafted for introduction by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House on the first day of the regular session; require the proposed legislation to declare each identified deficient executive order void upon enactment of the legislation, prohibit the Governor from adopting executive orders that are the same or substantially the same as the voided executive order for one year from sine die adjournment of the legislative session in which the legislation is enacted, and contain an emergency clause; permit the General Assembly to amend the proposed legislation to add executive orders, delete executive orders, or include reorganization orders which have not been enacted into law; require the Governor to compile a list of all executive orders currently in effect and provide the list to the Legislative Research Commission by September 30, 2018; require the Governor to identify executive orders that should remain in effect and those he or she shall revoke or repeal as obsolete or no longer necessary; provide that executive orders the Governor does not continue in effect or revoke or repeal on another date will cease to exist as of October 1, 2018; require legislative review of executive orders that the Govenor has identified should remain in effect; create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to require each administrative body created by executive order or administrative order to cease to exist at the end of the issuing Governor's or other statewide elected official's term of office unless established by General Assembly enactment; amend KRS 12.028, relating to the reorganization of state government, to conform.	AN ACT relating to executive orders. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11 to require executive orders issued by the Governor to be identified by year of issuance and subject area, to be numbered consecutively within year of issuance and subject area categories, and to be filed with the Secretary of State; require the Secretary of State to forward certain executive orders identified to the director of the Legislative Research Commission on the date filed; require the co-chairs of the Legislative Research Commission to refer executive orders relating to reorganization of state government and other matters pertaining to the operation or official policy of the government, to the legislative committee of jurisdiction within two working days after the order is received by the Legislative Research Commission; provide that executive orders relating to appointments requiring confirmation, reorganization of state government, and other matters pertaining to the operation or official policy of the government shall not become effective until 35 days after being filed with the Secretary of State; require the committee of referral to review the executive order within 30 days and report its findings and objections; require an objection by the reviewing committee to be upon the vote of a majority of the committee members of either chamber; direct that executive orders pertaining to governmental policy which were objected to by a reviewing committee be identified in legislation drafted for introduction by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House on the first day of the regular session; require the proposed legislation to declare each identified deficient executive order void upon enactment of the legislation, prohibit the Governor from adopting executive orders that are the same or substantially the same as the voided executive order for one year from sine die adjournment of the legislative session in which the legislation is enacted, and contain an emergency clause; permit the General Assembly to amend the proposed legislation to add executive orders, delete executive orders, or include reorganization orders which have not been enacted into law; require the Governor to compile a list of all executive orders currently in effect and provide the list to the Legislative Research Commission by September 30, 2018; require the Governor to identify executive orders that should remain in effect and those he or she shall revoke or repeal as obsolete or no longer necessary; provide that executive orders the Governor does not continue in effect or revoke or repeal on another date will cease to exist as of October 1, 2018; require legislative review of executive orders that the Govenor has identified should remain in effect; create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to require each administrative body created by executive order or administrative order to cease to exist at the end of the issuing Governor's or other statewide elected official's term of office unless established by General Assembly enactment; amend KRS 12.028, relating to the reorganization of state government, to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2018RS	SB 200	Kentucky SB 200 (2018RS)	bill		enacted	R. Stivers II	7	32	0	2018-02-23	2018-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/20d8a923-117b-432d-bcf5-780928d8fe6b	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB200.htm	b8fa82448fdcd6e71f9661f99f5432f2706926b0dd39aa166fda53e0832f2ee5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 200 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to executive orders. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11 to require executive orders issued by the Governor to be identified by year of issuance and subject area, to be numbered consecutively within year of issuance and subject area categories, and to be filed with the Secretary of State; require the Secretary of State to forward certain executive orders identified to the director of the Legislative Research Commission on the date filed; require the co-chairs of the Legislative Research Commission to refer executive orders relating to reorganization of state government and other matters pertaining to the operation or official policy of the government, to the legislative committee of jurisdiction within two working days after the order is received by the Legislative Research Commission; provide that executive orders relating to appointments requiring confirmation, reorganization of state government, and other matters pertaining to the operation or official policy of the government shall not become effective until 35 days after being filed with the Secretary of State; require the committee of referral to review the executive order within 30 days and report its findings and objections; require an objection by the reviewing committee to be upon the vote of a majority of the committee members of either chamber; direct that executive orders pertaining to governmental policy which were objected to by a reviewing committee be identified in legislation drafted for introduction by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House on the first day of the regular session; require the proposed legislation to declare each identified deficient executive order void upon enactment of the legislation, prohibit the Governor from adopting executive orders that are the same or substantially the same as the voided executive order for one year from sine die adjournment of the legislative session in which the legislation is enacted, and contain an emergency clause; permit the General Assembly to amend the proposed legislation to add executive orders, delete executive orders, or include reorganization orders which have not been enacted into law; require the Governor to compile a list of all executive orders currently in effect and provide the list to the Legislative Research Commission by September 30, 2018; require the Governor to identify executive orders that should remain in effect and those he or she shall revoke or repeal as obsolete or no longer necessary; provide that executive orders the Governor does not continue in effect or revoke or repeal on another date will cease to exist as of October 1, 2018; require legislative review of executive orders that the Govenor has identified should remain in effect; create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to require each administrative body created by executive order or administrative order to cease to exist at the end of the issuing Governor's or other statewide elected official's term of office unless established by General Assembly enactment; amend KRS 12.028, relating to the reorganization of state government, to conform.

Version chain

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

1. HCA1 (committee substitute) — source
2. HCS1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HFA1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HFA2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 200 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
7. SFA1 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• R. Stivers II — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-23 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-02-26 To State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2018-03-14 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar reading-1
• 2018-03-15 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2018-03-15 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 16, 2018
• 2018-03-15 Floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-16 3rd reading, passed 35-1 with floor amendment (1) reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-19 Received in House
• 2018-03-21 To State Government (H) referral-committee
• 2018-03-22 Posting waived
• 2018-03-22 Taken from State Government (H)
• 2018-03-22 1st reading reading-1
• 2018-03-22 Returned to State Government (H)
• 2018-03-27 Taken from State Government (H)
• 2018-03-27 2nd reading reading-2
• 2018-03-27 Returned to State Government (H)
• 2018-04-13 Reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2018-04-13 Floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-14 Posting waived
• 2018-04-14 Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
• 2018-04-14 Taken from Rules
• 2018-04-14 Placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2018-04-14 3rd reading, passed 62-18 with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-14 Received in Senate
• 2018-04-14 To Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2018-04-14 Posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
• 2018-04-14 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
• 2018-04-14 Bill passed 29-8
• 2018-04-14 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
• 2018-04-14 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
• 2018-04-14 Delivered to Governor
• 2018-04-26 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 201) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20d8a923-117b-432d-bcf5-780928d8fe6b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).