republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/sb-176.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the Legislative Research Commission and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 6.905, 7.200, 7A.110, 7A.185, 7A.220, 13A.020, 15A.063, 45.790, 45A.705, 158.647, and 248.723 to require statutory committee membership appointments be made in January of each odd-numbered year; require vacancies to be filled within 30 days; and require the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House to appoint co-chairs; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2025RS	SB 176	Kentucky SB 176 (2025RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Advisory Boards Commissions and Committees Committees Effective Dates Delayed General Assembly Legislative Research Commission Retirement and Pensions	enacted		3	26	3	2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00	2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e8406377-5d17-4eae-bc74-3ce396b7aa68	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb176.html	d194a7222645cba37c1fbb1d2bff6f8990ab86b3b6831c9b205d4239131d0a4a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 176 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to the Legislative Research Commission and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 6.905, 7.200, 7A.110, 7A.185, 7A.220, 13A.020, 15A.063, 45.790, 45A.705, 158.647, and 248.723 to require statutory committee membership appointments be made in January of each odd-numbered year; require vacancies to be filled within 30 days; and require the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House to appoint co-chairs; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 35 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 95–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage SB 176 W/ hcs1 hcta1 — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 176 — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025
• 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 33-0 passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (H)
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (H)
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to State Government (H) referral-committee
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendment Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2025-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 35) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e8406377-5d17-4eae-bc74-3ce396b7aa68. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).