republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-264.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to theft by deception.	Amend KRS 514.040, relating to theft by deception, to establish a presumption that a person creates or reinforces a false impression when the person lists or advertises residential or commercial real property for sale, lease, or rent without legal title or authority.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 264	Kentucky HB 264 (2026RS)	bill	Corrections Impact Crimes And Punishments Landlord And Tenant Local Mandate Property Real Estate	enacted	C. Lewis D. Grossberg D. Meade E. Callaway M. Proctor R. White S. Bratcher W. Thomas	3	20	2	2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bf8cc035-642d-455f-8799-6884e34b271d	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb264.html	fab29a6a38c354a69301e6d4919e57840e7a7b5f966aa11471654fafc664d823	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 264 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to theft by deception.

Amend KRS 514.040, relating to theft by deception, to establish a presumption that a person creates or reinforces a false impression when the person lists or advertises residential or commercial real property for sale, lease, or rent without legal title or authority.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 106 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 264 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 93–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• C. Lewis — primary (person)
• D. Grossberg — primary (person)
• D. Meade — primary (person)
• E. Callaway — primary (person)
• M. Proctor — primary (person)
• R. White — primary (person)
• S. Bratcher — primary (person)
• W. Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 13 2026
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 106) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf8cc035-642d-455f-8799-6884e34b271d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).