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Bill	AN ACT relating to the provision of legal research resources.	Amend KRS 172.100 and 172.200, relating to county law libraries, to ensure that law library funds can be expended for subscriptions to computer-assisted legal research, internet access, and computers and related equipment.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 290	Kentucky HB 290 (2026RS)	bill	Attorneys Counties Courts Circuit Libraries Local Government	enacted	B. Chester-Burton D. Grossberg N. Wilson	3	25	3	2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/334b500b-ebdd-4fd3-b4d0-d4f5586817a6	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb290.html	39a2d459b7104bb88662e13bee15fb822878d4c08860d16328ff5ca61f286251	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 290 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the provision of legal research resources.

Amend KRS 172.100 and 172.200, relating to county law libraries, to ensure that law library funds can be expended for subscriptions to computer-assisted legal research, internet access, and computers and related equipment.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 76 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 290 w/ SFA 1, SFA 2 (T) — 35–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
• D. Grossberg — primary (person)
• N. Wilson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 to Local Government (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 30 2026
• 2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 94-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 13 2026
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 95-0 passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 76) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/334b500b-ebdd-4fd3-b4d0-d4f5586817a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).