republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-448.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to background checks.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to define terms and require criminal justice agencies to provide criminal history records information to requesting agencies when they are conducting a basic suitability or fitness assessment for federal or contractor employees under 5 U.S.C. sec. 9101; authorize the agency to request a fee of $25 for reimbursement of expenses related to the check from entities other than the Commonwealth; amend KRS 610.340, relating to juvenile justice records, to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 448	Kentucky HB 448 (2026RS)	bill	Archives And Records Background Checks Cities Corrections And Correctional Facilities State Counties Courts Education Elementary And Secondary Federal Laws And Regulations Fees Jails And Jailers Local Government Peace Officers And Law Enforcement Police City And County Police State Public Records And Reports Public Safety Sheriffs State Agencies	enacted	T. Hampton V. Grossl W. Williams	3	20	2	2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/26b15667-ec38-4fd6-937f-bc94e63b7a5b	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb448.html	b6b9d1e36797886b853105124934bb00fd9ccec8b6a1e6bc64676c138b15cb74	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 448 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to background checks.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to define terms and require criminal justice agencies to provide criminal history records information to requesting agencies when they are conducting a basic suitability or fitness assessment for federal or contractor employees under 5 U.S.C. sec. 9101; authorize the agency to request a fee of $25 for reimbursement of expenses related to the check from entities other than the Commonwealth; amend KRS 610.340, relating to juvenile justice records, to conform.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 42 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 448 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 81–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• T. Hampton — primary (person)
• V. Grossl — primary (person)
• W. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 to Local Government (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 12 2026
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 81-8 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 State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 42) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26b15667-ec38-4fd6-937f-bc94e63b7a5b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).