republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-480.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to state contracts.	Amend KRS 45A.035 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish policies regarding timely payments, partial payments, reimbursement, and payment resolution process; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to require terms included in state government contracts to address timely payments, partial payment, a payment process for disbursement of funds, payment schedule, and a payment resolution process; establish timely payment policies to provide that all undisputed amounts shall be paid within 30 business days of receipt of the goods, services, invoice, or in accordance with the terms of the contract; provide interest penalties for undisputed amounts that are not timely paid ; require any invoices that are submitted by a contractor or vendor outside of the 10 calendar days correction period to be considered a new invoice for the purpose of calculation of the late payment fee pursuant to KRS 45.454; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a payment resolution process; define "purchasing agency" and "undisputed amount"; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to submit a report every 6 months to the Legislative Research Commission detailing late payment contract disputes.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 480	Kentucky HB 480 (2026RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations And Proceedings Contracts Public Procurement Reports Mandated State Agencies	enacted	A. Bowling A. Donworth C. Lewis D. Grossberg J. Petrie K. King N. Kulkarni R. Roarx R. White S. Bratcher S. Heavrin S. McPherson S. Stalker V. Grossl	3	21	2	2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/41b689cd-a8a4-4bf0-b6e6-66f6b3405150	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb480.html	607395eab82986700bbe6451d98fb4693979874e0b65238af0ab02dbd2e1d750	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 480 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to state contracts.

Amend KRS 45A.035 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish policies regarding timely payments, partial payments, reimbursement, and payment resolution process; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to require terms included in state government contracts to address timely payments, partial payment, a payment process for disbursement of funds, payment schedule, and a payment resolution process; establish timely payment policies to provide that all undisputed amounts shall be paid within 30 business days of receipt of the goods, services, invoice, or in accordance with the terms of the contract; provide interest penalties for undisputed amounts that are not timely paid ; require any invoices that are submitted by a contractor or vendor outside of the 10 calendar days correction period to be considered a new invoice for the purpose of calculation of the late payment fee pursuant to KRS 45.454; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a payment resolution process; define "purchasing agency" and "undisputed amount"; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to submit a report every 6 months to the Legislative Research Commission detailing late payment contract disputes.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 147 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 480 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Bowling — primary (person)
• A. Donworth — primary (person)
• C. Lewis — primary (person)
• D. Grossberg — primary (person)
• J. Petrie — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• N. Kulkarni — primary (person)
• R. Roarx — primary (person)
• R. White — primary (person)
• S. Bratcher — primary (person)
• S. Heavrin — primary (person)
• S. McPherson — primary (person)
• S. Stalker — primary (person)
• V. Grossl — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 to State Government (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 17 2026
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 96-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent 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 filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 147) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41b689cd-a8a4-4bf0-b6e6-66f6b3405150. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).