republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-518.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the collection of local business taxes and fees.	Amend KRS 67.767 to require the Secretary of State to prescribe standard forms for net profits, gross receipts, and payroll occupational tax returns; form an advisory committee to develop the forms; require the advisory committee to file the form with the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government for its November 2026 meeting; require the Secretary of State to file administrative regulations including the standard forms and electronic links; and require tax districts to accept the standard forms and the associated payments electronically on and after January 1, 2028.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 518	Kentucky HB 518 (2026RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations And Proceedings Advisory Boards Commissions And Committees Cities Counties Education Finance Information Technology Local Government Local Mandate Reports Mandated Special Districts Taxation	enacted	D. Grossberg G. Brown Jr. P. Flannery	3	20	2	2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/02f27f66-d7f2-43eb-b496-a0f1e99a0366	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb518.html	754369b4fd58d989aaba48a4139d61a767ca877cdc878d4e1dc9e3b9dc0d9a14	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 518 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the collection of local business taxes and fees.

Amend KRS 67.767 to require the Secretary of State to prescribe standard forms for net profits, gross receipts, and payroll occupational tax returns; form an advisory committee to develop the forms; require the advisory committee to file the form with the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government for its November 2026 meeting; require the Secretary of State to file administrative regulations including the standard forms and electronic links; and require tax districts to accept the standard forms and the associated payments electronically on and after January 1, 2028.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 44 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 91–3 (pass) · lower
• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 518 — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• D. Grossberg — primary (person)
• G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
• P. Flannery — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Local Government (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 25 2026
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 91-3 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+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. 44) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02f27f66-d7f2-43eb-b496-a0f1e99a0366. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).