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| Bill | AN ACT relating to eminent domain and declaring an emergency. | Amend KRS 382.850 to require a condemnor in an eminent domain action involving property subject to a conservation easement to provide a written report to the court justifying the condemnation due to lack of feasible alternative locations; allow the court to dismiss the condemnation action if the lack of alternative locations is not demonstrated; amend KRS 262.850 to require a condemnor in an eminent domain action involving property located in an agricultural district to provide a written report to the court justifying the condemnation due to lack of feasible alternative locations; allow the court to dismiss the condemnation action if the lack of alternative locations is not demonstrated; amend KRS 416.550 prohibit a condemnor from engaging in false, intimidating, or misleading negotiation tactics; allow a property owner of potentially condemned property to obtain an independent appraisal within 60 days of an initial offer for purchase; reduce the independent appraisal period to 30 days if the property owner refuses the initial offer for purchase; prohibit the filing of a condemnation action within the independent appraisal period; establish a penalty of dismissal of the condemnation action, payment of attorney's fees, and a bar on future condemnation actions for violations; amend KRS 416.560 to specify requirements for contents of notice of entry to owners of property; establish penalty for failure to give notice; require condemnor to give notice of a material change to the project; require condemnor to use only current data for surveys; provide a copy of a survey to the property owner within 15 days of completion; allow the property owner to petition a local legislative body for a public meeting regarding the proposed taking; amend KRS 416.610 to require the condemnor to take measures to ensure access to property during on-site work on a project where only a portion of the property has been condemned; amend KRS 416.660 to include preexisting improvements on property and the value of agricultural improvements in the determination of fair market value of condemned property; amend KRS 416.570, 416.600, 416.630, 416.640, and 416.650 to conform; EMERGENCY. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2026RS | HB 542 | Kentucky HB 542 (2026RS) |
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Kentucky HB 542 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to eminent domain and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 382.850 to require a condemnor in an eminent domain action involving property subject to a conservation easement to provide a written report to the court justifying the condemnation due to lack of feasible alternative locations; allow the court to dismiss the condemnation action if the lack of alternative locations is not demonstrated; amend KRS 262.850 to require a condemnor in an eminent domain action involving property located in an agricultural district to provide a written report to the court justifying the condemnation due to lack of feasible alternative locations; allow the court to dismiss the condemnation action if the lack of alternative locations is not demonstrated; amend KRS 416.550 prohibit a condemnor from engaging in false, intimidating, or misleading negotiation tactics; allow a property owner of potentially condemned property to obtain an independent appraisal within 60 days of an initial offer for purchase; reduce the independent appraisal period to 30 days if the property owner refuses the initial offer for purchase; prohibit the filing of a condemnation action within the independent appraisal period; establish a penalty of dismissal of the condemnation action, payment of attorney's fees, and a bar on future condemnation actions for violations; amend KRS 416.560 to specify requirements for contents of notice of entry to owners of property; establish penalty for failure to give notice; require condemnor to give notice of a material change to the project; require condemnor to use only current data for surveys; provide a copy of a survey to the property owner within 15 days of completion; allow the property owner to petition a local legislative body for a public meeting regarding the proposed taking; amend KRS 416.610 to require the condemnor to take measures to ensure access to property during on-site work on a project where only a portion of the property has been condemned; amend KRS 416.660 to include preexisting improvements on property and the value of agricultural improvements in the determination of fair market value of condemned property; amend KRS 416.570, 416.600, 416.630, 416.640, and 416.650 to conform; EMERGENCY.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 112 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 542 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
- Pass — 90–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- M. Dossett — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- R. Bivens — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House
introduction - 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H)
referral-committee - 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage - 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 06 2026
- 2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 90-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 to Agriculture (S)
referral-committee - 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
committee-passage - 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
reading-2 - 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 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. 112)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f09a5788-a1f5-48f5-ad14-1bce84cff428. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).