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Bill AN ACT relating to consolidated local governments. Amend KRS 65.003, relating to local ethics, to specify the composition of the commission in a consolidated local government and allow the commission to use the county attorney's office for legal council by procurement methods; amend KRS 67C.103 to place controls on council district formation and redistricting and to allow regulations issued by local health boards and local solid waste management boards operating under KRS Chapter 109 or 212 that apply to individuals residing or businesses operating within the jurisdiction of the consolidated local government be subject to being overridden by the consolidated local government council within 45 days of issuance; prohibit the council from not accepting legislation with specified form requirements of KRS 83A.060; allow the consolidated local government council, or either of the 2 major political caucuses, to hire or retain legal counsel; create a new section of KRS Chapter 67C to require an office of internal audit to be created and headed by a chief audit executive who is appointed; amend KRS 67C.115 and 69.210 to conform; amend KRS 67C.111 to allow cities of 3,000, rather than 6,000, to be incorporated in the boundaries of the consolidated local government and set the petition requirement relating to incorporation to 66% rather than 75% and grant 1 year for the petition to be completed; amend KRS 67C.147 to allow the consolidated local government council to sub-classify property into land and improvements for purposes of levying the ad valorem tax within the area formerly comprising the city of the first class; establish controls on the calculation of the compensating tax rate and the 4% tax rate, and the application of the homestead exemption; outline the transition of presently serving ethics commission members; outline transition from the current chief audit executive to the appointed position. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2026RS HB 607 Kentucky HB 607 (2026RS)
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Audits And Auditors
Cities
Consolidated Local Governments
Local Government
Local Mandate
Public Ethics
Public Officers And Employees
Redistricting
Special Districts
Taxation
Taxation
Property
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C. Lewis
E. Callaway
J. Bauman
J. Hodgson
J. Nemes
K. Fleming
S. Witten
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Kentucky HB 607 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to consolidated local governments.

Amend KRS 65.003, relating to local ethics, to specify the composition of the commission in a consolidated local government and allow the commission to use the county attorney's office for legal council by procurement methods; amend KRS 67C.103 to place controls on council district formation and redistricting and to allow regulations issued by local health boards and local solid waste management boards operating under KRS Chapter 109 or 212 that apply to individuals residing or businesses operating within the jurisdiction of the consolidated local government be subject to being overridden by the consolidated local government council within 45 days of issuance; prohibit the council from not accepting legislation with specified form requirements of KRS 83A.060; allow the consolidated local government council, or either of the 2 major political caucuses, to hire or retain legal counsel; create a new section of KRS Chapter 67C to require an office of internal audit to be created and headed by a chief audit executive who is appointed; amend KRS 67C.115 and 69.210 to conform; amend KRS 67C.111 to allow cities of 3,000, rather than 6,000, to be incorporated in the boundaries of the consolidated local government and set the petition requirement relating to incorporation to 66% rather than 75% and grant 1 year for the petition to be completed; amend KRS 67C.147 to allow the consolidated local government council to sub-classify property into land and improvements for purposes of levying the ad valorem tax within the area formerly comprising the city of the first class; establish controls on the calculation of the compensating tax rate and the 4% tax rate, and the application of the homestead exemption; outline the transition of presently serving ethics commission members; outline transition from the current chief audit executive to the appointed position.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 165 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASS HB 607 — 32–5 (pass) · lower
  • OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE HB 607 — 32–6 (pass) · lower
  • Veto Override — 77–18 (pass) · lower
  • Pass — 76–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • C. Lewis — primary (person)
  • E. Callaway — primary (person)
  • J. Bauman — primary (person)
  • J. Hodgson — primary (person)
  • J. Nemes — primary (person)
  • K. Fleming — primary (person)
  • S. Witten — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
  • 2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 to Local Government (H) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 17 2026
  • 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 76-14 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 taken from State & Local Government (S)
  • 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
  • 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 returned to State & Local Government (S)
  • 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules committee-passage
  • 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 26 2026
  • 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
  • 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
  • 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed amendment-introduction
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) withdrawn
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) withdrawn
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 32-5 passage
  • 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 Vetoed executive-veto
  • 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
  • 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for consideration of Governor's veto
  • 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
  • 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 passed 77-18 passage
  • 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
  • 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for consideration of Governor's veto
  • 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
  • 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 passed 32-6 passage
  • 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 165) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d981f9d-8729-4d0f-b917-5f2e731e47f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).

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