republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-149.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the office of county treasurer.	Amend KRS 68.010, relating to the office of county treasurer, to time the appointment of county treasurer to the election of county officer's; require the county treasurer's bond be corporate surety; stipulate that an acting county treasurer may be appointed for reason of the treasurer's absence; provide if the county treasurer is unable to perform the duties of the office for 5 days the fiscal court may appoint an acting county treasurer; set a time period of 60 days or upon the conclusion of the county treasurer's term, whichever occurs first, to fill the position of county treasurer, and allow the appointment of a deputy county treasurer and outline the authority, oath, and bond requirements of the position.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 149	Kentucky SB 149 (2026RS)	bill	Counties Courts Fiscal Financial Responsibility Local Government Local Mandate Public Officers And Employees	enacted	G. Elkins	3	20	2	2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/03dff847-76ff-43e2-8332-12a1ee0896e8	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb149.html	c3f9ffb80e7bf88deeb3f06de4f48c7df3c02bdf7aa65cedd2bd1fcad4d23fe1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 149 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the office of county treasurer.

Amend KRS 68.010, relating to the office of county treasurer, to time the appointment of county treasurer to the election of county officer's; require the county treasurer's bond be corporate surety; stipulate that an acting county treasurer may be appointed for reason of the treasurer's absence; provide if the county treasurer is unable to perform the duties of the office for 5 days the fiscal court may appoint an acting county treasurer; set a time period of 60 days or upon the conclusion of the county treasurer's term, whichever occurs first, to fill the position of county treasurer, and allow the appointment of a deputy county treasurer and outline the authority, oath, and bond requirements of the position.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 128 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS SB 149 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 85–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• G. Elkins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 13 2026
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 to Local Government (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 01 2026
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 85-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 128) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03dff847-76ff-43e2-8332-12a1ee0896e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).