republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-20.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to local entities and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 64.5277 to define "excess credit hours"; amend KRS 64.5278 to allow a city to establish different base incentive amounts for different types of city officers by ordinance; remove minimum and maximum payment amounts.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 20	Kentucky SB 20 (2026RS)	bill	Cities Local Government	enacted	A. Mays Bledsoe G. Elkins M. Deneen M. Nunn P. Wheeler S. Madon	3	24	3	2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/86971fff-adf4-4d39-ae65-221fb3493cfa	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb20.html	0a13fad6e74c75ab849130064c4a6e86566f5e25afdee707621066ff10cbeb6f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 20 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to local entities and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 64.5277 to define "excess credit hours"; amend KRS 64.5278 to allow a city to establish different base incentive amounts for different types of city officers by ordinance; remove minimum and maximum payment amounts.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 90 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 20 w/ HFA 1, HFA 3, HFA 4 (T) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 95–0 (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 20 — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• A. Mays Bledsoe — primary (person)
• G. Elkins — primary (person)
• M. Deneen — primary (person)
• M. Nunn — primary (person)
• P. Wheeler — primary (person)
• S. Madon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 30 2026
• 2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 35-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Local Government (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1), (2-title), (3) and (4-title) filed
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Floor Amendments (1) and (3) and Floor Amendment (4-title) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1), (3) and (4-title)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in Floor Amendments (1) and (3) and Floor Amendment (4-title)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 38-0 passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 90) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86971fff-adf4-4d39-ae65-221fb3493cfa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).