republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-251.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the Department of Corrections.	Amend KRS 197.020 to establish that the Department of Corrections shall not be required to promulgate administrative regulations regarding the death penalty; establish that execution protocols and procedures may be prescribed by internal policy, memorandum, or another form of action; amend KRS 13A.105 to conform; make technical corrections.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 251	Kentucky SB 251 (2026RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations And Proceedings Corrections And Correctional Facilities State Corrections Impact Crimes And Punishments Criminal Procedure Deaths State Agencies Technical Corrections	enacted	M. Nunn S. West	3	42	6	2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8c50f6c2-d0b5-499d-bae2-015fb37ed228	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb251.html	1f8f1bbbd39cba81c31434d3bc7524af770782d6c90bd70e4d9f9a1eb98e2c11	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 251 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the Department of Corrections.

Amend KRS 197.020 to establish that the Department of Corrections shall not be required to promulgate administrative regulations regarding the death penalty; establish that execution protocols and procedures may be prescribed by internal policy, memorandum, or another form of action; amend KRS 13A.105 to conform; make technical corrections.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 181 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS SB 251 — 24–11 (pass) · upper
• OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE SB 251 — 30–7 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 251 w/ HFA 2 — 27–9 (pass) · upper
• Adopt — 53–18 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 68–23 (pass) · upper
• Veto Override — 74–16 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• M. Nunn — primary (person)
• S. West — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 16 2026
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 24-11 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
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 to State Government (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 68-23 with Floor Amendment (2) passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in Floor Amendment (2)
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 passed 27-9 passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (2)
• 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 Vetoed executive-veto
• 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 passage 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 30-7 passage
• 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 (H)
• 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 74-16 passage
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 181) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c50f6c2-d0b5-499d-bae2-015fb37ed228. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).