republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-261.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to pedestrian swinging bridges.	Amend KRS 67.083 to allow fiscal courts to provide for the care and maintenance of pedestrian swinging bridges that are available for recreation and public enjoyment; amend KRS 411.190 to give liability protections to owners of land leased to a local government that maintains pedestrian swinging bridges that are available for recreation and public enjoyment on the land.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 261	Kentucky SB 261 (2026RS)	bill	Amusements And Recreations Civil Actions Counties Courts Fiscal Local Government Property Tourism	enacted	R. Stivers	3	27	2	2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-23T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/65a13074-da81-40d7-89d6-fd865a17c7c0	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb261.html	5e7b0a950ea710f0c7f190df168f714fdf506123a3b7f439cc865344fbf28c38	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 261 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to pedestrian swinging bridges.

Amend KRS 67.083 to allow fiscal courts to provide for the care and maintenance of pedestrian swinging bridges that are available for recreation and public enjoyment; amend KRS 411.190 to give liability protections to owners of land leased to a local government that maintains pedestrian swinging bridges that are available for recreation and public enjoyment on the land.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 192 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS SB 261 w/ SCS 1 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 93–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• R. Stivers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) 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
• 2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11 2026
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (H)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (H)
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (H)
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (H)
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (H)
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) referral-committee
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules committee-passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 93-3 passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 192) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/65a13074-da81-40d7-89d6-fd865a17c7c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).