republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-40.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to public library district boards of trustees.	Amend KRS 173.490 and 173.730 to allow a county judge/executive to fill vacancies on a library board, with the approval of the fiscal court, without being required to consider recommendations made the board or the state librarian if the county has adopted an alternative appointment process.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 40	Kentucky SB 40 (2026RS)	bill	Boards And Commissions Counties County Judges/Executive Libraries Local Government Local Mandate	enacted	A. Reed C. Richardson D. Douglas G. Boswell G. Elkins L. Tichenor M. Nunn M. Wilson P. Wheeler R. Mills S. Madon S. Rawlings S. West	3	22	2	2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7113093e-aca0-4154-a555-34505c7b86db	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb40.html	95caa4c197e2ac15d68a3ae962f1986257fe8e96174d46abbe440d1ba508fa54	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 40 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to public library district boards of trustees.

Amend KRS 173.490 and 173.730 to allow a county judge/executive to fill vacancies on a library board, with the approval of the fiscal court, without being required to consider recommendations made the board or the state librarian if the county has adopted an alternative appointment process.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 13 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 84–7 (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 40 w/ SCS 1 — 34–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• A. Reed — primary (person)
• C. Richardson — primary (person)
• D. Douglas — primary (person)
• G. Boswell — primary (person)
• G. Elkins — primary (person)
• L. Tichenor — primary (person)
• M. Nunn — primary (person)
• M. Wilson — primary (person)
• P. Wheeler — primary (person)
• R. Mills — primary (person)
• S. Madon — primary (person)
• S. Rawlings — primary (person)
• S. West — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 23, 2026
• 2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed with 34-1 Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Local Government (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Local Government (H)
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Local Government (H)
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules committee-passage
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19 2026
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 84-7 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
• 2026-04-02T04:00:00+00:00 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 13) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7113093e-aca0-4154-a555-34505c7b86db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).