republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-136.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to campaign finance.	Amend KRS 121.175 to allow the use of campaign funds to pay for the reasonable costs of security measures for a state candidate, officeholder, member of his or her family, and employees of the candidate's campaign or the officeholder's office as long as the amount does not exceed $15,000 per fiscal year; define "security measure" and "usual and normal charge."	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 136	Kentucky HB 136 (2026RS)	bill	Campaign Finance Elections And Voting Safety State Agencies	enacted	B. Chester-Burton J. Branscum W. Williams	3	20	2	2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/837ad578-5223-4977-a6ea-22d5538e13bd	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb136.html	5e667fbc834dc91571a100f60e1a3157c2b1d1a5fa378a2fff5fd1fa4b1147cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 136 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to campaign finance.

Amend KRS 121.175 to allow the use of campaign funds to pay for the reasonable costs of security measures for a state candidate, officeholder, member of his or her family, and employees of the candidate's campaign or the officeholder's office as long as the amount does not exceed $15,000 per fiscal year; define "security measure" and "usual and normal charge."

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 25 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 136 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
• J. Branscum — primary (person)
• W. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 17 2026
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 25) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/837ad578-5223-4977-a6ea-22d5538e13bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).