republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-480.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to state contracts."
description: "Amend KRS 45A.035 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish policies regarding timely payments, partial payments, reimbursement, and payment resolution process; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to require terms included in state government contracts to address timely payments, partial payment, a payment process for disbursement of funds, payment schedule, and a payment resolution process; establish timely payment policies to provide that all undisputed amounts shall be paid within 30 business days of receipt of the goods, services, invoice, or in accordance with the terms of the contract; provide interest penalties for undisputed amounts that are not timely paid ; require any invoices that are submitted by a contractor or vendor outside of the 10 calendar days correction period to be considered a new invoice for the purpose of calculation of the late payment fee pursuant to KRS 45.454; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a payment resolution process; define \"purchasing agency\" and \"undisputed amount\"; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to submit a report every 6 months to the Legislative Research Commission detailing late payment contract disputes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 480"
citation: "Kentucky HB 480 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations And Proceedings", "Contracts", "Public Procurement", "Reports Mandated", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "A. Donworth", "C. Lewis", "D. Grossberg", "J. Petrie", "K. King", "N. Kulkarni", "R. Roarx", "R. White", "S. Bratcher", "S. Heavrin", "S. McPherson", "S. Stalker", "V. Grossl"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41b689cd-a8a4-4bf0-b6e6-66f6b3405150"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb480.html"
source_hash: "607395eab82986700bbe6451d98fb4693979874e0b65238af0ab02dbd2e1d750"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 480 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to state contracts.

Amend KRS 45A.035 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish policies regarding timely payments, partial payments, reimbursement, and payment resolution process; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to require terms included in state government contracts to address timely payments, partial payment, a payment process for disbursement of funds, payment schedule, and a payment resolution process; establish timely payment policies to provide that all undisputed amounts shall be paid within 30 business days of receipt of the goods, services, invoice, or in accordance with the terms of the contract; provide interest penalties for undisputed amounts that are not timely paid ; require any invoices that are submitted by a contractor or vendor outside of the 10 calendar days correction period to be considered a new invoice for the purpose of calculation of the late payment fee pursuant to KRS 45.454; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a payment resolution process; define "purchasing agency" and "undisputed amount"; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to submit a report every 6 months to the Legislative Research Commission detailing late payment contract disputes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb480/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 147** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0147.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb480/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 480 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- A. Donworth — primary (person)
- C. Lewis — primary (person)
- D. Grossberg — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- N. Kulkarni — primary (person)
- R. Roarx — primary (person)
- R. White — primary (person)
- S. Bratcher — primary (person)
- S. Heavrin — primary (person)
- S. McPherson — primary (person)
- S. Stalker — primary (person)
- V. Grossl — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `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** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 `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`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 147) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41b689cd-a8a4-4bf0-b6e6-66f6b3405150`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).