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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the collection of local business taxes and fees."
description: "Amend KRS 67.767 to require the Secretary of State to prescribe standard forms for net profits, gross receipts, and payroll occupational tax returns; form an advisory committee to develop the forms; require the advisory committee to file the form with the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government for its November 2026 meeting; require the Secretary of State to file administrative regulations including the standard forms and electronic links; and require tax districts to accept the standard forms and the associated payments electronically on and after January 1, 2028."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 518"
citation: "Kentucky HB 518 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations And Proceedings", "Advisory Boards", "Commissions", "And Committees", "Cities", "Counties", "Education", "Finance", "Information Technology", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Reports Mandated", "Special Districts", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Grossberg", "G. Brown Jr.", "P. Flannery"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02f27f66-d7f2-43eb-b496-a0f1e99a0366"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb518.html"
source_hash: "754369b4fd58d989aaba48a4139d61a767ca877cdc878d4e1dc9e3b9dc0d9a14"
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 518 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the collection of local business taxes and fees.
Amend KRS 67.767 to require the Secretary of State to prescribe standard forms for net profits, gross receipts, and payroll occupational tax returns; form an advisory committee to develop the forms; require the advisory committee to file the form with the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government for its November 2026 meeting; require the Secretary of State to file administrative regulations including the standard forms and electronic links; and require tax districts to accept the standard forms and the associated payments electronically on and after January 1, 2028.
## 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/hb518/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 44** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0044.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb518/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Pass — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 518 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- D. Grossberg — primary (person)
- G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
- P. Flannery — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 25 2026
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 91-3 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+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
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 44) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02f27f66-d7f2-43eb-b496-a0f1e99a0366`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).