republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hjr-50.md

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Bill	A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Auditor of Public Accounts to study the applicable statutes, administrative regulations, and agency policies and processes that directly impact the opening and operation of licensed and certified child care services in the Commonwealth.	Direct the Auditor of Public Accounts to commission a study of applicable statutes, administrative regulations, and agency policies and processes that directly impact opening and operating licensed and certified child care services in the Commonwealth; require the Auditor to procure a vendor to conduct the study; report findings and recommendations of the study to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2027, for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HJR 50	Kentucky HJR 50 (2026RS)	joint resolution	Auditor Of Public Accounts Children And Minors Reports Mandated Studies Directed	enacted	G. Brown Jr. K. King R. Duvall S. Heavrin V. Grossl W. Thomas	3	36	4	2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0bffeed0-f67c-4138-8b8b-2d2acaa1df8b	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hjr50.html	b4a0cf3ca9194e24cbb8b24fe53a761c977c08677d97453de8fac5dc467ae101	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HJR 50 (2026RS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Auditor of Public Accounts to study the applicable statutes, administrative regulations, and agency policies and processes that directly impact the opening and operation of licensed and certified child care services in the Commonwealth.

Direct the Auditor of Public Accounts to commission a study of applicable statutes, administrative regulations, and agency policies and processes that directly impact opening and operating licensed and certified child care services in the Commonwealth; require the Auditor to procure a vendor to conduct the study; report findings and recommendations of the study to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2027, for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 160 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ADOPT HJR 50 — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE HJR 50 — 32–5 (pass) · lower
• Veto Override — 88–4 (pass) · lower
• Adopt — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• R. Duvall — primary (person)
• S. Heavrin — primary (person)
• V. Grossl — primary (person)
• W. Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Families & Children (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
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 18 2026
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, adopted 98-0 reading-3
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Families & Children (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 26 2026
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, adopted 37-0 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 Vetoed executive-veto
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for consideration of Governor's veto
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 adopted 88-4
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for consideration of Governor's veto
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 adopted 32-5
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 160) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0bffeed0-f67c-4138-8b8b-2d2acaa1df8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).