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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HJR 50"
citation: "Kentucky HJR 50 (2026RS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Auditor Of Public Accounts", "Children And Minors", "Reports Mandated", "Studies Directed"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Brown Jr.", "K. King", "R. Duvall", "S. Heavrin", "V. Grossl", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bffeed0-f67c-4138-8b8b-2d2acaa1df8b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hjr50.html"
source_hash: "b4a0cf3ca9194e24cbb8b24fe53a761c977c08677d97453de8fac5dc467ae101"
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 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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hjr50/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 160** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0160.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hjr50/bill.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bffeed0-f67c-4138-8b8b-2d2acaa1df8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).