republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hjr-81.md

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Bill	A JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the release of funds and declaring an emergency.	Authorize the Office of State Budget Director to release a portion of the moneys previously appropriated for the Kentucky Water and Wastewater Assistance for Troubled or Economically Restrained Systems Program; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HJR 81	Kentucky HJR 81 (2026RS)	joint resolution	Budget And Financial Administration Effective Dates Emergency Public Utilities Sewer Systems State Agencies Water Supply	enacted	A. Bowling J. Bray J. Petrie	3	30	2	2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-20T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/82dcf48e-da92-48bf-8ec6-014b4ed3f6df	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hjr81.html	ec86fee95d02ecbb137a9d5dc79ba9daa9215700d54f6f86eb9dd8f79c6b5a0b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HJR 81 (2026RS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the release of funds and declaring an emergency.

Authorize the Office of State Budget Director to release a portion of the moneys previously appropriated for the Kentucky Water and Wastewater Assistance for Troubled or Economically Restrained Systems Program; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 190 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HJR 81 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• Adopt — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Bowling — primary (person)
• J. Bray — primary (person)
• J. Petrie — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, adopted 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) reading-3
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill committee-passage
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 14 2026
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, adopted 38-0 reading-3
• 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 Governor
• 2026-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 190) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/82dcf48e-da92-48bf-8ec6-014b4ed3f6df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).