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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the office of county treasurer."
description: "Amend KRS 68.010, relating to the office of county treasurer, to time the appointment of county treasurer to the election of county officer's; require the county treasurer's bond be corporate surety; stipulate that an acting county treasurer may be appointed for reason of the treasurer's absence; provide if the county treasurer is unable to perform the duties of the office for 5 days the fiscal court may appoint an acting county treasurer; set a time period of 60 days or upon the conclusion of the county treasurer's term, whichever occurs first, to fill the position of county treasurer, and allow the appointment of a deputy county treasurer and outline the authority, oath, and bond requirements of the position."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 149"
citation: "Kentucky SB 149 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Courts", "Fiscal", "Financial Responsibility", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Public Officers And Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Elkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03dff847-76ff-43e2-8332-12a1ee0896e8"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb149.html"
source_hash: "c3f9ffb80e7bf88deeb3f06de4f48c7df3c02bdf7aa65cedd2bd1fcad4d23fe1"
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 SB 149 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the office of county treasurer.
Amend KRS 68.010, relating to the office of county treasurer, to time the appointment of county treasurer to the election of county officer's; require the county treasurer's bond be corporate surety; stipulate that an acting county treasurer may be appointed for reason of the treasurer's absence; provide if the county treasurer is unable to perform the duties of the office for 5 days the fiscal court may appoint an acting county treasurer; set a time period of 60 days or upon the conclusion of the county treasurer's term, whichever occurs first, to fill the position of county treasurer, and allow the appointment of a deputy county treasurer and outline the authority, oath, and bond requirements of the position.
## 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/sb149/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 128** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0128.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb149/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- PASS SB 149 — **380** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **850** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- G. Elkins — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 13 2026
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 01 2026
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 85-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 128) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03dff847-76ff-43e2-8332-12a1ee0896e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).