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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to local entities and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 64.5277 to define \"excess credit hours\"; amend KRS 64.5278 to allow a city to establish different base incentive amounts for different types of city officers by ordinance; remove minimum and maximum payment amounts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Kentucky SB 20 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities", "Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Mays Bledsoe", "G. Elkins", "M. Deneen", "M. Nunn", "P. Wheeler", "S. Madon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86971fff-adf4-4d39-ae65-221fb3493cfa"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb20.html"
source_hash: "0a13fad6e74c75ab849130064c4a6e86566f5e25afdee707621066ff10cbeb6f"
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 20 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to local entities and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 64.5277 to define "excess credit hours"; amend KRS 64.5278 to allow a city to establish different base incentive amounts for different types of city officers by ordinance; remove minimum and maximum payment amounts.
## 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/sb20/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 90** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0090.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb20/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 20 w/ HFA 1, HFA 3, HFA 4 (T) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **950** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 20 — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- A. Mays Bledsoe — primary (person)
- G. Elkins — primary (person)
- M. Deneen — primary (person)
- M. Nunn — primary (person)
- P. Wheeler — primary (person)
- S. Madon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 30 2026
- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1), (2-title), (3) and (4-title) filed
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Floor Amendments (1) and (3) and Floor Amendment (4-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1), (3) and (4-title)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in Floor Amendments (1) and (3) and Floor Amendment (4-title)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed 38-0 `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 90) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86971fff-adf4-4d39-ae65-221fb3493cfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).