republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-314.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Communications Network Authority and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 154.15-010 to remove the definition of \"executive director\" of the Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA); amend KRS 154.15-020 to administratively attach the KCNA to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; remove references to the executive director and the advisory group of the KCNA; abolish the KCNA advisory group; remove references to KCNA staff and require the executive director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology (COT) to assign COT personnel to carry out the functions and responsibilities of the KCNA; require the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Treasurer, and the executive director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology serve as ex officio members on the board of directors for any nonprofit organization incorporated to carry out activities associated with the responsibilities of the KCNA or its board; amend KRS 154.15-030 to remove all current members of the KCNA board except for the representative designated by the Center for Rural Development and replace them with the chief information officer of the Department of Education, who shall serve as chair, the Attorney General, the Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Secretary of State, and the Treasurer, or their designees; amend KRS 42.726 to add carrying out the functions and responsibilities of the KCNA to the roles and duties of the COT; amend KRS 42.732 to remove the executive director of the KCNA from the Kentucky Information Technology Advisory Council; amend KRS 12.020, 12.023, and 42.014 to conform; require that on the effective date of the Act, all functions and responsibilities previously undertaken by KCNA personnel shall be transferred to existing COT personnel; require all records, files, or documents previously maintained by KCNA personnel to be transferred to the COT; require that the position of executive director of the KCNA shall be terminated on the effective date of the Act; allow the executive director of COT to determine on or before June 30,2026, which staff previous employed by KCNA shall be retained and employed by COT; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 314"
citation: "Kentucky HB 314 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory Boards", "Commissions", "And Committees", "Agriculture", "Attorney General", "Boards And Commissions", "Budget And Financial Administration", "Communications", "Education", "Elementary And Secondary", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Information Technology", "Internet", "Access And Infrastructure", "Public Officers And Employees", "Reorganization", "Secretary Of State", "State Agencies", "Technology", "Treasurer"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Hale", "J. Hodgson", "J. Tipton", "M. Lockett", "N. Tate", "S. Bratcher", "T. Roberts"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4e0f0b3-2391-4f6e-bfbb-994583635ece"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb314.html"
source_hash: "19f3d3a5fe4a798104574d8a21328c8120f7fe6f5eedf840c264a703b4e82d40"
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 HB 314 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Communications Network Authority and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 154.15-010 to remove the definition of "executive director" of the Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA); amend KRS 154.15-020 to administratively attach the KCNA to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; remove references to the executive director and the advisory group of the KCNA; abolish the KCNA advisory group; remove references to KCNA staff and require the executive director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology (COT) to assign COT personnel to carry out the functions and responsibilities of the KCNA; require the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Treasurer, and the executive director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology serve as ex officio members on the board of directors for any nonprofit organization incorporated to carry out activities associated with the responsibilities of the KCNA or its board; amend KRS 154.15-030 to remove all current members of the KCNA board except for the representative designated by the Center for Rural Development and replace them with the chief information officer of the Department of Education, who shall serve as chair, the Attorney General, the Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Secretary of State, and the Treasurer, or their designees; amend KRS 42.726 to add carrying out the functions and responsibilities of the KCNA to the roles and duties of the COT; amend KRS 42.732 to remove the executive director of the KCNA from the Kentucky Information Technology Advisory Council; amend KRS 12.020, 12.023, and 42.014 to conform; require that on the effective date of the Act, all functions and responsibilities previously undertaken by KCNA personnel shall be transferred to existing COT personnel; require all records, files, or documents previously maintained by KCNA personnel to be transferred to the COT; require that the position of executive director of the KCNA shall be terminated on the effective date of the Act; allow the executive director of COT to determine on or before June 30,2026, which staff previous employed by KCNA shall be retained and employed by COT; EMERGENCY.

## 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/hb314/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0002.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb314/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **80–13** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 314 — **32–6** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **78–19** (pass) · lower
- OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE HB 314 — **32–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Hale — primary (person)
- J. Hodgson — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- M. Lockett — primary (person)
- N. Tate — primary (person)
- S. Bratcher — primary (person)
- T. Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 02 2026
- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 80-13 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 26 2026
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 32-6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** passed 78-19 `passage`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-6 `passage`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 2) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4e0f0b3-2391-4f6e-bfbb-994583635ece`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).