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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to pedestrian swinging bridges."
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description: "Amend KRS 67.083 to allow fiscal courts to provide for the care and maintenance of pedestrian swinging bridges that are available for recreation and public enjoyment; amend KRS 411.190 to give liability protections to owners of land leased to a local government that maintains pedestrian swinging bridges that are available for recreation and public enjoyment on the land."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
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legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
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session: "2026RS"
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identifier: "SB 261"
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citation: "Kentucky SB 261 (2026RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Amusements And Recreations", "Civil Actions", "Counties", "Courts", "Fiscal", "Local Government", "Property", "Tourism"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Stivers"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2026-04-23T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65a13074-da81-40d7-89d6-fd865a17c7c0"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb261.html"
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source_hash: "5e7b0a950ea710f0c7f190df168f714fdf506123a3b7f439cc865344fbf28c38"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
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---
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# Kentucky SB 261 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to pedestrian swinging bridges.
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Amend KRS 67.083 to allow fiscal courts to provide for the care and maintenance of pedestrian swinging bridges that are available for recreation and public enjoyment; amend KRS 411.190 to give liability protections to owners of land leased to a local government that maintains pedestrian swinging bridges that are available for recreation and public enjoyment on the land.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb261/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 192** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0192.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb261/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASS SB 261 w/ SCS 1 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Pass — **93–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- R. Stivers — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11 2026
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- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
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- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
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- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
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- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
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- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
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- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
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- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
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- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-3 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
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- **2026-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 192) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65a13074-da81-40d7-89d6-fd865a17c7c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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