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HB674 • 2026

AN ACT relating to branch budget recommendations.

AN ACT relating to branch budget recommendations.

Budget
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
J. Petrie
Last action
2026-03-20
Official status
03/20/26: returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT relating to branch budget recommendations.

AN ACT relating to branch budget recommendations.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT relating to branch budget recommendations.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-20 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H) 2nd reading returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

  2. 2026-03-13 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H) 1st reading returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

  3. 2026-02-26 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

  4. 2026-02-19 Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

    introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)

Official Summary Text

AN ACT relating to branch budget recommendations.

Current Bill Text

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AN ACT relating to branch budget recommendations. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
Section 1. KRS 48.165 is amended to read as follows: 3
In the submission of a branch budget recommendation to the General Assembly no 4
branch of government shall submit any item as a "necessary government expense" or 5
submit any item without a dollar amount affixed thereto, unless the entire proceeds of a 6
particular trust and agency or other designated fund or account are to be assigned to 7
specific budget units. In the event that all proceeds from a particular fund or account are 8
to be assigned to specific budget units, an estimate of the receipts of each budget unit for 9
each year of the fiscal biennium shall be provided together with the receipts from the 10
previous two (2) fiscal bienniums. 11