26RS SB 198

Senate Bill 198

Actions

Last Action	03/11/26: 3rd reading, passed 32-0
Title	AN ACT relating to operations in the Office of the Attorney General.
Bill Documents	Current Introduced
Bill Request Number	1035
Sponsor	S. Meredith
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS 15.800 to 15.876 to require staff in the Department of Law with access to or use of federal tax information to submit to a criminal background check to be provided to the Attorney General; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to define terms; establish that each state agency is for all purposes the custodian of its own records; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to establish a 10-year statute of limitations in actions brought by the Attorney General; amend KRS 13B.140 to prohibit a hearing officer from being named as a party in any court action seeking judicial review of a final order of an agency; amend KRS 216B.115 to establish that in any appeal to the Franklin Circuit Court, neither the Attorney General nor any hearing officer shall be named as a party; amend KRS 322A.030 to remove the Attorney General as legal adviser to the Board of Registration for Professional Geologists; amend KRS 403.213 to remove the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as a member of the commission charged with review of the child support tables to conform with the transfer of child support enforcement to the Attorney General; amend KRS 367.160 to conform; make technical corrections.
Index Headings of Original Version	Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Attorney General, hearing officers, specified appeals, joinder as party, prohibition Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Department of Law, background check for employees of Department of Child Support Services Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees - Child support guidelines, secretary, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, removal Attorney General - Background checks, authorization Attorney General - Board of Professional Geologists, legal services, removal Attorney General - Certificate of need, appeals, party to an appeal, duty to defend, exclusions Attorney General - Commencement of actions, limitations Attorney General - Party to an appeal, duty to defend, exclusions Attorney General - Records of state agencies, custody and control, exclusion Background Checks - Attorney General, Department of Child Support Services, requirement Boards And Commissions - Legal representation, Attorney General, Board of Registration for Professional Geologists, removal Civil Actions - Attorney General, commencement of actions, limitations Civil Procedure - Attorney General, commencement of actions, limitations Civil Procedure - Attorney General, specified appeals, joinder as party, prohibition Consumer Protection - Attorney General, commencement of actions, limitations Courts, Circuit - Party to specified appeals, Attorney General, hearing officer, prohibition Domestic Relations - Child support guidelines, secretary, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, removal Public Officers And Employees - Attorney General, Department of Child Support Services, background check, requirement Public Records And Reports - Attorney General, Department of Child Support Services, background check Public Records And Reports - State agencies, custody, possession and control State Agencies - Records, custody, possession and control, independent Technical Corrections - Child support guidelines, percentage change, applicable date Trade Practices And Retailing - Attorney General, commencement of actions, limitations
Votes	Vote History

02/13/26	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/04/26	to Judiciary (S)
03/05/26	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
03/06/26	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11 2026
03/11/26	3rd reading, passed 32-0