26RS SB 198

Senate Bill 198

Actions

Last Action	02/13/26: to Committee on Committees (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to operations in the Office of the Attorney General.
Bill Documents	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