Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB448: AN ACT relating to background checks.
Status: Signed into law, April 7, 2026
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to define terms and require criminal justice agencies to provide criminal history records information to requesting agencies when they are conducting a basic suitability or fitness assessment for federal or contractor employees under 5 U.S.C. sec. 9101; authorize the agency to request a fee of $25 for reimbursement of expenses related to the check from entities other than the Commonwealth; amend KRS 610.340, relating to juvenile justice records, to conform.
What the bill says
An act relating to background checks.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to background checks. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 17 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) As used in this section: (a) "Criminal history records information": 1. Means information collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, indictments, information, or other formal criminal charges, and any disposition arising therefrom, including sentencing, correction supervision, and release; 2. Includes information that is sealed pursuant to court order or other law if the records are accessible by criminal justice agencies for the purpose of conducting UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS HB 448/GA 8. Any agency or department that employs a state officer, listed in KRS 15.420(2)(a)2.; and 9. Any other state or local agency in the Commonwealth of Kentucky that performs the administration of criminal justice pursuant to a statute, executive order, or other law, and which allocates a majority of its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice; and (c) "Requesting agency" 2. The United States Department of State; 3. The United States Department of Transportation; 4. The United States Office of Personnel Management; 5. The Central Intelligence Agency; 6. The Federal Bureau of Investigation; 7. The United States Department of Homeland Security; 8. The Office of …
Sponsors
- Tony Hampton (R, HD-062) · primary sponsor
- Vanessa Grossl (R, HD-088)
- Wade Williams (R, HD-004)
Latest actions
- : signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 42)
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : received in House
- : 3rd reading, passed 38-0
- : passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
- : posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
- : 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Votes
- Floor Vote: 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Police, State, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Courts, Fees, Corrections And Correctional Facilities, State, Federal Laws And Regulations, Peace Officers And Law Enforcement
Common questions
- What is HB448?
- HB448 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to background checks.
- What does HB448 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to background checks.
- What is the status of HB448?
- Signed into law as of April 7, 2026. Latest action: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 42) (April 7, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB448?
- Tony Hampton (R, HD-062), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB448?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb448.html
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