Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB503: AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Status: Chaptered, April 14, 2026
The Legislative Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, General Provisions; detail Part III, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION.
What the bill says
An act making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
From the committee substitute text:
AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. The Legislative Branch Budget is as follows: PART I OPERATING BUDGET Funds Appropriations: Funds are appropriated to the Legislative Research Commission for the Legislative Branch of government out of the General Fund and Restricted Funds accounts for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, and for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027, and ending June 30, 2028, in the following discrete sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Each appropriation is made by the source of respective fund or funds accounts to be used for the purposes of the Legislative Branch of government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH Budget Units 2026-27 2027-28 1. General Assembly General Fund 23,908,000 25,920,200 Restricted Funds 75,000 175,000 TOTAL 23,983,000 26,095,200 (1) Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission: Included in the above General Fund appropriation is $567,700 in each fiscal year of the 2026-2028 fiscal biennium for the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission. Included in the above Restricted Funds appropriation is $75,000 in fiscal year 2026-2027 and $175,000 in fiscal year 2027-2028 for the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission. (2) Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center: …
Sponsors
- Jason Petrie (R, HD-016) · primary sponsor
- Steven Rudy (R, HD-001)
- Adam Bowling (R, HD-087)
- Josh Bray (R, HD-071)
Latest actions
- : delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 166)
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : passed 32-6
- : to Rules (S)
- : received in Senate
- : passed 71-19
- : vetoes overridden
- : posted for consideration of Governor's line vetoes
- : taken from Rules
Votes
- Senate: OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE HB 503 RSN# 4179 (April 14, 2026): 32 yea, 6 nay, passed
- House: Veto Override RCS# 469 (April 14, 2026): 71 yea, 19 nay, passed
- Senate: FINAL PASSAGE OF HB 503 RSN# 4118 (April 1, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Final Passage RCS# 424 (April 1, 2026): 79 yea, 15 nay, passed
- Senate: PASS HB 503 w/ SCS 1 (SCS 1) RSN# 3949 (March 18, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Suspend the Rules (HFA 2) RCS# 179 (March 3, 2026): 20 yea, 23 nay, failed
Subjects: State Agencies, General Assembly, Appropriations, Legislative Research Commission, Budget And Financial Administration
Common questions
- What is HB503?
- HB503 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
- What does HB503 do?
- In its own words: An act making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
- What is the status of HB503?
- Chaptered as of April 14, 2026. Latest action: delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 166) (April 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB503?
- Jason Petrie (R, HD-016), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB503?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb503.html
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