Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB522: AN ACT relating to the provision of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and declaring an emergency.
Status: In committee, February 5, 2026
Amend KRS 48.705 to allow the Governor to authorize limited use of moneys in the budget reserve trust fund to provide for the continuity of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during a lapse in federal appropriations; require repayment of the moneys within 90 days of restoration of federal appropriations; require reporting to the Legislative Research Commission and the State Budget Director; require prior approval of the General Assembly if more than 5% of the total balance of the budget reserve trust fund is used; EMERGENCY.
What the bill says
An act relating to the provision of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to the provision of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 48.705 is amended to read as follows: (1) A budget reserve trust fund account is hereby created in the general fund, pursuant to KRS 45.305. The budget reserve trust fund account shall be funded through direct appropriations, and surplus amounts as provided in subsection (2) of this section. Moneys in the account shall remain unallotted unless required by the provisions of this section. (2) (a) Each fiscal year, except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, within thirty (30) days of the end of the fiscal year, the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet shall cause to be deposited to the budget reserve trust fund account the lesser of the following or 2. The amount necessary from the general fund surplus to make the balance of the budget reserve trust fund account equal to five percent (5%) of the actual general fund receipts collected during the fiscal year just ended, as determined by the Finance and Administration Cabinet. (b) Any amounts to be deposited to the budget reserve trust fund account from the general fund surplus shall be determined after the surplus has been reduced by the …
Sponsors
- Anne Donworth (D, HD-076) · primary sponsor
- Rachel Roarx (D, HD-038)
- Sarah Stalker (D, HD-034)
- Pamela Stevenson (D, HD-043)
- Joshua Watkins (D, HD-042)
Latest actions
- : to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Governor, Poverty, Reports Mandated, Effective Dates, Emergency, General Assembly, Budget And Financial Administration, Public Assistance
Common questions
- What is HB522?
- HB522 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to the provision of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and declaring an emergency.
- What does HB522 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the provision of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB522?
- In committee as of February 5, 2026. Latest action: to Appropriations & Revenue (H) (February 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB522?
- Anne Donworth (D, HD-076), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB522?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb522.html
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