Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky SB261: AN ACT relating to pedestrian swinging bridges.
Status: Signed into law, April 23, 2026
Amend KRS 67.083 to allow fiscal courts to provide for the care and maintenance of pedestrian swinging bridges that are available for recreation and public enjoyment; amend KRS 411.190 to give liability protections to owners of land leased to a local government that maintains pedestrian swinging bridges that are available for recreation and public enjoyment on the land.
What the bill says
An act relating to pedestrian swinging bridges.
From the committee substitute text:
AN ACT relating to pedestrian swinging bridges. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 67.083 is amended to read as follows: (1) It is the purpose of this section to provide counties as units of general purpose local government with the necessary latitude and flexibility to provide and finance various governmental services within those functional areas specified in subsection (3) of this section, while the General Assembly retains full authority to prescribe and limit by statute local governmental activities when it deems the[such] action necessary. (2) The fiscal court of any county is hereby authorized to levy all taxes not in conflict with the Constitution and statutes of this Commonwealth[state] now or hereafter enacted. (3) The fiscal court shall have the power to carry out governmental functions necessary for the operation of the county. Except as otherwise provided by statute or the Kentucky Constitution, the fiscal court of any county may enact ordinances, issue regulations, levy taxes, issue bonds, appropriate funds, and employ personnel in performance of the following public (b) Regulation of public gatherings; (c) Public sanitation and vector control; (d) Provision of hospitals, ambulance service, programs for the health and welfare of the aging and juveniles, and other public health facilities and services; (e) Provision of corrections facilities and services, …
Sponsors
- Robert Stivers (R, SD-025) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 192)
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : received in Senate
- : 3rd reading, passed 93-3
- : placed in the Orders of the Day
- : taken from Rules
- : reported favorably, to Rules
- : to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
Votes
- House: Pass RCS# 503 (April 15, 2026): 93 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Senate: PASS SB 261 w/ SCS 1 (SCS 1) RSN# 3921 (March 12, 2026): 37 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Property, Amusements And Recreations, Courts, Fiscal, Counties, Civil Actions, Local Government, Tourism
Common questions
- What is SB261?
- SB261 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to pedestrian swinging bridges.
- What does SB261 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to pedestrian swinging bridges.
- What is the status of SB261?
- Signed into law as of April 23, 2026. Latest action: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 192) (April 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB261?
- Robert Stivers (R, SD-025).
- Where is the official record for SB261?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/sb261.html
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