Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky SB198: AN ACT relating to operations in the Office of the Attorney General.
Status: Passed one chamber, April 1, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act relating to operations in the Office of the Attorney General.
From the committee substitute text:
AN ACT relating to operations in the Office of the Attorney General. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS 15.800 TO 15.876 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) Each employee of the Department of Child Support Services within the Department of Law, including contract staff, with access to or use of federal tax information shall submit to a criminal background investigation by means of a fingerprint check by the Department of Kentucky State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (2) The results of the national and state criminal background checks shall be sent to the Attorney General. (3) The Department of Law may register employees or contract staff in the rap back system. (4) Any fee charged by the Department of Kentucky State Police or for the Federal Bureau of Investigation background check or enrollment in the rap back system shall be an amount no greater than the actual cost of processing the request and conducting the background check. (5) The Department of Law shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to implement this section. SECTION 2. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 15 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) As used in this section: (a) "Records" means: 1. Any document or …
Sponsors
- Stephen Meredith (R, SD-005) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- : House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- : posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- : to Rules (H)
- : received in House
- : Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- : posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- : to Rules (S)
- : received in Senate
- : 3rd reading, passed 67-19 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
Votes
- House: Pass RCS# 387 (March 31, 2026): 67 yea, 19 nay, passed
- Senate: PASS SB 198 RSN# 3909 (March 11, 2026): 32 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Domestic Relations, Consumer Protection, Trade Practices And Retailing, Courts, Circuit, Boards And Commissions, Technical Corrections, Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees
Common questions
- What is SB198?
- SB198 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to operations in the Office of the Attorney General.
- What does SB198 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to operations in the Office of the Attorney General.
- What is the status of SB198?
- Passed one chamber as of April 1, 2026. Latest action: Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate (April 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB198?
- Stephen Meredith (R, SD-005).
- Where is the official record for SB198?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/sb198.html
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