Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB84: AN ACT relating to legal liability for local governments and declaring an emergency.
Status: In committee, February 2, 2026
Amend KRS 411.100, relating to a city's liability for damage done during the course of a riot, to provide that any form of local government shall be liable for damage done during the course of a riot if they could have prevented the damage.
What the bill says
An act relating to legal liability for local governments and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to legal liability for local governments and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 411.100 is amended to read as follows: (1) As used in this section, "local government" means any city, county, charter county government, urban-county government, consolidated local government, or unified local government. (2) If, within any local government[city], any church, convent, chapel, dwelling house, house used or designed for the transaction of lawful business, vessel or shipyard, railroad or property of any kind belonging to any street or other railroad company, or any article of personal property is damaged, or if any property is taken away or damaged by any riotous or tumultuous assemblage of people, the full amount of the damage done may be recovered by the person injured by action against the local government[city], if the local government[city] authorities themselves, or with the aid of their own citizens, could have prevented the damage. (3) However, no such liability shall be incurred by the local government[city] unless the local government[city] authorities had notice or good reason to believe that a riot or tumultuous assemblage was about to take place in time to prevent the destruction, either by their own force or by the aid of the citizens of the city. (4) No …
Sponsors
- T.J. Roberts (R, HD-066) · primary sponsor
- Jason Nemes (R, HD-033)
- Jared Bauman (R, HD-028)
- Josh Calloway (R, HD-010)
- Daniel Grossberg (D, HD-030)
- John Hodgson (R, HD-036)
- Candy Massaroni (R, HD-050)
- Kimberly Moser (R, HD-064)
- Richard White (R, HD-099)
Latest actions
- : to Committee on Committees (S)
- : received in Senate
- : 3rd reading, passed 89-6 with Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 30 2026
- : floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- : to Judiciary (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Votes
- House: Pass RCS# 41 (January 30, 2026): 89 yea, 6 nay, passed
- House: Adopt (HFA 1) RCS# 40 (January 30, 2026): 81 yea, 8 nay, passed
Subjects: Counties, Charter, Local Mandate, Unified Local Governments, Consolidated Local Governments, Counties, Civil Actions, Counties, Urban, Cities
Common questions
- What is HB84?
- HB84 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to legal liability for local governments and declaring an emergency.
- What does HB84 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to legal liability for local governments and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB84?
- In committee as of February 2, 2026. Latest action: to Committee on Committees (S) (February 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB84?
- T.J. Roberts (R, HD-066), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB84?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb84.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.