Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB849: AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.
Status: In committee, March 17, 2026
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 13A to require the Legislative Research Commission (LRC) to establish a public online permit transparency portal to track credentials issued by administrative bodies; require administrative bodies to submit regulatory inventory reports to the LRC; direct the LRC to compile the inventories into a comprehensive statewide regulatory baseline; amend KRS 13A.010 to define "transparent economic impact analysis"; amend KRS 13A.020 to declare the primary function of the Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee (ARRS) to be advisory and analytical, with an emphasis on economic analysis and efficiency; amend 13A.030 and 13A.290 to require ARRS to submit a report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on administrative regulations with a major economic impact and, if applicable, disputes between the economic analyses of the ARRS and the administrative body; repeal and reenact KRS 13A.105 to delay the effective date of any administrative regulation with a major economic impact until it is ratified by the General Assembly; establish legislative procedures, including a mechanism for an extraordinary session; amend KRS 13A.250 to authorize the LRC to require an administrative body to submit background data for any fiscal notes; amend KRS 13A.331 to limit the effective date for an administrative regulation that requires legislative approval; amend KRS 171.450 to direct the Department for Libraries and Archives to establish procedures for a publicly available comprehensive inventory of administrative regulations; allow the department to contract with vendors for advanced computing services related to the inventory; amend KRS 13A.040, 13A.100, and 13A.315 to conform.
What the bill says
An act relating to administrative regulations.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to administrative regulations. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 13A IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) As used in this section: (a) "Approval" means a permit, license, certification, registration, or any other form of authorization that a regulated party is required to obtain from an administrative body prior to engaging in a particular activity; (b) "High-impact approval" means any approval that: 1. Has an average processing duration of ten (10) or more days and for which more than one hundred (100) applications are received annually; 2. Has an average processing time exceeding thirty (30) days; or 3. Is reasonably expected to generate investment in the Commonwealth exceeding one million dollars ($1,000,000); and (c) "Procedural stage" means a distinct step in the approval process at which an application is transferred or reviewed. (2) The Legislative Research Commission, in coordination with the Commonwealth Office of Technology, shall develop, implement, and maintain a publicly accessible online permit transparency portal to track permits, licenses, certifications, registrations, and other forms of approval required by administrative bodies in administrative regulations. (3) The permit transparency portal shall include: (a) A searchable database of all approval types offered by administrative bodies, 2. The legal basis for each approval; XXXX 3/3/2026 …
Sponsors
- Derek Lewis (R, HD-090) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- : 2nd reading
- : taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- : returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- : 1st reading
- : taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- : to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: State Agencies, Governor, Reports Mandated, General Assembly, Information Technology, Legislative Research Commission, Committees, Administrative Regulations And Proceedings
Common questions
- What is HB849?
- HB849 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.
- What does HB849 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to administrative regulations.
- What is the status of HB849?
- In committee as of March 17, 2026. Latest action: returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) (March 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB849?
- Derek Lewis (R, HD-090).
- Where is the official record for HB849?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb849.html
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