Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Session
- 2026RS
- Chamber
- lower
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Attorney General, Corrections Impact, Local Mandate, Public Procurement, Public Records And Reports, State Agencies, State Employees, Treasurer
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-01-16 05:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
Amend KRS 15.020 to define "entity of the executive branch"; require the Attorney General, in consultation with the Finance and Administration Cabinet, to review and approve or disapprove any settlement of pending or threatened litigation within 180 days before a gubernatorial inauguration that exceeds $1,000,000; amend KRS 18A.111 to require a 24-month probationary period to any person who at any time in 18 months prior to a gubernatorial inauguration is appointed to a position in the classified service and who held a position that was unclassified under KRS 18A.115; deny that person any preferences in hiring or reemployment; amend KRS 45A.095 to define "executive branch agency"; require any contract executed or renewed through noncompetitive negotiation within 180 days preceding a gubernatorial inauguration be certified as necessary due to an emergency condition by the State Treasurer and secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet; amend KRS 171.530 to require certain records be preserved in the 12 months preceding a gubernatorial inauguration for the Governor-elect and his or her transition team; amend KRS 171.990 to find any person who violates KRS 171.530 be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor; grant the Attorney General concurrent original jurisdiction to enforce.
Sponsors
- J. Hodgson (primary), primary
- J. Nemes (primary), primary
- R. Bivens (primary), primary
- G. Brown Jr. (primary), primary
- M. Lockett (primary), primary
- D. Meade (primary), primary
- D. Osborne (primary), primary
- T. Roberts (primary), primary
- S. Rudy (primary), primary