Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Session
- 2026RS
- Chamber
- lower
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Civil Actions, Fire Prevention, Firefighters And Fire Departments, Housing, Building, And Construction, Landlord And Tenant, Licensing, Local Mandate, Property, Public Safety, Real Estate, Safety
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-01-12 05:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
Create a new section of KRS 227.200 to 227.400 to require an owner, seller, or lessor to have functional smoke detectors in all existing single-family and multifamily residential units; require a seller or lessor to verify compliance in an affidavit prior to transfer or tenancy of property; direct that seller or landlord may be subject to a civil penalty for violation; exempt real estate licensees from liability.
Sponsors
- J. Watkins (primary), primary
- M. Meredith (primary), primary
- B. Chester-Burton (primary), primary
- C. Freeland (primary), primary