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Kentucky 2026RS

SB 324

AN ACT relating to the entertainment industry.

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-11 22:11:01 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Economic Development, State Agencies, Taxation, Taxation, Income--Corporate, Taxation, Income--Individual, Tourism
Introduced / first action
2026-03-02 05:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Amend KRS 141.383 and 154.61-020 to allow that any unallocated portion of the $75 million credit cap be carried forward for utilization in subsequent calendar years for high-impact motion pictures or entertainment productions; amend KRS 154.12-280 to require the Kentucky Film Office to review applications, notify applicants of additional information needed, and forward applications to the Cabinet for Economic Development and the Kentucky Film Leadership Council; amend KRS 154.12-282 to update functions and purposes of the Kentucky Film Leadership Council; amend KRS 154.61-010 to define terms and revise definitions; provide that a motion picture or entertainment production eligible for credit includes a video game, music video, or commercial; amend KRS 154.61-020 to increase the minimum amount of qualifying expenditures and qualifying payroll expenditures that must be expended by an approved company to qualify for tax incentives; require, in addition to current reports, the submission of a certified audit by an approved company within 180 days of completion of production.

Sponsors

No sponsorship record is supplied.

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 194)

    executive-signature
  2. delivered to Governor

  3. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

    passage
  4. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

    passage
  5. passed 37-0

    passage
  6. Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)

  7. to Rules (S)

    referral-committee
  8. received in Senate

  9. 3rd reading, passed 80-15 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)

    passage, reading-3
  10. placed in the Orders of the Day

  11. taken from Rules

  12. reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)

    committee-passage
  13. to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

    referral-committee
  14. taken from Committee on Committees (H)

  15. returned to Committee on Committees (H)

  16. 2nd reading

    reading-2
  17. taken from Committee on Committees (H)

  18. returned to Committee on Committees (H)

  19. 1st reading

    reading-1
  20. taken from Committee on Committees (H)

  21. to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee
  22. received in House

  23. 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

    passage, reading-3
  24. passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day

    passage
  25. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 16 2026

  26. 2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2
  27. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

    committee-passage
  28. to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)

    referral-committee
  29. to Committee on Committees (S)

    referral-committee
  30. introduced in Senate

    introduction

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