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HB 136 Kentucky House · 2026 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to campaign finance.

Summary
Amend KRS 121.175 to allow the use of campaign funds to pay for the reasonable costs of security measures for a state candidate, officeholder, member of his or her family, and employees of the candidate's campaign or the officeholder's office as long as the amount does not exceed $15,000 per fiscal year; define "security measure" and "usual and normal charge."
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 7, 2026 Signed Apr 3, 2026
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Current/Final · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill underwent significant formatting reorganization to align with official legislative standards, including updated header information and line numbering. Substantively, the text of the campaign finance law remains unchanged, with no modifications to funding limits, eligibility rules, or definitions.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's applicability and the substantive legal rules it contains remain unchanged.
TECHNICAL

Updated document headers to reflect the correct bill number (HB 136/GA) and revised the page footer with new date and tracking information.

Reformatted line numbers and spacing to comply with official legislative markup standards.

Adjusted punctuation and spacing within the statutory text to ensure consistency with the official code format.

Floor votes · House Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Apr 3, 2026
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 25)
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 38-0
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
lower
Mar 16, 2026
Committee
to State & Local Government (S)
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Jan 14, 2026
Committee
to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.