Kentucky House Bill 26 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-23 - to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to prohibit a public agency or any other entity created by an act of the General Assembly from using federal, state, and local tax dollars for lobbying purposes; define "lobbying," "public agency," and "public agent"; create a new section of KRS 6.601 to 6.849 to permit a person to file a complaint with the Legislative Ethics Commission if a public agency or other entity created by an act of the General Assembly is using federal, state, or local dollars for lobbying purposes; amend KRS 6.611 to include in the definition of "legislative agent" any public agent who lobbies for a public agency; amend KRS 6.691 to allow the Legislative Ethics Commission to issue a fine of no less than $2,000 but no more than $10,000 to any public agency or public agent that uses federal, state, or local dollars for lobbying purposes; amend KRS 6.945 to provide that these lobbying restrictions are not affected by the requirements of KRS 6.945; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Citizen's Voice Protection Act.

AN ACT relating to public funds.

Rep. Felicia Rabourn [R]	Rep. Emily Callaway [R]	Rep. Josh Calloway [R]	Rep. Steven Doan [R]
Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. John Hodgson [R]	Rep. Matt Lockett [R]	Rep. Savannah Maddox [R]
Rep. Candy Massaroni [R]	Rep. Marianne Proctor [R]	Rep. Steve Rawlings [R]	Rep. Rebecca Raymer [R]
Rep. Killian Timoney [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-23	House	to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2023-01-03	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-01-03	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb26.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb26/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/23RS/hb26/LM.pdf