Kentucky House Bill 338

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on March 19 2026 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-04-14 - returned to Committee on Committees (S)
Pending: Senate Committee on Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS 383.200 to 383.285 to provide for expungement of records in eviction proceedings that are dismissed; prohibit minors from being named in an action for forcible detainer unless the minor is a leaseholder; provide for expungement of a minor's name from an order; amend KRS 383.250 to provide for sealing of records; amend KRS 367.310 to prohibit consumer reporting agencies from maintaining information in their files relating to dismissed eviction actions; provide that the expungement of dismissed eviction actions applies to actions initiated on or after the effective date of the Act.

AN ACT relating to forcible entry and detainer.

Rep. Susan Tyler Witten [R]	Rep. Stephanie Dietz [R]	Rep. Steve Bratcher [R]	Rep. George Brown [D]
Rep. Emily Callaway [R]	Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton [D]	Rep. Anne Donworth [D]	Rep. Daniel Grossberg [D]
Rep. Vanessa Grossl [R]	Rep. Nima Kulkarni [D]	Rep. Chris Lewis [R]	Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]
Rep. Rachel Roarx [D]	Rep. T.J. Roberts [R]	Rep. Sarah Stalker [D]	Rep. Pamela Stevenson [D]
Rep. Richard White [R]

2026-03-18 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 285 (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-14	Senate	returned to Committee on Committees (S)
2026-04-14	Senate	2nd reading
2026-04-14	Senate	taken from Committee on Committees (S)
2026-04-01	Senate	returned to Committee on Committees (S)
2026-04-01	Senate	1st reading
2026-04-01	Senate	taken from Committee on Committees (S)
2026-03-19	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2026-03-19	Senate	received in Senate
2026-03-18	House	3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
2026-03-12	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 13 2026
2026-03-12	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2026-03-11	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2026-01-21	House	to Judiciary (H)
2026-01-13	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2026-01-13	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb338.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb338/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb338/bill.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB338/HCS1.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb338/vote_history.pdf