Kentucky House Bill 613

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-04-15 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Pending: House Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 75.040 to establish conditions under which a fire protection district or volunteer fire department district may exceed the maximum established tax rate; create a new section of KRS Chapter 75 to establish the procedure by which a fire protection district or volunteer fire department district may exceed the maximum tax rate set in KRS 75.040 by requiring a public hearing and notification to the public; establish the methods by which the public may recall the portion of the levy that increases the tax beyond the previous year's rate; exempt the rates from the provisions of KRS 132.023; amend KRS 75A.050 to establish conditions under which a fire district may exceed the maximum established tax rate; create a new section of KRS Chapter 75A to establish the procedure by which a fire district may exceed the maximum tax rate set out in KRS 75A.050 by requiring a public hearing and notification to the public; establish the methods by which the public may recall the portion of the levy that increases the tax beyond the previous year's rate; exempt the rates from the provisions of KRS 132.023; amend KRS 75.015 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.

AN ACT relating to revenues for the provision of emergency services.

Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. Jason Nemes [R]	Rep. Jennifer Henson Decker [R]	Rep. Daniel Grossberg [D]
Rep. Susan Tyler Witten [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-15	House	recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2026-03-26	House	returned to Rules
2026-03-26	House	taken from the Orders of the Day
2026-03-11	House	floor amendment (2) filed
2026-03-06	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 09 2026
2026-02-26	House	floor amendment (1) filed
2026-02-25	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2026-02-24	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2026-02-18	House	to Local Government (H)
2026-02-10	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2026-02-10	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb613.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb613/orig_bill.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB613/HFA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB613/HFA2.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/26RS/hb613/LM.pdf