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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky establishes online permit portal and requires legislative ratification for high-impact administrative regulations
Last action · March 17, 2026: taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) 2nd reading returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)Sponsor: Derek Lewis
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky creates a publicly accessible online permit transparency portal managed by the Legislative Research Commission and the Commonwealth Office of Technology, requires administrative bodies to conduct comprehensive permit audits, and mandates that any administrative regulation with a must be ratified by the General Assembly before taking effect.
Changes how state agencies issue permits and enforce rules by requiring electronic application tracking, mandatory processing timelines, and legislative approval for costly regulations exceeding five hundred thousand dollars.
- The Legislative Research Commission serves as the nonpartisan fact-finding and administrative service agency for the Kentucky General Assembly. context
- Kentucky administrative regulations are governed under KRS Chapter 13A, which establishes the framework for agency rulemaking and legislative review. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
state administrative bodies
State agencies must conduct comprehensive permit audits, submit regulatory inventories, notify applicants of completeness within 10 business days, and report annual processing metrics.
regulated parties and small businesses
Regulated entities gain access to an online permit transparency portal for electronic submissions, fee payments, status tracking, and deadline notifications.
General Assembly
The legislature receives annual efficiency and regulatory baseline reports and must vote to ratify administrative regulations that have a major economic impact.
Key Facts
- The Legislative Research Commission and the Commonwealth Office of Technology must develop a publicly accessible online permit transparency portal to track licenses, permits, and certifications.
- Administrative bodies must conduct a comprehensive permit audit within 180 days to identify approvals, processing times, and consolidation opportunities.
- Administrative bodies must notify applicants within 10 business days whether an application is complete or incomplete.
- Each administrative body must submit a regulatory inventory report to the Legislative Research Commission within 180 days detailing all regulatory requirements and restrictions.
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- The Legislative Research Commission must submit an annual permit efficiency report to the General Assembly by February 1 of each year.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the House floor.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 17, 2026HouseFloortaken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) 2nd reading returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- Mar 16, 2026HouseCommitteetaken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) 1st reading returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- Mar 10, 2026HouseCommitteeto Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- Mar 3, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
Version history
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Shift Toward Legislative Ratification
The legislation establishes a strict prior-ratification requirement by the General Assembly for all administrative regulations deemed to have a major economic impact.
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Sources
apps.legislature.ky.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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