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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky lawmakers establish formal process for prefiling legislation before regular sessions
Last action · January 14, 2026: to State Government (H)Sponsors: Rachel Roarx and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
AN ACT relating to the presession filing of bills.
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.
Members of the General Assembly
Lawmakers are granted the ability to prefile an unlimited number of bills for upcoming legislative sessions under established administrative procedures.
Legislative Research Commission
The Commission's director is required to receive, number, publish online, and deliver prefiled bills and resolutions to the appropriate house clerk.
Key Facts
- Members and members-elect of the General Assembly who have received their certificates of election may prefile bills and resolutions with the director of the Legislative Research Commission for the next regular session.
- Prefiled bills and resolutions must be in final and correct form for introduction and include the full signature of the sponsor below their typed or printed name.
- The director of the Legislative Research Commission must receive prefiled bills, assign numbers in order of receipt, publish them on the Commission's website, and deliver them to the appropriate house clerk on the first day of the regular session.
- Prefiled bills and resolutions are formally considered introduced on the day they are delivered to each house.
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- There is no limit on the number of bills a member of the General Assembly may prefile.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jan 14, 2026HouseCommitteeto State Government (H)
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 25)
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