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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky House Bill 467 Modifies State Real Property Disposal, Contracting Procedures, and Legislative Space Allocations
Last action · February 26, 2026: received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)Sponsors: DJ Johnson and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky HB 467 updates state procurement statutes, outlining procedures for the to dispose of unneeded real and personal property, manage state building space allocations including legislative offices, and regulate energy conservation and surplus book funds.
State agencies, local governments, and contractors must navigate revised protocols for state-owned real property disposal, building space allocation, and energy efficiency projects managed by the .
- The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the state legislature responsible for enacting laws regarding state property, procurement, and public administration. 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.
Finance and Administration Cabinet
The cabinet's duties, procurement authorities, and property disposal procedures are modified by the bill.
Local Governments
City, county, urban-county, and consolidated local governments gain specific mechanisms to inquire about and request disposal or public use of abandoned state-owned real property.
State Agencies
State agencies must comply with revised procedures for submitting property disposal requests and maintaining property security until sale.
Key Facts
- The Finance and Administration Cabinet serves as the central procurement and contracting agency of the Commonwealth.
- Real property not needed or unsuitable for public use may be sold, traded, or otherwise disposed of by the Finance and Administration Cabinet after review and confirmation that no other state agency or local government has an ownership interest or purpose for it.
- Chief executive officers of cities, counties, urban-county governments, or consolidated local governments may submit written notice expressing interest in abandoned or underutilized state-owned real property.
- The Finance and Administration Cabinet must respond within sixty calendar days to local government notices regarding abandoned or underutilized state property.
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- The cabinet allocates specific space within the New State Capitol Annex to the General Assembly and the Legislative Research Commission, subject to specific exclusions and memoranda of understanding.
- The state law librarian may sell surplus books and deposit funds into a newly created, non-lapsing 'state law library surplus books fund'.
- Architectural and engineering services selection committees are established within the Finance and Administration Cabinet, Transportation Cabinet, and Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources with specific membership rules.
- Energy efficiency measures for state-owned buildings with an aggregate simple payback period of five years or less shall be implemented as general fund appropriations become available.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in the Senate.
Procedural history
7 actions- Feb 26, 2026SenateIntroducedreceived in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
- Feb 25, 2026HouseFloor3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
- Feb 23, 2026Houseposted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 24 2026
- Feb 20, 2026HouseFloor2nd reading, to Rules
- Feb 19, 2026Housereported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
- Jan 30, 2026HouseCommitteeto State Government (H)
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- Jan 22, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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