# Kentucky SB 20: AN ACT relating to local entities and declaring an emergency. Kentucky SB 20, AN ACT relating to local entities and declaring an emergency., is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Scott Madon (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-04-10 (signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 90)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-SB20-2026RS - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kentucky SB 20 - State: Kentucky - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: AN ACT relating to local entities and declaring an emergency. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-06 - Last action: 2026-04-10, signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 90) - Sponsor: Scott Madon (Republican) - Cosponsors: 5 - Subjects: Cities, Local Government - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (168 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Cities may pay officers for training: benefit, medium. Your city can adopt a training incentive for city officers. A training unit equals 15 clock hours. The base pay per unit must be between $100 and $500, and the payment equals the base amount times a multiplier from 1 to 4. You must finish at least one unit each year to get paid; you can carry up to… - Easier used-vehicle buys by local agencies: benefit, low. Local public agencies can use noncompetitive negotiation to buy used vehicles or used equipment priced at 75% or less of the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (model year for vehicles, date of manufacture for equipment). Agencies must make a written finding that competition is not feasible and… - New rules for fire district boards: mixed, low. Fire protection and volunteer fire district boards now have seven members: four elected and three appointed. Two elected seats are chosen by firefighters; two are resident property owners who are not active firefighters; all appointed members must live in the district. Fire department corporation d… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Scott Madon (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Amanda Mays Bledsoe (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Greg Elkins (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Matthew Deneen (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Matt Nunn (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Phillip Wheeler (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-31 | Senate | passed | pass | 38 | 0 | | | 2026-03-27 | House | 3rd reading, passed | pass | 95 | 0 | | | 2026-01-30 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed | pass | 35 | 0 | | ## Actions (24) - 2026-04-10: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 90) - 2026-03-31: delivered to Governor - 2026-03-31: enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House (Senate) - 2026-03-31: enrolled, signed by President of the Senate (Senate) - 2026-03-31: passed 38-0 (Senate) - 2026-03-31: Senate concurred in Floor Amendments (1) and (3) and Floor Amendment (4-title) (Senate) - 2026-03-31: posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1), (3) and (4-title) (House) - 2026-03-27: to Rules (S) (Senate) - 2026-03-27: received in Senate (Senate) - 2026-03-27: 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Floor Amendments (1) and (3) and Floor Amendment (4-title) (House) - 2026-03-26: floor amendments (1), (2-title), (3) and (4-title) filed (House) - 2026-03-26: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026 (House) - 2026-03-18: 2nd reading, to Rules (House) - 2026-03-17: reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar (House) - 2026-03-05: to Local Government (H) (House) - 2026-02-02: to Committee on Committees (H) (House) - 2026-02-02: received in House (House) - 2026-01-30: 3rd reading, passed 35-0 (Senate) - 2026-01-29: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 30 2026 (Senate) - 2026-01-29: 2nd reading, to Rules (Senate) - 2026-01-28: reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar (Senate) - 2026-01-16: to State & Local Government (S) (Senate) - 2026-01-06: to Committee on Committees (S) (Senate) - 2026-01-06: introduced in Senate (Senate) ## Bill text - Current, 2026-03-31: [PDF](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb20/bill.pdf) - Introduced, 2026-01-30: [PDF](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb20/orig_bill.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 197: AN ACT providing funding and establishing conditions for state government agencies and institutions, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergen… (became law) - SB 133: AN ACT relating to the fiscal reporting of local entities. (signed) - HB 869: AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency. (signed) - SB 66: AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle. (signed) - HB 826: AN ACT relating to education. (signed) - HB 727: AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency. (signed) ## Sources - [Current (PDF)](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb20/bill.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb20/orig_bill.pdf) ## Related - [SB 197: AN ACT providing funding and establishing conditions for state government agenc…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-SB197-2026RS) - [SB 133: AN ACT relating to the fiscal reporting of local entities.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-SB133-2026RS) - [HB 869: AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB869-2026RS) - [SB 66: AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-SB66-2026RS) - [HB 826: AN ACT relating to education.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB826-2026RS) - [HB 727: AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB727-2026RS) - [Kentucky bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kentucky/bills) - [Kentucky state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kentucky) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-SB20-2026RS (as of 2026-11-01).