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Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 145: AN ACT relating to state personnel.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 145 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky House on January 7, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to state personnel. Primary sponsor: Peyton Griffee (Republican), Mitch Whitaker (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 15, 2026): recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to allow the State Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Attorney General to employ persons exempt from approval requirements of the classified service as deemed necessary or advisable to make and carry out policy; permit the State Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Attorney General to increase, by administrative order, the salary of any classified employee with status up to the midpoint of the grade of the employee's classification.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Peyton GriffeePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Mitch WhitakerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse94

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
  2. 2nd reading, to Rules
  3. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
  4. to State Government (H)
  5. to Committee on Committees (H)
  6. introduced in House

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source