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Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 272: AN ACT relating to legislative ethics.

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 272 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky House on January 8, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to legislative ethics. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): returned to State Government (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.

Amend KRS 6.661 to establish that the co-chairs of the Legislative Research Commission may employ an executive director of the Legislative Ethics Commission, as well as other necessary staff and contract personnel; require the co-chairs of the Legislative Research Commission to fix the compensation of staff and contract personnel of the Legislative Ethics Commission; establish that members of the staff of the Legislative Ethics Commission are subject to removal by the co-chairs of the Legislative Research Commission at any time; amend KRS 6.686 to allow the Legislative Ethics Commission to impose sanctions on persons who file a complaint that is determined to be frivolous, was filed for an improper purpose, or contains factual allegations lacking evidentiary support; provide that sanctions apply retroactively to January 2, 2026; RETROACTIVE, in part.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
No sponsor recorded in source data.

“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. returned to State Government (H)
  2. 2nd reading
  3. taken from State Government (H)
  4. returned to State Government (H)
  5. 1st reading
  6. taken from State Government (H)
  7. to State Government (H)
  8. to Committee on Committees (H)
  9. introduced in House

Sources

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