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Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 147: AN ACT relating to vital records.

Passed one chamber 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

SB 147 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky Senate on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to vital records. 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.

Amend KRS 213.136 to establish processes and procedures for requesing vital statistics records from the state or county registrar; amend KRS 213.141 to increase the fee for a certified copy of a vital statistic record to $10; establish fee exceptions; increase the fee for a certified copy of a birth record to $15; establish fee exceptions; establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall provide a copy of the Annual Lifetime Kentucky Death Report to the State Board of Elections on or before July 1 of each year; amend KRS 116.113 to conform.

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. recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
  2. floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
  3. 2nd reading, to Rules
  4. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
  5. to Health Services (H)
  6. to Committee on Committees (H)
  7. received in House
  8. 3rd reading, passed 38-0
  9. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day by the Rules Committee for Friday, March 13 2026
  10. 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
  11. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
  12. to Health Services (S)

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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