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Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 160: AN ACT relating to child-care centers and declaring an emergency.

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 160 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky Senate on February 3, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to child-care centers and declaring an emergency. 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 199.896 to establish standards and factors for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to consider in determining whether to issue a plan of correction, directed plan of correction or suspension or revocation of a child-care license in response to any alleged violation of an administrative regulation by a child-care center; require that a single violation of a directed plan of correction not result in a suspension or revocation of a child-care center's license unless the violation is solely determined to be solely enough to justify the action; permit documentation to be submitted to the cabinet up to 5 business days following a request; require weekly support contacts for a child-care center with a preliminary license; prohibit the cabinet from issuing violations during the probationary period; permit but not require the inspector general, the inspector general's designee, or other cabinet representative, to take actions relating to a child-care center license; make technical corrections; apply provisions of the Act to pending and not yet final actions related to licensed child-care centers, and to all actions that occur on or after the effective date; EMERGENCY.

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. taken from the Orders of the Day
  3. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 01 2026
  4. 2nd reading, to Rules
  5. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
  6. to Families & Children (H)
  7. to Committee on Committees (H)
  8. received in House
  9. 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Floor Amendment (1)
  10. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 12 2026
  11. 2nd reading, to Rules
  12. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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