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Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 83: AN ACT relating to forcible entry and detainer.

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

SB 83 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky Senate on January 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to forcible entry and detainer. Most recent recorded action (January 13, 2026): to Committee on Committees (S).

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 383.200 to 383.285 to require expungement of records in forcible detainer actions that are dismissed; allow for the expungement of the name of an unemancipated minor improperly named as a defendant in forcible detainer actions; amend KRS 383.250 to provide for sealing of records; direct that the required expungement of records of dismissed actions applies to forcible detainer actions brought on or after the effective date of the Act.

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. to Committee on Committees (S)
  2. introduced in Senate

Sources

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