The Kentucky Secretary of State receives and files all bills
approved by the General Assembly. This includes: (1) legislation signed by the
Governor; (2) legislation to become law without the Governor's signature; (3)
legislation overriding the Governor's veto; and (4) legislation which includes
line-item vetoes.
This database includes scanned images of all enacted
legislation filed with the Secretary of State during the current session
of the Kentucky General Assembly. Legislation may be searched by bill number,
date of filing, and topic. To search, check the Show Search Options checkbox
and click the Submit button. To see all bills received and filed
by the Kentucky Secretary of State by year or type, select the desired
options below and click the Submit button. The results will
allow you to view the scanned legislation by either downloading a
multi-page PDF (requires
Adobe Acrobat Reader
),
downloading a multi-page TIFF image (requiring a third party TIFF viewer), or
by viewing the document via a server side application that will return a single
page image at a time. Documents longer than 200 pages have been broken
into 200 page sections. The sections are listed and can be
downloaded individually.
To track current bills that have not been enacted, visit
https://kentucky.gov/services/billwatch/
to
sign up for
Kentucky.gov's
free
Bill Watch service. Legislation may also be tracked by visiting
the Legislative Research Commission website at
httpss://www.lrc.state.ky.us/legislat/legislat.htm
or by calling the General Assembly Bill Status Line at 1-866-301-9004. To leave
a message for legislators regarding bills pending, call the Legislative Message
Line: 1-800-372-7181.
For inquiries regarding legislation enacted prior to the 2004
Regular Session, please contact the SOS Executive Journal office
at
1-502-564-3490.