HB 912 Kentucky House · 2026 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to statutory interpretation.

This bill creates a new section in Kentucky law to clarify how the titles of legislative acts should be interpreted. It directly affects the General Assembly and state courts by establishing rules for determining whether a bill contains an appropriation or declares an emergency. The key provision states that including terms like "appropriation" or "declaring an emergency" in a bill's title does not automatically mean the bill contains those elements. Instead, courts and legislative rules will determine the actual content of a bill, and justifications for declaring an emergency in a bill's text will only be used for emergency purposes, not to indicate broader legislative intent.
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Mar 2026
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Introduced Mar 4, 2026 Last action Mar 11, 2026
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Mar 11, 2026
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