SB 160 Kentucky Senate · 2026 Regular Session

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

Summary
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.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2026 Last action Apr 15, 2026
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What changed between versions

Introduced Current/Final · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill underwent technical formatting updates to standardize the bill number from 'BR 1725' to 'SB 160/GA' and adjust the associated file headers. A minor wording change was made to clarify that administrative regulations are promulgated 'in accordance with' rather than 'in accordance with[pursuant to]', removing redundant language. These changes are administrative and do not alter the bill's substantive policy, scope, or legal requirements.
TECHNICAL

Updated the bill number and file headers from 'BR 1725' to 'SB 160/GA' to reflect the current legislative status.

Removed redundant text '[pursuant to]' from the description of how the cabinet promulgates administrative regulations.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2026

How they voted

440
Passed
Total votes 44
Feb 12, 2026
D Democratic6
6 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican38
38 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
3
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Apr 15, 2026
Committee
recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
lower
Mar 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Mar 6, 2026
Committee
to Families & Children (H)
lower
Feb 13, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Floor Amendment (1)
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed
upper
Feb 6, 2026
Committee
to Families & Children (S)
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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