SB 225 Kentucky Senate · 2026 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to regulation of residential construction.

Summary
Amend KRS 198B.030 to require the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to consider the effects of any proposed new or amended regulation on residential construction by conducting a cost-benefit analysis and an analysis to determine the impacts on the amount of residential construction; require the analyses to be submitted to the Housing, Buildings and Construction Advisory Committee and the Legislative Research Commission; establish a moratorium on the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction altering or amending any state code in a way that would result in an increase in residential construction costs until January 1, 2029.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 23, 2026 Last action Mar 17, 2026
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What changed between versions

Introduced Current/Final · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from a House bill to a Senate bill, and the text was reformatted with consistent indentation. Substantively, the bill's scope, funding mechanisms, and regulatory requirements remain unchanged, with only minor punctuation adjustments made to the list of benefits in the cost-benefit analysis section.
TECHNICAL

The bill number was updated from '26 RS BR 2204' to '26 RS SB 225/GA', reflecting its progression from the House to the Senate.

The text was reformatted to use consistent indentation levels throughout the document.

Punctuation was adjusted in the cost-benefit analysis section, changing 'and' to a comma before 'and' to improve list formatting.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 13, 2026

How they voted

440
Passed
Total votes 44
Mar 13, 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
11
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Mar 17, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Mar 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
to State & Local Government (S)
upper
Feb 23, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 23, 2026
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.