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SB 33 Kentucky Senate · 2026 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to recovery residences.

Summary
Amend KRS 222.504 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to notify local governments when a recovery residence initiates the certification process with a certifying organization, becomes certified, or receives disciplinary action from the cabinet; require the cabinet to provide the recovery residence contact information and consider recovery residence information to be public record; amend KRS 222.510 to permit local governments to maintain a registry of recovery residences and consider the information a public record.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2026 Last action Mar 25, 2026
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Current/Final · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from SB 394 to SB 33 and updated with new tracking identifiers. Substantively, the requirement for the cabinet to post recovery residence addresses on its website was removed, while the rule allowing local governments to access these addresses for enforcement purposes remains unchanged. The fine structure for violations was clarified to explicitly include local ordinances as a basis for penalties.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding public access to recovery residence addresses was narrowed by removing the mandate for the cabinet to publish addresses online, though local government access rights were preserved.
TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from SB 394 to SB 33 and associated tracking codes were updated throughout the document.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement for the cabinet to post the names and addresses of certified recovery residences on its public website was deleted.

ENFORCEMENT

The text describing civil fines for operating uncertified residences was reorganized and clarified to explicitly mention local ordinances as a source of penalty authority.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2026

How they voted

41–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 44
Feb 27, 2026
D Democratic6
6 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican38
35 Yea 3
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Mar 25, 2026
Committee
to Health Services (H)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Floor Amendment (1)
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Introduced
floor amendment (1) filed
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Committee
to State & Local Government (S)
upper
Jan 6, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Jan 6, 2026
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.