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SB147Introduced in the Senate

AN ACT relating to vital records.

EngrossedHouse Appropriations and Revenue

Introduced by Craig Richardson, District 3

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Amend KRS 213.136 to establish processes and procedures for requesing vital statistics records from the state or county registrar; amend KRS 213.141 to increase the fee for a certified copy of a vital statistic record to $10; establish fee exceptions; increase the fee for a certified copy of a birth record to $15; establish fee exceptions; establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall provide a copy of the Annual Lifetime Kentucky Death Report to the State Board of Elections on or before July 1 of each year; amend KRS 116.113 to conform.

Where it stands

recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

April 15, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3927 · March 13, 2026

38

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

38 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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Bill history

  1. introduced in Senate

  2. to Committee on Committees (S)

  3. to Health Services (S)

  4. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar

  5. 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill

  6. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day by the Rules Committee for Friday, March 13 2026

  7. 3rd reading, passed 38-0

  8. received in House

  9. to Committee on Committees (H)

  10. to Health Services (H)

  11. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

  12. 2nd reading, to Rules

  13. floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed

  14. recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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