HB83

AN ACT relating to open meetings.

Introduced·1/7/26
Bill Text

Kentucky HB83 amends open meetings laws to allow individuals to file suit without exhausting administrative remedies.

Kentucky HB83 amends the state's open meetings laws by allowing individuals to file suit in Circuit Court without first exhausting administrative remedies. The bill specifies that a person alleging a violation must file suit within sixty days of receiving a written denial or submitting a complaint. Appeals of Attorney General decisions must be heard de novo. The bill also grants precedence to these proceedings and allows courts to void agency actions that do not comply with open meetings laws.

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Where it stands

Current
Local Government Committee
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Committee decision

Sponsors

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2
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Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

History

Jan 14

House

to Local Government (H)

Jan 7

House

introduced in House

Jan 7

House

to Committee on Committees (H)