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KY SB147

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/2/2026

Primary Sponsor

Craig Richardson

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Increases maximum fees for vital records services from $5 to $10 for certifications, file searches, and copies, and from $10 to $15 for certified birth certificate copies

  • Requires state or county registrars to issue certified copies only upon written request from applicants entitled to records under cabinet regulations, rather than to any applicant

  • Adds new fee exemptions for death certificates of individuals who died in the line of duty and for all vital record certificates for disaster victims when the Governor declares a natural disaster and the Department for Public Health commissioner waives the fee

  • Requires the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide the Annual Lifetime Kentucky Death Report to the State Board of Elections by July 1 each year to ensure accurate removal of deceased voters from registration records

  • Prohibits fees for modifying cause or manner of death on vital records or correcting public health statistical data collected through vital record registration

Legislative Description

AN ACT relating to vital records.

State Agencies

Last Action

3rd reading, passed 38-0

3/13/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules3/12/2026
Health Services3/10/2026
Committee on Committees2/2/2026

Full Bill Text

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