Summary — SR 240 (2025): Support for the Kentucky Discipline of Government Efficiency (KY DOGE) Task Force
Status: Adopted
Introduced: March 10, 2025
Classification: Senate Resolution (non‑binding)
Subject: Budget and Financial Administration; Legislative oversight; Task force
Purpose / Intent
SR 240 expresses the Kentucky Senate’s support for establishing the "Kentucky Discipline of Government Efficiency" (KY DOGE) Task Force. The resolution aims to promote a deliberate, comprehensive review of Executive Branch expenditures and operations to identify opportunities to increase efficiency, generate savings, and better inform the Commonwealth’s biennial budget process.
Key provisions and language
- States support for establishing the KY DOGE Task Force to study and examine Executive Branch expenditures and operations (Section 1).
- Encourages the Task Force to compile and submit a report to the General Assembly that details findings, strategies, and recommendations designed to generate savings and increase governmental efficiency (Section 2).
- Directs the Clerk of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to Senator Lindsey Tichenor (Section 3).
- The resolution emphasizes public input—encouraging use of information from citizens, employees, and stakeholders at all government levels.
What the resolution does — and does not — do
- Does: Expresses the Senate’s formal support and encouragement for creating a task force and for that task force to report recommendations to the General Assembly.
- Does not: Create statutory authority, appropriate funds, or itself establish the task force as a legal entity. No membership, reporting deadlines, enforcement mechanisms, or budgetary allocations are included in the text.
Who would be affected
- Executive Branch agencies (as subjects of study) — potential operational/process reviews.
- The General Assembly — may receive and consider recommendations during budget preparation.
- Kentucky taxpayers and service recipients — could experience longer‑term impacts if recommendations are adopted (e.g., reallocated resources, cost savings, service redesign).
- State employees and stakeholders — may be engaged in study activities and affected by subsequent implementation.
Procedural / timeline notes
- Introduced: March 10, 2025.
- Read & adopted / Vote recorded: March 12, 2025.
- Reported enrolled and transmitted as indicated in the legislative actions.
- Because SR 240 is a resolution (adopted by the Senate), any creation of KY DOGE or follow‑up actions would require separate implementing actions (statute, executive order, appropriation, or administrative steps).
Sponsors and support
Primary sponsors listed include Senators RaShaun Kemp, Kenya Wicks, Sally Harrell, Nabilah Islam Parkes, Elena Parent, Ed Harbison, Nikki Merritt, Sheikh Rahman, Derek Mallow, Donzella James, Randal Mangham, Freddie Powell Sims, Emanuel Jones, Josh McLaurin, Nan Orrock, Harold Jones II, Tonya Anderson, Gail Davenport, Jason Esteves, and Sally J. Turner; Sen. David Koehler is listed as a cosponsor.
Potential impact
As a formal expression of legislative intent, SR 240 signals support for efficiency reviews and may prompt the executive branch, legislative committees, or sponsors to pursue concrete establishment of the KY DOGE Task Force (via statute, budget language, or administrative action). If a task force is created and its recommendations are adopted, the state could realize operational savings and re-prioritized spending; however, those outcomes depend on subsequent implementing steps and funding.
