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HCR 50

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Authorizes and directs the legislative auditor to study the efficiency, financial accountability, and effectiveness of the state Supreme Court, courts of appeals, and district courts

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Jerome Zeringue

Establishes the KY DOGE Task Force to study Executive Branch spending, boost efficiency, and move toward zero-base budgeting to guide the biennial budget process.

Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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Bill Summary · HCR 50

Summary — HCR 50 (concurrent resolution)

Note on source material: the documents provided contain inconsistent and partly unrelated text (references to other states and subjects). This summary focuses on the primary, consistent legislative text in the Committee Substitute and accompanying amendment materials, which establish the “Kentucky Discipline of Government Efficiency (KY DOGE) Task Force.” The title supplied at the top (directing the legislative auditor to study courts) does not match the task‑force text in the documents; that discrepancy is noted below.

Purpose / Intent

HCR 50 directs the Legislative Research Commission (LRC) to create the Kentucky Discipline of Government Efficiency (KY DOGE) Task Force to study Executive Branch expenditures and recommend ways to increase governmental efficiency, financial accountability, and to inform the Commonwealth’s biennial budget process. The task force is also charged with preparing the Commonwealth to move from incremental/program budgeting toward a zero‑base budgeting framework.

Key provisions

  • Establishes the KY DOGE Task Force under the LRC to examine Executive Branch spending and agency base funding.
  • Charges the task force to identify efficiency opportunities in government operations and inform the biennial budget.
  • Directs study of agency base funding to support a potential transition to zero‑base budgeting.
  • Grants the LRC authority to instead assign these issues to an interim joint committee or subcommittee and to set study completion dates.

Membership (as amended)

  • Original text: 10 members (4 Senate appointees by the President of the Senate with one co‑chair; 1 Senate appointee by the Senate Minority Floor Leader; 4 House appointees by the Speaker with one co‑chair; 1 House appointee by the House Minority Floor Leader).
  • Committee Amendment (HFA by Rep. Pamela Stevenson): reduces total membership from 10 to 8 and adjusts composition to equal representation — 2 Senate appointees by the President (one co‑chair), 2 Senate appointees by the Senate Minority Floor Leader, 2 House appointees by the Speaker (one co‑chair), and 2 House appointees by the House Minority Floor Leader.

Timeline / Reporting

  • The Committee Substitute directs the task force to meet during the 2025 interim and to submit findings and any legislative recommendations to the LRC. Two versions appear in the record with different deadlines: one version requires submission by October 1, 2025; another version lists December 1, 2025. The task force is to meet regularly (monthly in one draft; “at least twice monthly” in the committee report draft).
  • If the task force submits legislative recommendations, the LRC may refer them to the appropriate committee(s) in advance of the 2026 Regular Session.

Who is affected

  • Executive Branch agencies (subject of expenditure and program funding reviews).
  • The Legislative Research Commission and General Assembly (receive findings and use them in budget preparation).
  • Indirectly, taxpayers and recipients of state services if efficiency recommendations are implemented.

Procedural status & notes

  • The provided legislative action history indicates the measure progressed through committee, was adopted by both chambers, and shows final actions (readings, enrollment, and signature steps). However, concurrent resolutions typically do not require gubernatorial signature; the included “signed by the Governor” entry may reflect record inconsistencies in the supplied materials.
  • Important inconsistency: the title provided (study by the legislative auditor of the state Supreme Court, courts of appeals, and district courts) does not match the KY DOGE Task Force content in the documents. Users should confirm which text/version is the official enacted language before relying on the summary for legal or administrative action.

If you want, I can prepare a redline showing the exact membership changes introduced by the amendment or extract the definitive deadline/version from the legislative journal to resolve the conflicting dates.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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