Bill would extend ethics laws to Horse Racing Commission

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky Senate panel has approved a bill that would extend the reach of executive branch ethics laws to apply to the state Horse Racing Commission.

The measure easily cleared the State and Local Government Committee on Wednesday and now heads to the full Senate.

Sen. Whitney Westerfield said afterward that his bill wasn’t prompted by any actions by the racing commission or its members. The Hopkinsville Republican said he can’t think of a reason why any arm of state government isn’t subject to ethical oversight.

Under the bill, racing commission members and its employees would be subject to oversight by the Executive Branch Ethics Commission.

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The legislation is Senate Bill 150.