AN ACT relating to Medicaid.

Amend KRS 205.520 to establish that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to provide Medicaid eligibility for all residents of the Commonwealth who may be eligible under federal law; amend KRS 205.6312 to require the establishment of cost-sharing requirements in the Medicaid program to the extent required under federal law; require the Governor to commission an independent third-party analysis of the current Medicaid expansion; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes the Medicaid program as required under KRS 205.5372(1).

  CURRENT STATUS

1/6/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to the purchase of single-family homes.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; prohibit persons who own 50 or more single-family rental homes in the Commonwealth of Kentucky from purchasing additional single-family homes in the Commonwealth of Kentucky except for use by the person as a residence; limit the purchase restriction to single-family homes that have been advertised for sale for less than 90 days or less than 30 days if the purchaser qualifies as a small business; exempt nonprofit corporations from prohibition on the purchase of single-family homes; provide that a violation is also a violation of KRS 367.170; provide for joinder of certain parties with joint and several liability in enforcement actions.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/6/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to family impact statements.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to require the Legislative Research Commission to prepare a family impact statement for every bill or resolution introduced during a regular or extraordinary session of the Kentucky General Assembly; define terms; establish procedures.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/7/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to planning and zoning.

Create a new section of KRS 100.401 to 100.419 to specify that if a land use development plan or subdivision plan is for a proposed development adjacent to a county not part of the planning unit and the development would have a substantial impact on the infrastructure of that county, then the planning unit shall require as a binding element of the plan application an agreement from the other county approving the plan.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/7/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to housing and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A, relating to affordable housing, to define terms; require agencies that expend state or federal affordable housing funds to expend at least 90% of those funds on single-family detached housing and no more than 10% of those funds on multifamily housing in any given fiscal year; EMERGENCY.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/7/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to employment.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 335B.010 to 335B.070 to require hiring or licensing authorities to establish an application process that gives persons convicted of a crime an opportunity to obtain a determination about whether the crime will disqualify the individual from a position of public employment or occupational license before pursuing employment or training; require hiring or licensing authorities to formulate policies and procedures for the application process by promulgating regulations no later than January 1, 2027; provide an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission by November 1, 2027; provide that certain entities are exempted from the requirements of the application process; amend KRS 335B.020 to add criteria for hiring and licensing authorities to consider when determining if a conviction directly relates to the position of public employment or occupational license sought; amend KRS 335B.030 to require hiring or licensing authorities to evaluate information and provide written findings of fact to the applicant upon determination.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/7/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to licensed child-care centers.

Amend KRS 199.896 to establish square footage requirements for child-care centers.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/7/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to planning and zoning.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define terms; allow multi-unit dwellings and mixed-use developments as permitted uses in commercial zones; prohibit a planning unit from adopting or enforcing regulations that do not allow multi-unit dwellings and mixed-use developments in commercial zones, impose requirements on multi-unit dwellings or mixed-use developments more restrictive than other uses in a zone, or require certain parking restrictions on multi-unit dwellings or mixed-use developments.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/7/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Building Code.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to permit less than 6 stories of Residential Group R-2 occupancy to be served by a single exit.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/7/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to the establishment of a grant database.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to define terms; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to establish a grant database that will be a central repository for information on all available state or local government grants; require state and local agencies to report grant opportunities to the Finance and Administration Cabinet for inclusion in the grant database.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/7/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to housing, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to create the affordable housing loan pool fund to be administered by the Kentucky Housing Corporation to provide rehabilitation and construction loans to eligible entities; specify terms and process; amend KRS 198A.080 to modify criteria for housing development loan fund, require notice of eligible funds, and allow expenditure of funds for technical and administrative costs; create new section of KRS Chapter 198A to establish parameters by which the Kentucky Housing Corporation shall review and approve the affordable housing credit; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the affordable housing credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the credits; appropriate $102,000,000 from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund account for various affordable housing initiatives; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/7/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to abandoned property.

Amend KRS 383.020 to include duties of a landlord with respect to abandoned personal property.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/8/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to the screening of residential tenants.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 383 to prohibit landlords from charging screening fees without notice to the applicant; require screening criteria from landlords; require landlords to provide notice of denial to applicants; allow applicants to view the property before a security deposit is paid.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/9/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to diaper access programs.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 200 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Diaper Access Board and its functions related to the development of a state plan for the distribution of funds from the Kentucky diaper access trust fund; establish the Kentucky diaper access trust fund and the purposes for which funds are disbursed to diaper access programs in the Commonwealth.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/9/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to child care.

Amend KRS 199.894 to define terms; apply definitions to Section 2 of the Act; amend KRS 199.8982 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services allow certified family child-care home providers and licensed type II child-care centers to participate in the Child Care Assistance Program and establish requirements related to a provider's children in the program and other nonrelative children of the provider that are served in the program.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/12/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to child-care providers on a military installation or facility.

Amend KRS 199.8982 to establish an exemption from the state certification requirements for a child-care provider on a military installation or military facility that is licensed or certified as a family child-care provider by the United States Department of Defense, any branch of the United States Armed Forces, the National Guard, or reserve component thereof.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/12/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to child-care centers.

Amend KRS 199.896 to establish licensure requirements for child-care centers; amend KRS 199.8962 to establish operational standards for child-care centers.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/12/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to paid maternity leave for state employees.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define "full-time position" and "qualifying employee"; permit a qualifying employee paid leave of absence of up to 30 days for the birth of a child; require leave of more than 1 child during a singular pregnancy to be taken concurrently; require the employee to use the leave within one year of the child's birth; require the employee to use the leave as a continuous 30-day block or as a 20-day block with the remainder to be used intermittently as full days; require the employee to request advance approval before using the leave; require the employee to use the paid leave before other types of accrued leave; require compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act; specify that any other type of leave not specified does not qualify for paid maternity leave; prohibit an employee from converting the unused balance of paid maternity leave to other types of paid leave, benefits, or compensation; require any administrative regulation in conflict with this Act to be amended, withdrawn, or repealed within 90 days of the effective date of the Act.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/6/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to diaper access programs.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 200 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Diaper Access Board and its functions related to the development of a state plan for the distribution of funds from the Kentucky diaper access trust fund; establish the Kentucky diaper access trust fund and the purposes for which funds are disbursed to diaper access programs in the Commonwealth.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/9/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to evictions during extreme weather conditions.

Create a new section of KRS 383.200 to 383.285 to prohibit evictions of residential tenants during extreme weather conditions; amend KRS 383.245 to conform.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/12/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to Medicaid expansion.

Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to enshrine Medicaid expansion coverage; direct the Secretary of State to advertise the proposed constitutional amendment prior to a general election vote; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

  CURRENT STATUS

1/8/2026 - Introduced