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

HCS(1) Retain original provisions, with the following changes: require individuals enrolled in Medicaid to demonstrate community engagement for 3 consecutive months to maintain eligibility; delete provisions prohibiting certain forms of cost sharing in the Medicaid program; delete requirement for copayments on prescription glasses and contacts from January 1, 2027, through September 30, 2028; establish copayment amounts for prescription drugs; require Medicaid benefit and tracking agencies to review data from the National Change of Address database on a quarterly basis; require calculation of capitation rates for NEMT brokers to consider region-specific factors; require NEMT brokers to attest to the accuracy of data provided to a state agency; require the Department for Medicaid Services to designate a nationally recognized level of care assessment tool for each 1915(c) waiver program; require an individual be a resident of Kentucky for at least 1 year before being eligible for enrollment in a 1915(c) waiver program; exempt members of the United States Armed Services, their families, and veterans from certain 1915(c) waiver requirements; delete provisions requiring the enrollment of individuals on a 1915(c) waiver waitlist in the fee-for-service Medicaid program; require the Department for Medicaid Services to establish waiver-specific emergency allocation criteria for each 1915(c) waiver program by January 1, 2027; delete provisions exempting individuals currently on a waiver waitlist from the newly established tiered priority leveling system; require the Department for Medicaid Services to employ a Medicaid dental director by July 1, 2028; require the Medicaid dental director to be licensed under KRS Chapter 313; delete provisions limiting compensation to the dental administrative services organization; delete provisions permitting the establishment of an incentive payment program for the dental administrative services organization; delay implementation of the transition of Medicaid-covered dental services to an administrative services organization delivery model until January 1, 2029; prohibit procurement of a dental administrative services organization until January 1, 2028; delete provisions related to quality control reviews by the Commonwealth Office of the Ombudsman; create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to establish a timeline for procuring new managed care contracts; sunset provision as of March 15, 2029; prohibit the Medicaid program from covering prescription drugs prescribed primarily for weight loss or weight management; delay establishment of the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board Dental Services Transition subcommittee until July 1, 2027; delete provisions requiring any contract between the Department for Medicaid Services and a managed care organization entered into, renewed, or extended after the effective date of this Act to provide notice to the managed care organization of the department's intent to transition dental services from a managed care delivery model to an administrative services organization delivery model; require the healthcare transparency dashboard to track certain performance indicators; make technical changes. HFA(18) Require nonemergency medical transportation (NEMT) regional brokers to achieve an annual medical loss ratio of at least 85% for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026; require NEMT regional brokers to achieve an annual medical loss ratio of at least 87.5% for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027; require NEMT regional brokers to achieve an annual medical loss ratio of at least 90% for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2028 and each state fiscal year thereafter. SCS (1) Retain original provisions, except delete provisions related to implementation of cost-sharing requirements between January 1, 2027, and September 30, 2028; delete provisions related to limitations on the authority of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to request a hardship waiver related to community engagement; delete provisions related to prohibitions on self-attestation; delete provisions related to implementation of a tiered priority system for assigning waiver slots; delete provisions related to a comprehensive examination of the Medicaid program conducted by the Auditor of Public Accounts; delete provisions related to the appropriation of funds to the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct a comprehensive examination of the Medicaid program; delete provisions related to the establishment of Medicaid impact statements; delete provisions prohibiting Medicaid coverage for prescription drugs when primarily prescribed for weight management; require the Legislative Research Commission to collaborate, instead of partnering, with the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville to develop a healthcare transparency dashboard; revise provisions related to Medicaid provider audits conducted by a managed care organization; revise the amount of cost-sharing requirements in the Medicaid program; require Medicaid eligibility redetermination be conducted every 6 months beginning January 1, 2027 instead of July 1, 2026; establish that existing statutory limitations on self-attestation shall apply to determinations of compliance with community engagement requirements; revise the definition of "inactive Medicaid provider"; revise the process for how the Department for Medicaid Services shall handle returned mail; establish that the cost of global positioning system devices in vehicles providing nonemergency medical transportation services be borne by regional brokers and not the Department for Medicaid Services; permit advanced practice registered nurses, physician's assistants, and licensed psychologists to provide attestation to an individual's need for waiver services; establish that an individual who is under the age of 18 and receiving waiver services on the effective date of this Act shall continue to be reassessed using level of care assessment tools in effect on the effective date of this Act; require reserve capacity waiver slots to prioritize allocation to individuals who are in need of skilled nursing services; amend KRS 7A.286 to revise the schedule of examinations conducted by the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board; amend KRS 205.5372 to prohibit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services from providing any Medicaid benefit or expending general fund moneys on any benefit that has not been expressly authorized by the General Assembly or required under federal law or make any change related to Medicaid eligibility, coverage, or benefits without authorization from the General Assembly to do so; delete provisions related to the establishment of a Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board subcommittee on Medicaid-covered dental services; establish that emergency allocation criteria requiring need for skilled nursing services shall only apply to the home and community based, or HCB, waiver program; require currently enrolled Medicaid beneficiaries to demonstrate community engagement for 3 out of the previous 6 months, instead of 3 consecutive months out of the previous 6 months. SCA (1T) Make title amendment. FCCR (1) Retain original provisions; establish procedures for Medicaid managed care organization provider audits; direct the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board to study waiver waitlist management strategies during the 2026 legislative interim; direct the Department for Medicaid Services to distribute funds to Volunteers of America for administration of a community engagement pilot program.

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4/14/2026 - delivered to Secretary of State

AN ACT relating to child care and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 related to the quality-based graduated early care and education rating system program to establish the intent of the General Assembly related to the program; establish processes and procedures for how the program is changed by administrative regulation; require a program modernization plan and final recommendations for modernization to be created and submitted to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 199.891 to define terms; create new requirements for how the Cabinet for Health and Family Services establishes and operates the Certified Child Care Community Designation Program; delete language related to a previous 1 time requirement for the cabinet to submit recommendations and best practices to the Legislative Research Commission; establish a new January 1, 2028 submission deadline for the cabinet to make publicly available a standardized application for certification and instructions for the program; establish new requirements for applications by local governments to participate in the program; require an annual report by the Cabinet for Economic Development regarding the program; amend KRS 199.8983 to increase the membership of the Kentucky Child Care Advisory Council; establish that the council shall additionally advise the Cabinet for Health and Family Services on the operations, funding, and licensing of child-care microcenters; create new sections of KRS Chapter 199 to define terms; establish licensure for child-care microcenters; establish the Kentucky Child-Care Microcenter Program to regulate the standards and operations of child-care microcenters; establish early care and education training requirements for licensed child-care providers and certified family child-care home providers; establish that the Education and Labor Cabinet shall compile, produce, and make publicly available a monthly report providing a comprehensive snapshot of all licensed and certified child care services, Head Start services, child care services regulated by the United States Department of Defense, and state-funded public preschool services operating within the Commonwealth; establish a voluntary designation process through which any licensed or certified child-care provider may identify as a faith-based program; require the Office of State Budget Director to produce a comprehensive annual report outlining all state and federal spending on child care and early childhood education services and submit it annually to the Legislative Research Commission; establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall submit an approval request to the federal Administration for Children and Families to utilize a cost estimation model to inform payment rates beginning with the fiscal year 2028-2030 Child Care and Development Fund state plan; amend KRS 199.882 to change the definitions of "contribution" and "state match" and define "third-party administrator"; amend KRS 199.883 to establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall enter into a contract with a private third-party administrator to administer the Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership Program and establish duties and requirements of the third-party administrator; amend KRS 199.885 to establish the third-party administrator is responsible for issuing state fund matches out of the Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership fund; amend KRS 199.886 and 199.887 to specify how employers and employees interact directly with the third-party administrator instead of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. HCS (1) Retain original provisions; 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; establish a pilot program related to specific family child-care homes that meet requirements set by the Armed Forces and the United States Department of Defense; EMERGENCY. SFA (1) Create new sections of KRS Chapter 199 to define terms; create the Kentucky Kindergarten Readiness Performance-Based Child-Care Incentive Pilot Program; require the University of Kentucky to operate the pilot program; establish the purpose and directives of the pilot program; establish completion date and reporting requirements; establish that the Kentucky Kindergarten Readiness Performance-Based Child-Care Incentive Pilot Program will determine how to award incentive funds that could include direct payments or refundable tax credits. SFA (2) Amend KRS 199.896 to establish standards and factors for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to consider in determining whether to issue a plan of correction, directed plan of correction, or suspension or revocation of a child-care license in response to any alleged violation of an administrative regulation by a child-care center; require that a single violation of a directed plan of correction does not result in a suspension or revocation of a child-care center's license unless the violation is solely determined to be serious enough to justify the action; permit documentation to be submitted to the cabinet up to 5 business days following a request; require weekly support contacts for a child-care center with a preliminary license; prohibit the cabinet from issuing violations during the probationary period; permit, but not require the inspector general, the inspector general's designee, or other cabinet representative, to take actions relating to a child-care center license; make technical corrections; apply provisions of the Act to pending and not yet final actions related to licensed child-care centers, and to all actions that occur on or after the effective date; EMERGENCY.

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4/14/2026 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE

AN ACT relating to regulated substances and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 138 to define terms; impose a 4% state retail regulatory license fee on all alcoholic beverage and cannabis-infused beverage sales to consumers by alcoholic beverage retailers; establish procedures and duties of retailers; impose state wholesale regulatory license fees on alcoholic beverages and cannabis-infused beverages and state retail regulatory license fees on kratom, hemp-derived, and cannabinoid products; set out regulatory license fee rates, deductions for timely filing and payment, and licensee duties; amend KRS 211.285 to fund the alcohol wellness and responsibility education fund with 0.5% of the collected state retail regulatory license fees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to establish Department for Public Health laboratory and testing standards and procedures; amend KRS 241.010 to define "state or national conference" and redefine "alcoholic beverages"; amend KRS 241.069 to delete outdated language; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 243 to establish state license fees for new and existing license types; limit licensee discipline to only the specific license in question; establish a souvenir package license for distillers; authorize distillers, small farm wineries, and microbreweries to allow leashed dogs on their premises; allow caterers and special temporary auction licensees at state and national conferences; modify the privileges for various licensees, including a wholesaler, Class B distiller, and special agent or solicitor; add references to the new tax structure and statutes; modify requirements for public notice of a license application; sunset existing excise, wholesale, and other taxes on July 1, 2027, as they relate to alcoholic beverages and cannabis-infused beverages; repeal and reenact KRS 243.075, relating to local regulatory license fees, to allow any moist or wet city or county to impose the fee; authorize audits of each city's or county's regulatory license fee fund by the Auditor of Public Accounts for the most recent 10 years; describe audit penalties for cities and counties that fail to substantially comply; direct cities and counties to reduce the regulatory license fee to 3% within 4 years; limit future cities and counties to a 1% regulatory license fee; amend KRS 244.080 to permanently prohibit a retail license from using a premises if the licensee sold to minors at that premises 3 or more times in 24 months; amend KRS 244.585 to establish limitations for agreements between distributors and breweries or microbreweries; amend KRS 131.250, 139.010, 243.045, 243.430, 243.790, 243.850, and 243.990 to conform; EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2027; EMERGENCY. HCS (1) Retain original provisions; require accreditation through a recognized accreditation body for any laboratory certified by the Department for Public Health to test hemp-derived cannabinoid products; define terms relating to certified laboratories; make technical corrections.

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4/14/2026 - floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed

AN ACT relating to independent school districts.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to establish a process for the creation of new independent school districts from a persistently underperforming school district; define terms; establish the process for a local legislative body where a persistently underperforming school district is located to place the question of creating new independent districts and local boards of education on the ballot; specify the requirements for the questions and the board of education provisional election; establish the initial terms of office for the interim board of education; establish the transition of authorities from the originating district board of education to the boards of both the altered originating district and the new independent district; require the Kentucky Department of Education to calculate assets and liabilities of the originating district for division to the new independent districts; authorize the originating district to maintain control and use of assets until the scheduled transfer to the new independent districts and authorize the continued payments of debts; establish a negotiation process between the originating district and the new independent districts to resolve the division of the originating district's assets and liabilities; establish a deadline for the negotiation to conclude; provide a process for resolution of disagreements; establish a deadline for the transfer of all assets and debts; authorize the originating district to continue to assess and collect taxes for all districts until the close of the tax year in which the new independent districts are fully operational; provide for the distribution of collected taxes during the transition period; require the county judge/executive to call the newly elected interim boards of new independent districts to meet; allow the interim board to request assistance from the Kentucky Department of Education; establish the transition process for new independent districts to become fully functional; allow the interim board to submit a waiver request for a statute or administrative regulation to the Kentucky Board of Education; authorize the interim board to enter into service contracts with another school district during the transition; establish a process for the interim board to vote to terminate the establishment of the new independent district due to financial nonviability during the transition; establish the transition from an interim board to a fully functional board of the new independent district; require the continued collection of taxes restricted to the payment of debt or interest; waive the requirement for school-based decision making for the first year of operations of the new independent district; require the interim board of the new independent district to develop a transition plan and establish the requirements of the plan; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157, relating to state formula funding calculations, to establish a projection model for the first year of full operations of the new independent district and the altered originating district.

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1/13/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education (H)

AN ACT relating to the rural hospital operations and facilities revolving loan fund, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Appropriate $355,000,000 in fiscal year 2026-27 to the rural hospital operations and facilities revolving loan fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

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1/13/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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).

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1/13/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to coverage for reproductive health care.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for in vitro fertilization, intrauterine insemination, and any other assisted reproductive technology; establish minimum requirements for the coverage; suspend the coverage requirement's application to qualified health plans if the state would be required to make cost defrayal payments; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to conform; amend 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution and the state employee health plan to comply with the assisted reproductive technology coverage requirement; direct that certain provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE, January 1, 2027.

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1/13/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance (H)

AN ACT relating to mental health coverage in connection with pregnancy.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require health benefit plans to provide coverage for counseling interventions for pregnant and postpartum persons at increased risk of perinatal depression, including persons who have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth; suspend the coverage requirement's application to qualified health plans if the state would be required to make cost defrayal payments; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to conform; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, self-insured employer plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the coverage requirement for counseling interventions; provide that certain provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or Department for Medicaid Services to obtain federal approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary and comply with notice requirements; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes in the Medicaid program as required under KRS 205.5372(1); EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.

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1/13/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance (H)

AN ACT relating to reproductive privacy.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to establish reproductive rights and define terms; amend KRS 18A.225 to remove the prohibition of insurance coverage for abortion; amend KRS 39A.180 to allow the Governor to suspend statutes related to abortion during a declared emergency; amend KRS 156.496 to allow a school district to operate a family resource center that provides abortion counseling; amend KRS 205.010 to permit financial aid for an abortion; amend KRS 205.510 to include abortions or induced miscarriages as medical care; amend KRS 205.560 to allow medical aid payments for abortion; amend KRS 211.603 to allow money in the rape crisis center trust fund to be used for abortion services or education; amend KRS 212.275 to allow health departments to dispense medication for an abortion; amend KRS 213.101 to remove various reporting requirements; amend various sections to remove penalties associated with performing abortions; amend various sections to conform; repeal, reenact, and amend or repeal and reenact KRS 311.783, 311.7710, 311.820, 311.780, 311.810, to conform; repeal KRS 15.241, 213.098, 213.172, 213.174, 213.176, 216B.0435, 216B.200, 216B.202, 216B.204, 216B.206, 216B.208, 216B.210, 304.5-160, 311.710, 311.715, 311.720, 311.723, 311.724, 311.725, 311.727, 311.728, 311.731, 311.732, 311.733, 311.735, 311.750, 311.760, 311.765, 311.770, 311.7701, 311.7702, 311.7703, 311.7704, 311.7705, 311.7706, 311.7707, 311.7708, 311.7709, 311.7711, 311.772, 311.7731, 311.7733, 311.7734, 311.7735, 311.7736, 311.7737, 311.7739, 311.774, 311.7741, 311.7743, 311.781, 311.7811, 311.782, 311.784, 311.7841, 311.785, 311.786, 311.787, 311.790, 311.800, 311.821, 311.822, 311.823, 311.824, 311.825, 311.826, 311.827, 311.830, 311.992, and 315.315; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.

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1/13/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to reproductive health care.

Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to define terms; establish privacy protections for a woman seeking reproductive health care outside of the Commonwealth; establish protections for any person or entity assisting a woman seeking reproductive health care outside of the Commonwealth; establish a civil cause of action for violations; waive sovereign immunity protections of the Commonwealth.

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1/13/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to employment schedules.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers to give employees a good-faith estimate of the employee's work schedule, maintain a voluntary standby list of employees who wish to work additional hours, post weekly schedules at least seven days in advance, and provide certain rest periods for employees from being scheduled; allow employees to identify time limitations for scheduling work hours; require compensation for employer changes to the schedule; set forth unlawful practices; amend KRS 337.990 to establish a penalty for violations.

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1/13/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

AN ACT relating to coverage for scalp cooling systems used in connection with chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require health plans to provide coverage for scalp cooling systems used in connection with chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer; suspend the coverage requirement's application to qualified health plans if the state would be required to make cost defrayal payments; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to conform; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require limited health service benefit plans, self-insured employer plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the coverage requirement for scalp cooling systems; provide that certain provisions apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.

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1/13/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance (H)

AN ACT relating to workers' compensation for first responders.

Amend KRS 342.0011, relating to workers' compensation, to expand the definition of "injury" to include psychological injuries for police officers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, front-line staff members, or members of the National Guard; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to establish when psychological injuries are valid workers' compensation claims when not a direct result of a physical injury.

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1/13/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

AN ACT relating to leave from employment.

Amend KRS 337.415 to define "crime," "immediate family," and "victim"; prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with the prosecution of the crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a private right of action for improper discharge, discrimination, retaliation, or failure to maintain confidentiality; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations by an employer.

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1/13/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

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.

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1/13/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to coverage for epinephrine devices.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to cover at least 2 medically necessary epinephrine devices per covered person; limit a covered person's cost-sharing amount to $100 annually; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to exempt the epinephrine device coverage requirement from being suspended under state law due to the triggering of federal cost defrayment requirements; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, KCHIP, self-insured employer group health plans offered by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the epinephrine device coverage requirement; provide that various sections apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; require the Department of Insurance to determine whether the epinephrine devices coverage requirement would be in addition to essential health benefits required under federal law; require the Department of Insurance to obtain federal approval, if necessary; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to obtain federal approval, if necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes in the Medicaid program as required under KRS 205.5372(1); EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.

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1/13/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance (H)

AN ACT relating to data privacy.

Amend KRS 367.3611 to define "automated-decision system," "base price," "individualized data," and "surveillance pricing"; amend KRS 367.3617 to prohibit any controller under the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act from engaging in surveillance pricing, or offering, setting, or displaying a price for a good or service to a consumer using an automated-decision system that is based, in whole or in part, on individualized data; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Price Fairness Act.

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1/13/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Small Business & Information Technology (H)

AN ACT relating to interstate licensure compacts.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 314A to enact and enter into the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; establish participation requirements; recognize a licensure privilege and establish requirements; designate home state licensure for active military members; establish penalties and adverse actions against a licensee; establish the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission; create membership rules, establish voting requirements, and permit the commission to establish rules and perform duties; require the compact commission to create a data system and outline the requirements; permit the executive and judicial branches within each state to enforce the compact; establish dispute resolution and outline termination procedures. HCS(1) Retain original provisions, except establish that employees and agents of the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission have the same legal immunity protections as officials, employees, and agents of the Commonwealth. SCS (1) Retain original provisions and specify applicability of the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact to Kentucky state law and administrative regulations; include provisions from the Dietitian Licensure Compact; specify applicability of the Dietitian Licensure Compact to Kentucky state law and administrative regulations; include the Athletic Trainer Compact; specify applicability of the Athletic Trainer Compact to Kentucky state law and administrative regulations; make technical corrections. SCA (1T) Make title amendment. SFA (2) Add background check requirements to the Dietitian Licensure Compact; update immunity language for the executive director and employees or representatives of the interstate compact commissions acting within the scope of their duties.

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4/6/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 33)

AN ACT relating to retirement benefits for state and county employees in hazardous positions.

Create a new section of KRS 16.505 to 16.652 to change the retirement benefits for members participating in the State Police Retirement System (SPRS) or in a hazardous position in either the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) or County Employees Retirement System (CERS) who are hired after January 1, 2014, but before January 1, 2027, so that, in lieu of continued participation in the hybrid cash balance plan (Tier 3 benefits), these members receive the benefits provided to members in a hazardous position who began participating immediately prior to January 1, 2014 (Tier 2 benefits); for those eligible hazardous employees, create a presumption that service credit in a hazardous position earned after January 1, 2014, is service credit earned immediately prior to January 1, 2014; for eligible hazardous members transitioning to Tier 2, require that accumulated contributions in the hybrid cash balance plan remain in the member’s account, but any employer credit be transferred to the retirement allowance account; allow a member in a hazardous position subject to a change from Tier 3 to Tier 2 benefits to make a one-time election to opt out of the change of benefits within 30 days; establish exclusions; amend KRS 16.576, 16.577, 16.578, 16.582, 61.546, 61.552, 61.597, 61.615, 78.5512, 78.5514, 78.5524, 78.5528, and 78.616 to grant to members in a hazardous position who begin participating after January 1, 2027, or whose participation is presumed under Section 1 of this Act to begin immediately prior to January 1, 2014, the same benefits provided to members whose participation began immediately prior to January 1, 2014 (Tier 2 benefits), including death and disability benefits, benefit factors and service credit that includes service credit for unused sick leave, and eligibility for early retirement and service purchases; make technical corrections; amend KRS 16.583 and 78.5516 to limit the hybrid cash balance plan (Tier 3 benefits) only to members participating in SPRS or in hazardous positions in KERS or CERS who make an election to opt out of Tier 2 benefits under Section 1 of this Act or who make an election, prior to the effective date of the Act, under KRS 61.5955; amend KRS 61.5955 to provide that only a member in a nonhazardous position who began participating in KERS or CERS as a Tier 2 member may elect to receive Tier 3 benefits in the hybrid cash balance plan in lieu of Tier 2 benefits; amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, and 78.510 to amend definitions of various terms to conform and make technical changes; amend KRS 16.560, 61.575, and 78.640 to allow interest credited on the accounts of members participating in SPRS or in a hazardous position in KERS or CERS to be adjusted to conform; amend KRS 61.592 and 78.5520 to exempt only hazardous members who opt out of receiving Tier 2 benefits from eligibility for an employer payment to convert nonhazardous service to hazardous service; amend KRS 61.680 to require that a member who is eligible under Section 1 of this Act and who has nonhazardous service credit as a Tier 3 member of either KERS or CERS to have his or her nonhazardous and hazardous service consolidated to determine eligibility and benefits; amend KRS 78.545 to add Section 1 of this Act as one of the provisions that shall be administered for the CERS in the same manner as for the KERS.

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3/4/2026 - (H) WITHDRAWN

AN ACT relating to alcohol licensure.

Amend KRS 243.042 to authorize a qualified historic site licensee to sell alcoholic beverages by the package in a jurisdiction that has authorized the sale of distilled spirits and wine by the package; amend KRS 243.238 to allow a qualified historic site license to be added to the list of approved licenses that are eligible for obtaining a special permit to sell limited barrel picks; amend KRS 243.110 to conform.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

AN ACT relating to pari-mutuel wagering.

Amend KRS 230.210 to redefine "pari-mutuel wagering" to place amounts wagered in 1 or more pari-mutuel pools from which winning wagers are paid out in proportion to the individual winning wagers; allow statutory and Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation pari-mutuel pool deductions and adjustments; make pari-mutuel pools available to all patrons on equitable terms, with no advantages given to a particular patron or class of patron.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

AN ACT relating to providing free feminine hygiene products to elementary and secondary students.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "feminine hygiene product"; require each public school and public charter school that includes any of grades 4 through 12 to provide free feminine hygiene products to female students; require each local board of education and public charter school board of directors to adopt policies relating to the distribution of free feminine hygiene products.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education (H)

AN ACT relating to public notices.

Amend KRS 424.260 to make a technical correction and to increase the expenditure threshold for the advertising requirement from $40,000 to $60,000; exempt vehicles and installed vehicle equipment from the bidding requirement; allow an alternative publication procedure for the advertisement; amend KRS 424.145 to remove the population restriction and allow any city, county, special district, school district, or special purpose governmental entity to use the alternative publication procedures.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government (H)

AN ACT relating to robotics.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the robotics competition fund; establish the Robotics Funding Selection Committee to award grants from the fund to eligible robotics teams competition sponsors; establish committee membership, duties, and set terms; require the Kentucky Department of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures for grant applications and distribution of awards by April 1, 2027; set requirements for grant applications; require annual report by August 1 to Legislative Research Commission; provide for initial staggering of appointments; require the committee to hold its first meeting by October 15, 2026; provide that the Act may be cited as the Advanced Manufacturing Through Robotics Education Act.

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2/12/2026 - received in Senate

AN ACT relating to physical therapy.

Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 327, relating to the practice and regulation of physical therapy, to state legislative findings; require a practitioner or employer to report a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who has been convicted of a misdemeanor; require potential board members to not have been under any disciplinary action in the past 5 years; permit the Board of Physical Therapy to purchase professional liability insurance; authorize the board to convene committees and task forces to review and advise the board on pertinent issues; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish fee amounts, issue advisory opinions and declaratory rulings related to this chapter, and issue a license to a physical therapist assistant applicant; prohibit physical therapists and physical therapist assistants from engaging in sexual contact with any active patient of record or parent or legal guardian of an active patient of record; require the board to develop guidelines to follow upon receipt of an allegation of sexual misconduct by a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant; allow the board to receive periodic education on issues affecting the practice of physical therapy and public protection; allow the board to determine which disciplinary records may be expunged; authorize the board to establish the amounts, limits, or ranges for any fines imposed; repeal and reenact KRS 327.010 to define terms; repeal and reenact KRS 327.080 to deposit to the credit of a revolving fund for the use of the board; require all expenses of the board to be paid from the revolving fund.

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4/7/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 36)

AN ACT relating to school curriculum.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "Success Sequence"; require all students to receive instruction on the Success Sequence during grades 7 and 10 beginning with the 2027-2028 school year; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish academic standards for instruction on the Success Sequence; require the Department of Education to develop guidelines for implementing Success Sequence instruction; permit superintendents to partner with Kentucky-based nonprofits to develop required curriculum.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education (H)

AN ACT relating to election districts.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 5 to establish the Advisory Redistricting Commission, which shall be composed of members appointed by the General Assembly and members of the public at large; define terms; establish commissioner pay, conditions, powers, and duties; provide that commissioners' terms correlate with obligations of each census cycle; establish the conditions, powers, and duties of the commission; require the commission to draft redistricting plans for legislative and congressional districts, with parameters prescribed; establish standards to be followed by the commission for commissioners who develop plans; require the commission to submit its redistricting plans to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on State Government; require the General Assembly to consider the commission's plans as approved by the Interim Joint Committee on State Government; allow the General Assembly to enact or reject the plans of the commission by a date certain or to return to the commission for adjustment; provide that if the General Assembly does not enact the plans, the plans shall be returned to the commission, which may incorporate changes requested by the General Assembly, but shall not be required to incorporate changes; require the commission to submit to the General Assembly new redistricting plans for enactment at a date certain; allow General Assembly to enact its own redistricting plans after a date certain; establish a $20,000 fine upon conviction of persons attempting to influence, or commissioners accepting influence, relating to the duties of the commission; amend KRS 5.005 to remove the Secretary of State as being named as a defendant in any action challenging the constitutionality of any legislative district and replace with the Advisory Redistricting Commission; provide that the Act may be cited as the Fair Maps Act; APPROPRIATION.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

AN ACT relating to the rights of parents.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 405 to define "child" and "parent"; establish specific fundamental rights of parents relating to care, custody, and control of their children, including the right and duty to make decisions regarding a child's use of cellular phones; provide a cause of action against the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions for violations of a parent's fundamental rights.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Families & Children (H)

AN ACT relating to privacy protection.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms related to automated license plate readers; restrict use of automated license plate readers; establish limitations on use and sale of data captured by automated license plate readers; provide that captured license plate data may be retained longer than 90 days only if it is being used in a criminal or insurance investigation or has become subject to a preservation of evidence notification; require law enforcement agencies to adopt and make public a written policy governing use of automated license plate readers; provide that any recorded images or data captured by an automated license plate reader may be made available to the National Insurance Crime Bureau or its successor organization; require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a permit process for installation of automated license plate readers on highway rights-of-way and to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 189.990 to establish penalty for violation. HCS(1) Retain original provisions; allow the Transportation Cabinet to collect ALPR data for road fund revenue collection, commercial vehicle permitting and credentialing enforcement, and commercial vehicle safety enforcement and monitoring; allow third-party entities contracted with law enforcement to collect ALPR data for purposes of protecting public safety and conducting criminal investigations; allow insurance carriers and related entities to collect ALPR data for purposes of investigating insurance fraud, assisting in vehicle recovery, adjudicating insurance claims, and insurance fraud prevention; require insurance carriers and related entities to notify applicants for insurance on or after January 1, 2027, of potential ALPR data collection; allow financial institutions and related entities to collect ALPR data for purposes of collateral recovery, enforcement of a lien, recovery of defaulted funds, or verification of loan application information; require those entities to notify loan applicants on or after January 1, 2027, of potential ALPR data collection. HFA(1) Retain original provisions; allow law enforcement agencies to use ALPR data for training purposes, provided that dates, times, and license plate numbers are redacted. SCS (1) Retain original provisions; allow the Transportation Cabinet to retain ALPR data for toll collection indefinitely. SFA (1) Retain original provisions; establish provisions for ALPR data use and retention for commercial vehicles.

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4/10/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 71)

AN ACT relating to health care billing practices.

Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 216B.250 as a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; require health facilities and other health care providers to provide itemized health care statements in certain circumstances; specify the contents of the health care statements; require that health care statements contain information about price classifications and claims made with third-party payors; prohibit health facilities and providers from charging for the health care statements; establish means by which patients may request a health care statement to be furnished; require health facilities and providers to make public postings and have appropriate staff available to respond to questions and resolve disputes; make conforming amendments; prohibit health facilities and other providers from requesting or accepting a total payment for health care services that exceeds an agreed-upon price or the amount the facility or provider is entitled to receive under state or federal law; authorize the Attorney General to enforce certain state and federal laws regulating health care prices; allow a violation to be cured for good-faith errors; establish causes of action and penalties for violation of health care billing requirements; authorize the Attorney General to enforce health care billing requirements; specify that remedies and penalties are cumulative; authorize the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations to effectuate or aid in the effectuation of health care billing requirements; amend KRS 304.14-410, 304.32-1551, 214.556, 216B.990, and 216B.300 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance (H)

AN ACT relating to geoengineering.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to define terms; make criminal atmospheric pollution a Class D felony; require that a person found guilty of criminal atmospheric pollution pay a civil penalty of not less than $500,000 in addition to all other penalties authorized by law; provide that each day that a person engages in criminal atmospheric pollution constitutes a separate offense; empower all peace officers of the Commonwealth to enforce the prohibition on criminal atmospheric pollution; require an arresting officer to issue a notice to any federal agency that approved the action that those activities cannot be lawfully carried out in the Commonwealth.

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2/9/2026 - (H) recommitted to committee House Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Emergency Volunteer Corps.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to create the Kentucky Emergency Volunteer Corps (KEV Corps); establish KEV Corps eligibility, supervision, training requirements, uniform details, and prohibitions; create the Kentucky Emergency Volunteer Corps fund; amend KRS 39B.030 to permit the local emergency management director to use the KEV Corps during a local disaster or emergency; amend KRS 39B.050 to include the KEV Corps as a part of the local disaster and emergency services organization; amend KRS 39B.070 to permit each city, urban-county government, or charter county government the use of the KEV Corps; amend KRS 39C.110 to include KEV Corps protections relating to limited liability.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)

AN ACT relating to unlawful employment.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 434 to define "unauthorized alien"; establish the crime of unlawful employment as a Class A misdemeanor.

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4/1/2026 - received in House w/ Letter

AN ACT relating to privacy protection.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms, establish limitations on disseminating "deep fakes," and specify exceptions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for an action filed for the unlawful dissemination of a deep fake; create a new section of KRS Chapter 519 to establish a criminal penalty for illegally disseminating a deep fake.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to identification devices.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms; establish limitations on the introduction of identification devices on or within the human body; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for an action filed for introduction of an identification device; amend KRS 508.152, relating to the unlawful use of tracking devices, to include the installation of a tracking device on the person or property of another without their consent and exempt parental tracking of minors from the prohibition.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to public agencies.

Amend KRS 12.070 to permit a board, commission, or similar administrative body to conduct video teleconference meetings to allow public participation; allow members of a board, commission, or similar administrative body to attend meetings virtually unless a decision implements, interprets, or prescribes law or policy, affects private rights or procedures available to the public, or administers or awards funds; prohibit members who participate virtually from receiving reimbursement for travel expenses; amend KRS 61.826 to prohibit a member of a public agency that attends a meeting through video teleconference from receiving reimbursement of travel expenses; amend KRS 164.004 to conform. HCS(1) Delete original provisions; create new section of KRS 61.870 to 61.884 to require the public agencies to publish information relating to board or commission members' name, term, and official method of contact; amend KRS 61.826 to allow video teleconference meetings to conduct routine public business; specify conditions and restrictions; require a quorum of members to convene for in-person meeting, and other members to participate virtually through video teleconference when the public agency conducts business that establishes or modifies laws, regulations, taxes, taking action on a nonroutine expenditure, or a grant or award greater than $100,000; exempt in-person requirements during a declared state of emergency; require a public agency to develop policies and procedures governing attendance and participation policies for video teleconference meetings. HFA(1) Retain original provisions; require in-person meeting on final actions establishing or modifying taxes, laws or regulations; permit public agencies to develop policies and procedures on video teleconference meetings.

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3/16/2026 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate State & Local Government (S)

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.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government (H)

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.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government (H)

AN ACT relating to identity documents.

Amend KRS 186.4102 and 281A.170 to require the Transportation Cabinet to place a denotation on every new or renewal identity document issued after January 1, 2027, that indicates the status of the document holder as a citizen of the United States or a noncitizen authorized to be in the United States; amend KRS 186.531 to conform.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation (H)

AN ACT relating to interest on medical debt.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 360 to define "medical debt"; establish a maximum interest rate of three percent on medical debt; amend KRS 360.020 to expand the civil penalty for excessive interest on medical debt; amend KRS 360.040 to establish a maximum interest rate of three percent on judgments rendered in an action to collect medical debt; make technical amendments; amend KRS 216B.250 to conform.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance (H)

AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to limits on government spending and taxation.

Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to create spending limits and restrictions on imposing new taxes, tax rate increases, fees, or extension of expiring taxes; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

AN ACT relating to legal liability for local governments and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 411.100, relating to a city's liability for damage done during the course of a riot, to provide that any form of local government shall be liable for damage done during the course of a riot if they could have prevented the damage. HFA (1) Retain original provisions; EMERGENCY.

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2/2/2026 - received in Senate

AN ACT relating to the qualified elementary and secondary education scholarship federal tax credit.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 43 to elect for the Commonwealth to participate in the qualified elementary and secondary education scholarship federal tax credit program; designate the Auditor of Public Accounts as the officer to submit the Commonwealth's election and list of scholarship granting organizations to the United States Secretary of the Treasury; require the Auditor to maintain the Commonwealth's list of scholarship granting organizations and maintain certain information on the Auditor's website; authorize the Auditor to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to establish the list; and authorize the Auditor to enter into agreements to assist with implementing the section.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education (H)

AN ACT relating to medical imaging and radiation therapy licensure.

Amend KRS 311B.020 to define and redefine terms; amend KRS 311B.030 to add a magnetic resonance imaging technologist and a diagnostic medical sonographer to the Kentucky Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy; amend KRS 311B.050 to grant the board the authority to recognize and enforce rules and standards of the recognized national professional organizations and certifying bodies and issue advisory opinions; amend KRS 311B.090 to add nonionizing radiation to practices requiring licensure, and exempt ultrasounds for therapeutic, nonmedical, or keepsake purposes from licensure requirements; amend KRS 311B.100 to provide for licensure of magnetic resonance imaging technologists and diagnostic medical sonographers; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to permit licensure of magnetic resonance imaging technologists and diagnostic medical sonographers who are not credentialed by a national organization recognized by the board prior to January 1, 2028; amend KRS 311B.110 to add magnetic resonance imaging technologists and diagnostic medical sonographers to application requirement; require all applicants for any form of licensure by the board to submit to national and state criminal background checks; amend KRS 311B.120 to add magnetic resonance imaging technologists and diagnostic medical sonographers to fee and penalty requirements; delete reference to duplicate licenses and home study courses; amend KRS 311B.150 to conform; amend KRS 311B.160 to set forth penalties for violations; amend KRS 311.727 to make technical corrections; repeal KRS 311B.080, 311B.180, and 311B.190.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

AN ACT relating to educational lobbying.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define "lobbying" and "public school or school district"; prohibit a public school or school district from expending any moneys to compensate an external individual or entity to lobby; permit employees of public schools or school districts to engage in lobbying services; permit schools to compensate external individuals or entities to represent their interest before the executive or legislative branch of the federal government; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit a public postsecondary education institution from expending moneys to compensate an external individual or entity to engage in lobbying services; permit employees of public postsecondary education institutions to engage in lobbying services; permit public postsecondary education institutions to compensate external individuals or entities to represent their interest before the executive or legislative branch of the federal government.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education (H)

AN ACT relating to health insurance coverage by out-of-state insurers.

Amend KRS 304.11-020 to exempt foreign insurers from compliance with the insurance code and insurance-specific taxes, assessments, surcharges, fees, and other charges imposed by the state or a local government for an individual or group health insurance policy, certificate, plan, or contract issued or delivered in this state if certain conditions are met; amend KRS 91A.080; create a new section of KRS Chapter 136 to conform.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance (H)

AN ACT relating to postsecondary education.

Amend KRS 164.2951 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to develop, implement, and maintain statewide transfer pathways available between the public postsecondary education institutions in selected baccalaureate programs; require the council to publish on its website a list of the available transfer pathways; require participating postsecondary education institutions to accept transfer credit, earned or accepted at the prior institution within pathways as general education or program-specific general education credit before applying credit as elective; require the council to provide written notification to public postsecondary education institutions and coordinate credit transfer discussions upon receiving notification of an institution seeking to make changes to curricula impacting lower-division courses.

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2/25/2026 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

AN ACT relating to independent school districts.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to establish a process for the creation of new independent school districts; define terms; establish a petition process for voters of a qualifying city to place the question of creating a new independent district and local board of education on the ballot; specify the requirements for the question and the board of education provisional election; establish the initial terms of office for the interim board of education; establish the transition of authorities from the originating district board of education to the boards of both the altered originating district and the new independent district; require the Kentucky Department of Education to calculate assets and liabilities of the originating district for division to the altered originating district and the new independent district; authorize the altered originating district to maintain control and use of assets until the scheduled transfer to the new independent district and authorize the continued payments of debts; establish a negotiation process between the altered originating district and the new independent district to resolve the division of the originating district's assets and liabilities; establish a deadline for the negotiation to conclude; provide a process for resolution of disagreements; establish a deadline for the transfer of all assets and debts; authorize the altered originating district to continue to assess and collect taxes for both districts until the close of the tax year in which the new independent district is fully operational; provide for the distribution of collected taxes during the transition period; require the mayor of the city to call the newly elected interim board of new independent district to meet; allow the interim board to request assistance from the Kentucky Department of Education; establish the transition process for the new independent district to become fully functional; allow the interim board to submit a waiver request for a statute or administrative regulation to the Kentucky Board of Education; authorize the interim board to enter into service contracts with another school district during the transition; establish a process for the interim board to vote to terminate the establishment of the new independent district due to financial nonviability during the transition; establish the transition from an interim board to a fully functional board of the new independent district; require the continued collection of taxes restricted to the payment of debt or interest; waive the requirement for school-based decision making for the first year of operations of the new independent district; require the interim board of the new independent district to develop a transition plan and establish the requirements of the plan; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157, relating to state formula funding calculations, to establish a projection model for the first year of full operations of the new independent district and the altered originating district.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education (H)

AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation.

Propose to amend Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the homestead exemption to $100,000; require the homestead exemption amount to be indexed every year; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection; apply to property assessments beginning on or after January 1, 2027.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

AN ACT relating to an exemption from sales and use tax for religious institutions.

Amend KRS 139.495 to define "educational or charitable institution" and "religious institution"; exempt purchases and sales of tangible personal property, digital property, or services made by qualifying religious institutions from state sales and use taxes; make technical changes.

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2/9/2026 - floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed

AN ACT relating to water fluoridation programs.

Amend KRS 211.190 to make water fluoridation programs optional; allow the governing bodies of water systems subject to regulation by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to decide whether they participate in water fluoridation programs; provide that a water fluoridation program in place on the effective date of the Act continues until action is taken by its governing body to end its participation; provide that any decision regarding participation in a water fluoridation program made by the governing body of a water system shall be binding on all water systems it supplies; provide that a governing body, a member or employee of a governing body, or any public or private entity that may be held liable for the actions of a governing body that makes any decision regarding its participation in an optional water fluoridation program shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for acts carried out reasonably and in good faith regarding its decision of whether to participate in the water fluoridation program. HCS (1) Retain original provisions; remove immunity for private entities regarding acts relating to the continuation, termination, or commencement of a water fluoridation program; provide that the immunity is conferred under KRS 65.2003; extend the immunity to discretionary acts; remove the requirement that the immune acts be performed reasonably and in good faith.

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2/6/2026 - received in Senate

AN ACT relating to criminal histories of job applicants.

Create a new section of KRS 344.030 to 344.110 to prohibit employers from considering or requiring disclosure of prior criminal history as part of the initial job application; provide that the Act may be cited as the Ban the Box - The Criminal Record Employment Discrimination Act.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

AN ACT relating to offender reentry.

Amend KRS 186.417 to require that felony offenders released from county jails and local correctional facilities be issued personal identification cards or operator's licenses under certain conditions.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

AN ACT relating to scholarships.

Amend KRS 164.7879 to require the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to annually adjust the Kentucky education excellence scholarship (KEES) based on the Consumer Price Index; permit the authority to annually adjust KEES supplemental awards based on the Consumer Price Index; require that KEES award adjustments be paid at the most recent calculation for the academic term in which a student utilizes their award; prohibit decrease in KEES awards; amend various statutes to conform.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Postsecondary Education (H)

AN ACT relating to a tax credit for Kentucky Educational Savings Plan Trust account contributions.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a nonrefundable credit against the tax imposed under KRS 141.020 for qualifying contributions made to a Kentucky Educational Savings Plan trust account in accordance with the guidelines in 26 U.S.C. sec. 529; for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, but before January 1, 2031; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the ordering of the tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the department to report on the credit.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to economic development.

Amend KRS 154.12-210 to require the Cabinet for Economic Development to maintain and disseminate information relating to Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy programs to enterprises interested in locating or operating within the Commonwealth; amend KRS 154.12-213 to require the Cabinet for Economic Development to promote Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy programs; require the Cabinet for Economic Development to submit a monthly report to the Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy and the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 154.20-010 to add the Executive Director of the Kentucky Office of Agricultural Policy as an ex officio member of the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Agriculture (H)

AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation.

Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide homeowners who are 65 years of age or older with an exemption from any increase in the valuation of their permanent residence that is assessed after the later of the year the homeowner turned 65 or the year the homeowner acquired the property; require the exemption to be in addition to the exemption provided in Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky and notwithstanding Sections 171, 172, and 174 of the Constitution of Kentucky; apply the exemption to increases in valuation that occur after the date the amendment is ratified by the voters; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

AN ACT relating to trade practices.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 365 to define “prohibited advertisement” and “solicit”; prohibit a person from soliciting residential property owners with a prohibited advertisement, offering value in exchange for inspecting residential property owner's roof, offering value in exchange for making an insurance claim for damage to the residential property owner's roof, and providing an agreement authorizing repairs to a residential property owner's roof pursuant to a property insurance claim without providing a good-faith estimate of itemized and detailed cost of services.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to prior authorization.

Create new sections of KRS 304.17A-600 to 304.17A-633 to define terms; prohibit insurers of health benefit plans from requiring prior authorization for a health care service for which the provider has an exemption; require insurers of health benefit plans to establish a program under which participating providers may qualify for exemptions from prior authorization; establish mandatory and permitted provisions of an insurer's prior authorization exemption program; establish requirements for sending forms and notices; require the commissioner of the Department of Insurance to submit an annual report relating to prior authorization, provide a detailed briefing upon request, and promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 304.17A-605 to conform; amend KRS 304.17A-611 to prohibit conducting a retrospective review that is based solely on a participating provider having a prior authorization exemption; provide that certain utilization review timeframes do not apply to retrospective reviews conducted for the purposes of determining eligibility for a prior authorization exemption; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the commissioner of the Department for Medicaid Services to submit an annual report relating to prior authorization, provide a detailed briefing upon request, and promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 205.536 to conform; apply the provisions to contracts delivered, entered, renewed, extended, or amended on or after January 1, 2028; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027, and January 1, 2028.

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4/13/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 102)

AN ACT relating to health savings account-qualified insurance plans.

Create a new section of Subtitle 1 of KRS Chapter 304 to limit the application of cost-sharing requirements that would result in a health insurance policy, certificate, plan, or contract losing its health savings account-qualified status under federal law; create a new section of KRS Chapter 18A to subject cost-sharing requirements in that chapter to applicability limitation; provide that applicability limitation applies to policies, certificates, plans, and contracts issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act; provide purpose of Section 1 of the Act; state the that Section 1 of the Act may be cited as the Health Savings Account State-Federal Regulatory Coordination Model Act.

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4/3/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 27)

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. SCS (1) Retain original provisions; define "tipped employee"; exclude salaried employees, managers, and supervisors from tip pooling arrangements; EMERGENCY. SCA (1t) Make title amendment.

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4/10/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 72)

AN ACT relating to qualifications for elected office.

Amend KRS 67.060, 83A.040, 160.180, and 262.240, to require a candidate for county commissioner, city mayor, city legislative body member, board of education member, and soil and water conservation district supervisor to be a natural born citizen of the United States and no other country and a national of only the United States in order to hold each respective office.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

AN ACT relating to public safety.

Amend KRS 508.025 to expand assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a healthcare provider in a jail, penitentiary, or local or state correctional or detention facility; amend KRS 65.1591 to add jailers, deputy jailers, and correctional officers employed by a local detention center, local correctional facility, or regional jail to the list of public safety employees eligible to participate in a peer support counseling program. HFA (1) Amend Section 1 to include assaults committed against healthcare providers in facilities which provide for the care, treatment, or detention of juveniles charged with or adjudicated delinquent because of a public offense or as youthful offenders.

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4/3/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 28)

AN ACT relating to cigar bars.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define "cigar bar" and "local government"; allow the operation of cigar bars in areas where establishments holding valid quota retail drink licenses are held and allow certain local government controls on the establishment of cigar bars, including permits, controls for smoke, smoke-free deliver spaces, notice of the presence of smoke, and prohibition of other types of smoking contrivances; allow a local government to permit the operation of cigar bars without holding a valid quota retail drink license. HCS (1) Retain original provisions, except change the definition of "cigar bar" relating to the percentage of the minimum annual gross income from the on-site sale of cigars, pipe tobacco, paraphernalia and accessories related to the consumption of cigars and pipe tobacco, and rental of humidors, or a combination thereof from 15% to 25%.

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2/4/2026 - received in Senate

AN ACT relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish a PFAS Working Group; establish membership and duties; create new sections of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to define terms; establish a reporting requirement for manufacturers that intentionally added PFAS in products manufactured for sale or distribution in the Commonwealth; establish a reporting requirement for PFAS released in the Commonwealth by manufacturers that intentionally include PFAS in manufactured products; amend KRS 224.99-030 to establish penalty for noncompliance with reporting requirements.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Natural Resources & Energy (H)

AN ACT relating to soil conservation.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 262 to establish the Healthy Soils Program and the Healthy Soils Program fund in the Department for Natural Resources, Division of Conservation; require the department to provide technical advice and assistance and to assist with soil health assessments and soil health plans; require the commissioner to approve applications for grants and other types of financial assistance under the Healthy Soils Program; authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the Healthy Soils Program and the Healthy Soils Program fund; amend KRS 146.100 to require the director of the Division of Conservation to have experience in healthy soil practices; amend KRS 224.71-110 to require the Agriculture Water Quality Authority to promote soil restoration and include an organic agriculture organization among appointments to the authority and add healthy soil practices as a committee; amend KRS 262.010 to define "healthy soil practices," "soil health," "soil health assessment," and "watershed health"; amend KRS 262.020 to add restoration, biological diversity, watershed health, and healthy soil practices to the purpose of soil and water conservation districts; amend KRS 262.748 and 262.778 to conform.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Natural Resources & Energy (H)

AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.

Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification from benefits for workers unemployed as a result of domestic violence and abuse, dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to direct the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 341.125 to require the secretary to provide training to personnel who process claims related to domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking and to report to the Legislative Research Commission annually the number of claims paid involving domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.360 to conform; amend KRS 341.530 to charge benefits to pooled account for workers displaced from employment through domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.550 to prevent benefit payments from pooled account from impacting an employer's experience rating.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

AN ACT relating to workplace safety.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to require employers to develop emergency action plans for the workplace; establish minimum requirements for the plans.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

AN ACT relating to a tax credit for renters.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable qualified rent payment credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, but before January 1, 2031, in the amount of 25 percent of the qualified rent payments made during the taxable year, not to exceed $1,000; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting by the Department of Revenue.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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.

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1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to allow evidence relevant to sentencing to be introduced by the Commonwealth and evidence in mitigation or support of leniency to be introduced by the defendant during sentencing hearings in non-felony cases.

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1/15/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure.

Amend KRS 23A.080 to allow appeals to be taken to the Circuit Court by the state in criminal cases from an adverse decision or ruling of the District Court.

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1/15/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to adversarial foreign transactions in the Commonwealth.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39G to define "center," "executive director," "foreign enterprise," and "resident of the Commonwealth"; prohibit a resident of the Commonwealth from engaging in a transaction with a foreign enterprise if the transaction would result in foreign control of intellectual property, infrastructure, technology, or assets critical to the economic security of the Commonwealth, obstruction of counter-intelligence efforts, or would compromise the economic security of the Commonwealth; require the Kentucky Intelligence Fusion Center to review and investigate a transaction between a foreign enterprise and a resident of the Commonwealth; require the center to notify the executive director of the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security once it has determined that a transaction would compromise the economic security of the Commonwealth; require the center to refer the matter to the appropriate federal authorities if a transaction would compromise the security of the United States; allow the center to contact other state and local agencies and access state and local databases if necessary in pursuit of a review or an investigation; require the center to assess whether the transaction between a foreign enterprise and a resident of the Commonwealth would pose a threat to the security of the Commonwealth, the level of threat the transaction would pose, whether that threat has been mitigated, whether the transaction is with or on behalf of a foreign government, and whether a foreign entity may obtain control of critical infrastructure, technology, or assets critical to the economic security of the Commonwealth; require the center to refer the matter to the Attorney General and notify the executive director of the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security if it determines that the transaction would pose as a threat to the Commonwealth and the threat cannot be mitigated; require the center to meet with the co-chairs of the Legislative Oversight and Investigations Committee at least twice a year to discuss any findings in its review or investigations that would compromise the economic security of the Commonwealth; allow either co-chair of the Legislative Investigations and Oversight Committee to compel additional meetings; require the co-chairs of the Legislative Oversight and Investigations Committee to have required security clearance before meeting with the center; prohibit the center from meeting with the co-chairs if neither have obtained the required security clearance; exempt the meeting between the center and the co-chairs of the Legislative Oversight and Investigations Committee from the Kentucky Open Meetings Act and exempt any records produced in the meeting from the Kentucky Open Records Act; require center to submit an annual report to the Legislative Oversight and Investigations Committee; exempt certain data from the report from the Kentucky Open Records Act; exempt certain data from the report from the Kentucky Open Meetings Act; direct that the first report to the Legislative Oversight and Investigations Committee be issued by July 1, 2027. HCS(1) Retain original provisions, except remove the definition of "foreign enterprise"; define "foreign adversary" and "key infrastructure assets"; remove the prohibition that a resident of the Commonwealth cannot engage in a transaction with a foreign adversary; require the Kentucky Intelligence Fusion Center, upon receipt of relevant information from a person or entity, or upon its own discovery, to review any transaction between a foreign adversary and a resident of the Commonwealth if the transaction would result in ownership or control by a foreign adversary of key infrastructure assets; remove language that would require the center to conduct an investigation; require the center to refer any findings to the Attorney General and the executive director that would result in a foreign adversary having control of key infrastructure assets and that threat cannot be mitigated; exempt certain qualified manufacturers from review.

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4/1/2026 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)

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.

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1/16/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to machine gun conversion devices.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to define "machine gun"; establish the offense of possession of a machine gun conversion device as a Class C felony. HCS(1) Retain original provisions; change the culpable mental state to knowingly; prohibit conversion of a handgun into a machine gun.

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3/3/2026 - received in Senate

AN ACT relating to proactive postsecondary admission.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establish a proactive postsecondary admissions program to be managed by the Council on Postsecondary Education; require each public postsecondary education institution in Kentucky to establish the minimum academic qualification for prospective admission to the institution and implement the common online application approved by the council by July 1, 2027; require the Kentucky Department of Education and each certified nonpublic school to submit a compiled list with designated information of all high school students who most recently completed their junior year to the council and the Kentucky Center for Statistics on or before September 1 of each year; require the KHEAA to submit the KEES award amounts of public and certified nonpublic high school students to the council on or before September 1 of each year; direct the council to send a personalized prospective admissions letter notifying each eligible high school student of each public postsecondary education institution in Kentucky where the recipient qualifies for prospective admissions, provides instructions for the recipient to apply for full admission, and of the student's KEES scholarship amount; provide that the personalized letter shall not constitute a guarantee of admission; retain the right for public postsecondary education institutions to perform a comprehensive reviews of all admissions applications internally; create a new section of KRS Chapter 151 to direct the Kentucky Center for Statistics to collaborate with the Kentucky Department of Education and the Council on Postsecondary Education to publish annual data on academic and workforce outcomes; amend KRS 164.020 to direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to establish a common online application and maintain a website for students to apply to Kentucky public postsecondary institutions through the common online application. HCS(2) Retain original provisions except remove the requirement for certified nonpublic schools to participate in the proactive postsecondary admissions program; remove the Council on Postsecondary Education's management of the proactive postsecondary admissions program; direct each public school district to annually invite each enrolled student to participate in the proactive postsecondary admissions program and notify the Kentucky Department of Education of students that opt in to notifications about the program by July 1 each year; direct the department to provide public postsecondary education institutions designated information for all students and additional information for students that opt in; transfer the responsibility for sending personalized prospective admissions letters from the council to each public institution; remove the requirement that the letter include an estimated KEES amount and replace that requirement with instructions on how to access state and federal grant opportunities; require that the letter include information on the cost of attendance and notice of institutional aid opportunities; direct the council to collaborate with public institutions to promote and report annually on the program; direct the department to collaborate with local school districts to maximize student participation in the program and to report annually on designated information related to those efforts; designate certain information that the department shall report to the Kentucky Center for Statistics; restrict the Kentucky Center for Statistics from reporting personally identifiable information; direct that each public postsecondary education institution shall provide the institution's program application form to the council by November 1, 2027; require the council to review each form and offer suggestions; require the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to begin in 2027 including a link, address, or QR code provided by the council for the common online application in the KEES eligibility notifications sent to students; direct the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to consult with the department to evaluate sending KEES eligibility notifications electronically; provide that the Act may be cited as the My Kentucky Future Act. HFA(2) Retain original provisions; add grade level to the directory student information reported to public postsecondary education institutions; direct the department to provide designated information directly to public postsecondary education institutions for students who opt in to the proactive postsecondary admissions program; remove the restriction against the department imposing additional reporting requirements to authorize the collection of information specific to the proactive postsecondary admissions program.

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4/7/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 35)

AN ACT relating to postsecondary funding.

Amend KRS 164.092 to remove the definition of "equilibrium" and all references to equilibrium; require that university resources shall be allocated without weighting; require the postsecondary working group to meet every odd year; make technical amendments.

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2/26/2026 - (H) WITHDRAWN

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Communications Network Authority and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 154.15-010 to remove the definition of "executive director" of the Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA); amend KRS 154.15-020 to administratively attach the KCNA to the Finance and Administration Cabinet; remove references to the executive director and the advisory group of the KCNA; abolish the KCNA advisory group; remove references to KCNA staff and require the executive director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology (COT) to assign COT personnel to carry out the functions and responsibilities of the KCNA; require the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Treasurer, and the executive director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology serve as ex officio members on the board of directors for any nonprofit organization incorporated to carry out activities associated with the responsibilities of the KCNA or its board; amend KRS 154.15-030 to remove all current members of the KCNA board except for the representative designated by the Center for Rural Development and replace them with the chief information officer of the Department of Education, who shall serve as chair, the Attorney General, the Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Secretary of State, and the Treasurer, or their designees; amend KRS 42.726 to add carrying out the functions and responsibilities of the KCNA to the roles and duties of the COT; amend KRS 42.732 to remove the executive director of the KCNA from the Kentucky Information Technology Advisory Council; amend KRS 12.020, 12.023, and 42.014 to conform; require that on the effective date of the Act, all functions and responsibilities previously undertaken by KCNA personnel shall be transferred to existing COT personnel; require all records, files, or documents previously maintained by KCNA personnel to be transferred to the COT; require that the position of executive director of the KCNA shall be terminated on the effective date of the Act; allow the executive director of COT to determine on or before June 30,2026, which staff previous employed by KCNA shall be retained and employed by COT; EMERGENCY.

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3/10/2026 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 2)

AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation.

Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to exempt homeowners who are 65 years of age or older from any increase in the valuation of their permanent residence that is assessed after the later of the year the homeowner turned 65 or the year the homeowner acquired the property; require the exemption to be in addition to the exemption provided in Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky; apply the exemption only to increases occurring until the assessed value of the property is $500,000; prohibit exempting increases occurring after the real property is assessed above $500,000; require the $500,000 to be indexed every two years; require any portion of the assessed value previously exempted under this section to retain its exempt status as long as the real property continues to be maintained as the permanent residence of the owner who is 65 years of age or older; require the exemption to be notwithstanding Sections 171, 172, and 174 of the Constitution of Kentucky; apply the exemption to increases in valuation that occur after the date the amendment is ratified by the voters; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

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1/20/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

AN ACT relating to combating human trafficking.

Amend KRS 529.110 to enhance the penalty for promoting human trafficking to a Class B felony unless the victim is a minor, in which case it is a Class A felony.

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1/29/2026 - received in Senate

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.

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1/28/2026 - floor amendment (1) filed

AN ACT relating to economic development incentives.

Amend KRS 141.396, relating to the angel investor tax credit, to remove language relating to employee demographics for qualified small businesses from information required; amend KRS 154.20-234, relating to the Angel Investor Program, to remove language relating to employee demographics for qualified small businesses from information required; amend KRS 154.20-240 and 154.20-254 to conform.

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1/20/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Small Business & Information Technology (H)

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.

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1/20/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Families & Children (H)

AN ACT relating to jurisdiction of contractor disputes involving real property.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish exclusive jurisdiction for contractor dispute actions involving real property located in this state.

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1/20/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to housing.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define terms; make affordable housing developed by a religious developer a permitted use and require only a ministerial review by a planning unit for compliance with the section; include requirements that an affordable housing development must meet including that it be on property owned by a religious institution prior to January 1, 2026, exclusively contains affordable housing, be less than 24 units and be located only on a parcel in certain zones, and to have obtained all other permits; require a religious institution that does not continue to qualify to seek approval from a planning unit; allow the Kentucky Housing Corporation to advise religious developers regarding affordable housing developments; allow homeless shelters operated by a religious institution to be permitted uses in commercial or business zones.

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4/7/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; Acts Ch. 37)

AN ACT relating to wagering.

Amend KRS 230.210 to redefine "receiving track" and "simulcast facility"; amend KRS 230.361 to allow wagering on races previously run at simulcast facilities; amend KRS 230.3615 to establish the minimum wager at a simulcast facility; amend KRS 230.278 to conform; amend KRS 230.380 to allow a track to transfer its ability to establish 1 simulcast facility; prohibit a simulcast facility from being established within 40 miles of a licensed track; require 13.5% of the commission at a simulcast facility to be retained by the track or person owning the simulcast facility.

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1/21/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

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

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to create the homelessness prevention fund to be administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for continuum of care funds; specify eligible uses and eligible entities; amend KRS 198A.027 to allow appropriations to be used for homeless initiatives; appropriate $2,000,000 from the budget reserve trust fund to the homelessness prevention fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

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1/21/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to charitable gaming.

Amend KRS 238.545 to increase the maximum prize for an individual charity game ticket to $2,000.

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1/21/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

AN ACT relating to investor-owned electric utilities.

Amend KRS 278.160 to prohibit the collection of charges and fees for other governmental units by an investor-owned electric utility; prohibit the collection of certain surcharges and amounts that are not directly and exclusively related to the provision of electric service; require investor owned utilities to file new tariffs 90 days after December 30, 2026; EFFECTIVE December 30, 2026.

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1/22/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Natural Resources & Energy (H)

AN ACT relating to transportation and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 138.220 to set a single excise tax on gasoline and special fuels; set initial base rate at 29.6 cents per gallon (cpg); subject tax to annual adjustment; eliminate references to taxation on the average wholesale price of gasoline and the supplemental tax on gasoline and special fuels; require annual notification to motor fuel dealers of the adjusted rate of the excise tax on gasoline and special fuels for each upcoming fiscal year; amend KRS 138.660 to set the initial base rate for the heavy equipment motor carrier surtax for gasoline at 2.2 cpg for fiscal year 26-27 and 4.3 cpg for fiscal year 27-28 and set the rate for special fuels at 3.6 cpg for fiscal year 26-27 and 7.2 cpg for fiscal 27-28; subject the surtax to annual adjustment; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to define "taxes"; provide a mechanism for annual adjustment of the excise tax on gasoline and special fuels and the heavy equipment motor carrier surtax based on changes in the National Highway Construction Cost Index 2.0; allow these taxes to increase or decrease no more than 5% from one year to the next, subject to the statutory minimums; amend KRS 186.018 to increase the fee for a driving history record from $3 to $6; amend KRS 186.020 to eliminate the requirement to present a vehicle's registration receipt when renewing the vehicle registration and allow mail or online registration renewal with no additional fee; amend KRS 186.040 to eliminate the $30 county clerk fee for motor carrier registrations on vehicles in excess of 44,000 pounds; increase the county clerk fee for motor vehicle registrations from $6 to $8; amend KRS 186.050 to increase to state fee for motor vehicle registrations from $11.50 to $22; increase other state registration fees; provide for a $10 late charge for vehicle registrations not renewed within 30 days of expiration; make technical correction; amend KRS 186.162, 186.180, and 186.240 to conform; amend 186.531 to set the reinstatement fee for a suspended operator's license at $100 and provide for distribution of funds; amend KRS 281A.150 to increase reinstatement fees for suspended CDLs from $50 to $100; amend KRS 186A.130 and 186A.245 to set the fee for an initial title at $25, the fee for a duplicate or replacement title at $10, and the fee for a speed title at $40, and adjust the distribution of fees between the Transportation Cabinet and the county clerk; amend KRS 189.574 to increase to fee for state traffic school from $15 to $50; create a new section of KRS Chapter 174 to create the multimodal transportation fund, specify allowable uses for moneys in the fund; amend KRS 177.320 and 177.365, regarding allocation of a portion of fuel tax revenue to county road aid funds and municipal road aid funds; change the revenue-sharing formula on the portion of fuel tax revenue available for revenue sharing which exceeds $825 million in any year from 18.3% to counties and 7.7% to cities to 13% for each fund; amend KRS 176.080 to establish limitations and awarding of single bid construction contracts the exceed, engineer's estimates, require reporting of such contracts; amend KRS 176.210 to prohibit the Department of Highways from revealing the identities of eligible bidders on a project until the project bid letting; amend KRS 138.210 to delete the definitions for "average wholesale price," "average wholesale floor price," and "quarterly survey value"; amend KRS 138.695, 138.270, 42.409, 234.320, and 234.380, and 186A.035 to conform; repeal KRS 138.228, regarding the calculation of average wholesale price of gasoline, KRS 138.4602, regarding determination of total consideration on vehicles purchased between 2009 and 2014, and KRS 175.505, regarding the debt payment acceleration fund for turnpike authority debt; EFFECTIVE, January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2026; EMERGENCY.

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3/31/2026 - (H) WITHDRAWN

AN ACT relating to road fund receipts and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 177.320 and 177.365, relating to the allocation of a portion of motor fuel tax revenue to county road aid funds and municipal road aid funds, to change the revenue-sharing formula on the portion of revenue available for revenue sharing that exceeds $775 million in any fiscal year from 18.3% for counties and 7.7% for cities to 13% for each fund; make technical corrections; amend KRS 176.241, 178.010, 179.010, and 189.503 to conform; EMERGENCY.

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1/22/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation (H)

AN ACT relating to local public agency transactions.

Amend KRS 45A.345, relating to local procurement, to define "best value" and redefine "evaluated bid price" as "economic efficiency"; amend KRS 45A.365 to require invitations for bids to state that awards be made on the best value rather than the lowest evaluated bid price; delete requirement for the inclusion of a reciprocal preference for resident bidders; require awards to the best value bid rather than the bid that is lowest evaluated bid price remove reference to reciprocal preference; amend KRS 45A.370 to allow purchases through competitive negotiation using the best value bid rather than the lowest evaluated bid; remove references to reciprocal preference; amend KRS 45A.375, relating to competitive negotiation to allow awards to be made upon the best value rather than lowest evaluated bid, and remove reference to reciprocal preference; amend KRS 45A.385, relating to small purchase procedures, to increase the small purchase maximum amount to $60,000 from $40,000; index the maximum amount by $10,000 every 5 years beginning in 2030; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to publicize the current amount; amend KRS 45A.420, relating to cooperative purchasing, to allow local public agencies to make agreements using an established discount, quote, formula, or other pricing method as established by the Commonwealth when an agreement does not establish a fixed unit price; amend KRS 82.083, relating to the disposition of property owned by a city, to amend the definition of "independent appraisal" as it relates to personal property for which there is no applicable nationally published valuation standard, to include a generally accepted method to determine a good-faith estimate; amend KRS 82.084 to add law enforcement vehicles and equipment to the exclusions from KRS 45A.345 to 45A.460 and 424.260; amend KRS 424.260 to increase the limit for making advertisements for purchases to $60,000 from $40,000; index the small purchase maximum amount by $10,000 every 5 years beginning in 2030; amend KRS 157.420 and 157.440 to conform; repeal KRS 65.027, relating to reciprocal preference to resident bidders. HCS(1) Retain original provisions of draft, except delete KRS 45A.345 and 45A.365 containing the definition of "best value" and conforming language related thereto and remove references to "best value" throughout the bill; delete the repeal of KRS 65.027 and restore references to reciprocal preference throughout bill; reduce the adjusted maximum small purchase amount from $60,000 to $50,000; delete other sections to conform.

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4/7/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 39)

AN ACT relating to decommissioning costs for electric generating units.

Amend KRS 278.264 to provide that the Public Service Commission maintains its authority to approve a utility's right to record and seek, prior to retirement authorization, the recovery of any electric generating unit's decommissioning, removal and salvage costs, and depreciation expenses through rates over the unit's estimated depreciable life. SCS(1) Retain original provisions; provide that Public Service Commission approval of an electric generating unit's decommissioning and related costs shall not be considered approval or support for its retirement.

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4/12/2026 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE; (Acts Ch. 95)

AN ACT relating to occupational license fees levied by a board of education.

Amend KRS 160.603, relating to occupational license taxes for schools, to require a favorable vote of the local board of education prior to taking any other action to levy or increase the tax; require publication of the meeting in which the vote is expected to occur on the local board of education's website; subject an increase in the tax rate under KRS 160.607 to publication and public hearing requirements; expand the notification requirements for the public hearing; amend KRS 160.607 to require compliance with the publication and public hearing requirements and also a favorable vote by the fiscal court prior to authorizing an increase in a tax rate above the general maximum rate for school districts in counties having 300,000 or more inhabitants; amend KRS 160.484 to require the fiscal court to vote on an increase in a tax rate above the general maximum rate for school districts in counties having 300,000 or more inhabitants; set requirements for the rate based on the outcome of the vote; amend KRS 160.485, relating to recall procedures for proposed license tax levies or rate increases, to conform.

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1/23/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to certificate of need.

Amend KRS 216B.040 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services conduct public hearings on certificate of need applications as requested by applicants and by holders of certificates of need and licenses; amend KRS 216B.062 to require a final decision within 90 days; amend KRS 216B.085 to require that only the applicant may request a public hearing; require that notice of the public hearing be given only to the applicant; require that only the applicant have the right to be represented by counsel and to present evidence and arguments at the public hearing; require that the cabinet notify only the applicant of the decision and that the decision is final unless a request for reconsideration is filed by only the applicant; amend KRS 216B.090 to permit only the applicant to request a hearing for purposes of reconsideration of the cabinet; amend KRS 216B.095 to delete notice of a cabinet decision regarding a request for a nonsubstantive review to any affected party; amend KRS 216B.115 to permit an appeal to the Franklin Circuit Court by the applicant of any final decision of the cabinet regarding an application to be made.

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3/6/2026 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

AN ACT relating to certificate of need.

Amend KRS 216B.015 to redefine "capital expenditure minimum" and define "major medical equipment expenditure minimum"; amend KRS 216B.061 to modify conditions under which a person is prohibited from taking actions without a certificate of need.

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1/23/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health Services (H)

AN ACT relating to the affordable housing trust fund.

Amend KRS 64.012 to increase and modify fees received by the county clerk; after January 1, 2027, allow recalculation using the CPI-U, with the fee increase going to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund; apply to fees received by county clerks for services provided on or after August 1, 2026.

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1/23/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government (H)

AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Amend KRS 439.3401 to provide that a violent offender who has received a life sentence and has not been sentenced to 35 years without probation or parole or imprisonment for life without the benefit of probation or parole shall not be released on probation or parole until he or she has served at least 30 years; amend KRS 439.3406 to prohibit a person who has been convicted of a Class B felony or a person who is a violent offender who has been unanimously denied discretionary parole from qualifying for mandatory reentry supervisions; provide that the Department of Corrections shall provide an annual report on the results of the mandatory reentry supervision program to the Legislative Research Commission by February 1 of each year; amend KRS 504.150 to require a treating professional for a defendant who has received a sentence of guilty but mentally ill to file a petition for involuntary hospitalization under KRS Chapter 202A or 202B; amend KRS 532.025 to provide that if a defendant has been found guilty of intentional murder, the jury or court does not have to find any aggravating circumstance to sentence a defendant to imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole or imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole for 35 years; amend KRS 532.030 to enhance the sentence of imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole for 25 years to 35 years; amend KRS 532.110 to provide that sentences of a defendant convicted of 2 or more capital offenses, Class A felonies, Class B felonies, or a combination of those offenses or 2 or more violent offenses involving 2 or more victims shall run consecutively; amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 504.020 and 504.030; provide that the Act may be cited as Logan's Law. HCS(1) Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 540.020 to provide that a person is not responsible for criminal conduct if at the time of the conduct, as a result of mental illness or intellectual disability, he or she lacks substantial capacity to appreciate the nature and quality of his or her conduct; restore KRS 504.030; amend KRS 504.060 to conform; amend KRS 504.120 to prohibit a jury from finding a person not guilty by reason of insanity for one charge and guilty or guilty but mentally ill of another charge; amend KRS 504.150 to provide that the treating professional or the Commonwealth shall petition the sentencing court for involuntary hospitalization or admission under KRS Chapter 202A or 202B, court-ordered community-based outpatient treatment under KRS 202A.081, or postincarceration supervision. SCS (1) Retain original provisions, except remove KRS 439.3401, 532.025, and 532.110; amend KRS 439.3406 to prohibit an inmate from qualifying for mandatory reentry supervision if the inmate has previously been convicted of 2 or more offenses that would classify him or her as a violent offender under KRS 439.3401 or has been recommitted to prison for a violation of probation, shock probation, parole, or conditional discharge; amend KRS 504.150 to remove that the treating professional or the Commonwealth shall petition the sentencing court for postincarceration supervision. SFA (1) Retain original provisions, except remove reference to KRS 202A.081 and insert KRS Chapter 202A.

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4/2/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to social work.

Amend KRS 335.010 to exempt student interns or trainees from social work licensure requirements; direct the Kentucky Board of Social Work to promulgate administrative regulations to define standards for student involvement in clinical social work; amend KRS 335.020 to define terms; amend KRS 335.030, 335.070, 335.080, 335.090, 335.100, 335.150, and 335.158 to establish licensure standards, including use of a multistate license, criminal background checks, and telehealth; amend KRS 335.050 to require that at least 1 licensee member of the board is a teacher actively engaged in social work education; amend KRS 387.610 and 457.090 to conform. HCS(1) Retain original provisions; exempt employees and applicants of child-caring facilities or child-placing agencies from social worker licensure requirements if the facility or agency is contracted with the state for foster care services; exclude the practice of clinical social work by a certified social worker or licensed clinical social worker from the licensure exemption. SCS (1) Retain original provisions, except remove existing criminal background check requirements; create a new section of KRS 335.010 to 335.160 to require a national and state criminal background check for social worker applicants seeking an initial license, reinstatement of a license, or authorization to practice in another state under a compact; prohibit board distribution of the results of a national and state criminal background check except to the requesting applicant or as evidence in a legal proceeding; limit the fee charged by the Department of Kentucky State Police to an amount no greater than the actual cost of processing the request and conducting the background check; require the board to review criminal background checks for every Kentucky licensee seeking to practice in another state before granting the person compact privileges; forbid the board from requiring a criminal background check solely for the purpose of renewing a license; require the board to promulgate implementing administrative regulations.

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4/10/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 77)

AN ACT relating to the limited liability entity tax.

Amend KRS 141.0401 to exempt entities doing business in Kentucky with gross receipts of less than $100,000 from paying the limited liability entity tax for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027.

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1/29/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to an eligible child tax credit.

Create a new section in KRS Chapter 141 to establish a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for an eligible child; define "eligible child"; allow credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, but before January 1, 2031; establish that the credit amount is equal to $4,000 per eligible child, not to exceed $8,000 per return, per taxable year; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the credit.

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2/3/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to local occupational license fees.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 91A to define terms; require 100% of the wages of an employee associated with the corporate office to be apportioned to the local government where the corporate office is located; exclude wages for work performed at a satellite office; require 100% of the wages of an employee assigned to a state government office to be apportioned to the local government where the state government office is located; allow a refund claim for occupational license fees paid for work physically performed outside of the local government's jurisdiction; establish requirements for refunds; amend KRS 67.780 to conform; apply the apportionment and refund requirements to incentive agreements entered into or amended on or after the effective date of the Act.

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2/20/2026 - (H) WITHDRAWN

AN ACT relating to postsecondary tuition waivers.

Amend KRS 164.515 to make the amount of tuition waived for the spouse or child of designated permanently disabled veterans a last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.2841 to make the amount tuition waived for the survivor of police officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter killed in line of duty last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.2842 to make the amount of tuition waived for the survivor of police officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter permanently and totally disabled in line of duty a last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.507 to make the amount of tuition waived for the non-married spouse or child of a deceased veteran a last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.020 to delete the tuition waiver for employees and faculty of state and locally operated secondary area technology center staff. HCS(1) Retain original provisions, except remove changes to KRS 164.020 that would have eliminated the tuition waiver for employees and faculty of state and locally operated secondary area technology center staff; amend KRS 164.515 to waive up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction for a spouse, child, stepchild, or orphan of a disabled member of the Kentucky National Guard or Reserve Component; include expiration of the benefit for a child, stepchild, or orphan upon expiration of 5 years following high school graduation, with exceptions; amend KRS 164.284 to waive up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction for a Kentuckian 65 years of age or older; require the benefit to be a last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.2841 to include a child or nonmarried widow or widower of emergency medical services personnel in the waiver benefit; waive up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction; include expiration of the benefit for a child upon expiration of 5 years following high school graduation, with exceptions; KRS 164.2842 to include a spouse or child of emergency medical services personnel in the waiver benefit; waive up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction; include expiration of the benefit for a child upon expiration of 5 years following high school graduation, with exceptions; amend KRS 164.507 to waive up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction for the nonmarried spouse and child of a deceased verteran; include expiration of the benefit for a child upon expiration of 5 years following high school graduation, with exceptions. HFA(3) Delete all provisions; amend KRS 164.515 to make the amount of tuition waived for the spouse or child of designated permanently disabled veterans a last-dollar scholarship that is prohibited from exceeding the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; limit the benefit to 128 hours of undergraduate credit hours; limit the benefit for a student under the age of 26, but extend the age restriction for each month the student served in the United States Armed Forces, as an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service, the Peace Corps, or AmeriCorps; amend KRS 164.284 to restrict the tuition waiver for persons over 65 to 8 credit hours per semester, require FAFSA completion, and require the amount waived to not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; amend KRS 164.2841 to make the amount of tuition waived for the survivor of a police officer, firefighter, or volunteer firefighter killed in line of duty a last-dollar scholarship that is prohibited from exceeding the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; limit the benefit to 128 hours of undergraduate credit hours; limit the benefit for a student under the age of 26, but extend the age restriction for each month the student served in the United States Armed Forces, as an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service, the Peace Corps, or AmeriCorps; amend KRS 164.2842 to make the amount of tuition waived for the survivor of police officer, firefighter, volunteer firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel permanently and totally disabled in line of duty a last-dollar scholarship that is prohibited from exceeding the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; limit the benefit to 128 hours of undergraduate credit hours; limit the benefit for student under the age of 26, but extend the age restriction for each month the student served in the United States Armed Forces, as an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service, the Peace Corps, or AmeriCorps; amend KRS 164.507 to make the amount of tuition waived for the non-married spouse or child of a deceased veteran a last-dollar scholarship that shall not exceed the cost of tuition and mandatory fees less any state or federal grants; limit the benefit to 128 hours of undergraduate credit hours; limit the benefit for student under the age of 26 but extend the age restriction for each month the student served in the United States Armed Forces, as an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service, the Peace Corps, or AmeriCorps; amend KRS 164.2847 to require a Kentucky foster or adopted child to complete a FAFSA to benefit from a tuition waiver; limit the benefit to 128 hours of undergraduate credit hours; limit the benefit to students under the age of 26 unless the student served in the United States Armed Forces, as an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service.

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2/26/2026 - received in Senate

AN ACT establishing the Adult Workforce Diploma Pilot Program.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the Adult Workforce Diploma Pilot Program; define terms; establish the Adult Workforce Diploma Pilot Program fund; establish eligibility criteria for the program; direct the Education and Labor Cabinet to administer the program; provide payments to program providers for students who complete specified milestones; require program result reporting to the Kentucky Board of Education, the Secretary of State, and the Legislative Research Commission; specify a program end date of July 1, 2029.

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3/26/2026 - (H) recommitted to committee House Rules (H)

AN ACT relating to appropriations measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.

The State/Executive Branch Budget: Details Part I, Operating Budget; details Part II, Capital Projects Budget; details Part III, General Provisions; details Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; details Part V, Funds Transfer; details Part VI, General Fund Budget Reduction Plan; details Part VII, General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; details Part VIII, Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan; details Part IX, Road Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; details Part X, Phase I Tobacco Settlement; and details Part XI, Executive Branch Budget Summary; APPROPRIATION. HCS (1) The State/Executive Branch Budget: Retain, delete, and add to original provisions; details Part I, Operating Budget; details Part II, Capital Projects Budget; details Part III, General Provisions; details Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; details Part V, Funds Transfer; details Part VI, General Fund Budget Reduction Plan; details Part VII, General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; details Part VIII, Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan; details Part IX, Road Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; details Part X, Phase I Tobacco Settlement; and details Part XI, Executive Branch Budget Summary; APPROPRIATION. SCS (1) The State/Executive Branch Budget: Retain, delete, and add to original provisions; detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; detail Part V, Funds Transfer; detail Part VI, General Fund Budget Reduction Plan; detail Part VII, General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; detail Part VIII, Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan; detail Part IX, Road Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; detail Part X, Phase I Tobacco Settlement; and detail Part XI, Executive Branch Budget Summary; APPROPRIATION. FCCR (1) The State/Executive Branch Budget: Retain, delete, and add to original provisions; detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; detail Part V, Funds Transfer; detail Part VI, General Fund Budget Reduction Plan; detail Part VII, General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; detail Part VIII, Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan; detail Part IX, Road Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; detail Part X, Phase I Tobacco Settlement; and detail Part XI, Executive Branch Budget Summary; APPROPRIATION.

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4/14/2026 - delivered to Secretary of State

AN ACT relating to appropriations providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Transportation Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

The Transportation Cabinet Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, Funds Transfer; detail Part IV, Transportation Cabinet Budget Summary; APPROPRIATION. HCS (1) The Transportation Cabinet Budget: Retain, delete, and add to original provisions; detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, Funds Transfer; detail Part IV, Transportation Cabinet Budget Summary; APPROPRIATION. SCS (1) The Transportation Cabinet Budget: Retain, delete, and add to original provisions; detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, Funds Transfer; detail Part IV, Transportation Cabinet Budget Summary; APPROPRIATION.

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4/14/2026 - delivered to Secretary of State

AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

The Legislative Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, General Provisions; detail Part III, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION. HCS(1) The Legislative Branch Budget: Retain, delete, and add to original provisions; detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, General Provisions; detail Part III, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION. SCS (1) The Legislative Branch Budget: Retain, delete, and add to original provisions; detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, General Provisions; detail Part III, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION. FCCR (1) The Legislative Branch Budget: Retain, delete, and add to original provisions, detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, General Provisions; detail Part III, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION.

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4/14/2026 - delivered to Secretary of State

AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities.

The Judicial Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION. HCS (1) The Judicial Branch Budget: Retain, delete, and add to original provisions; detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION. SCS (1) The Judicial Branch Budget: Retain, delete, and add to original provisions; detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION. FCCR (1) The Judicial Branch Budget: Retain, delete, and add to original provisions; detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION.

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4/14/2026 - delivered to Secretary of State

AN ACT relating to contract procurement.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 43 to require the Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct a biennial audit of the contract procurement systems of the Department of Highways; enumerate issues to be examined in the audit; allow the Auditor to contract for professional services; require the Department of Highways to reimburse the Auditor for the cost of the audit; require submission of the audit to the LRC by October 31st of each odd numbered year; amend KRS 176.050 to require the Department of Highways to reimburse the Auditor for the biennial audit of contract procurement procedures; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations regarding the advertisement and award of bids for highway construction; amend KRS 176.210 to prohibit the Department of Highways from making public the identity of a qualified bidder on a particular project prior to the bid letting on that project.

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2/4/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation (H)

AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.

Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to define and redefine terms; establish cost-sharing requirements for prescription drugs; require rebates to be passed through; establish confidentiality requirements for the rebate information; create a new section of KRS 365.880 to 365.900 to provide that the actual amount of rebates received is a trade secret; provide that compliance with prescription drug cost-sharing and rebate requirements shall not be in violation of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 304.38A-115, 18A.225, and 164.2871 to apply the cost-sharing and rebate requirements for prescription drugs to limited health service benefit plans, limited health service organizations, the state employee health plan, and self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution; apply provisions to health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.

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2/4/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance (H)

AN ACT relating to full-day kindergarten.

Amend KRS 157.320 and 157.360 to remove references to kindergarten full-time equivalent pupils in average daily attendance for program base funding purposes; amend KRS 158.030 and KRS 158.031 to conform; amend KRS 158.060 to remove language that allows for half-day kindergarten programs; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2027.

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2/5/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education (H)

AN ACT relating to revenue.

Amend KRS 141.068 to make a technical correction.

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3/20/2026 - (H) Returned to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to the collection of local business taxes and fees.

Amend KRS 67.767 to require the Secretary of State to prescribe standard forms for net profits, gross receipts, and payroll occupational tax returns; form an advisory committee to develop the forms; require the advisory committee to file the form with the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government for its November 2026 meeting; require the Secretary of State to file administrative regulations including the standard forms and electronic links; and require tax districts to accept the standard forms and the associated payments electronically on and after January 1, 2028. HCS(1) Retain original provisions, in part; allow Secretary of State to determine if current forms fulfill the new requirements; add members of the Kentucky Occupational License Association and the Kentucky School Boards Association to the advisory committee; change the due date of the creation of the forms to June 1, 2027; change the date of adoption or acceptance of the electronic forms and electronic payments to July 1, 2029; change fee requirements; allow for exemption of certain tax districts from adopting the electronic forms and payments.

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4/7/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 44)

AN ACT relating to the fiscal reporting of local entities.

Amend KRS 65A.030 to increase the fiscal reporting levels of special purpose governmental entities; allow entities conducting yearly audits to move to an audit every 4 years if the entity receives 2 sequential audit reports with unqualified opinions and report the fact that the entity is operating under the alternative audit schedule to the Department for Local Government; require an entity to have yearly audits if the entity receives anything but an unqualified audit opinion at a subsequent audit; amend KRS 147.635, relating to area planning commissions, to align their audit requirements to those in KRS 65A.030; amend KRS 220.280, relating to sanitation districts, to align their audit requirements to those in KRS 65A.030; amend KRS 43.070 and 186.240 to combine the county clerks' independent audits of motor vehicle and motorboat registration fees and licenses, motor vehicle usage taxes, and ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles and motorboats into the county clerks' regular periodic audit; require the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to bear the cost of the portion of the audit attributed to receipts from motor vehicles and motorboats; amend KRS 64.830, relating to final settlements of outgoing county officials, to make the settlement to be complete within 60 days of the expiration of the term of office or the date a vacancy is otherwise created to account for unexpected vacancies in office; require that if an official's vacancy does not coincide with the end of the calendar year or end of the official's term, the outgoing county official is to remit any remaining funds to the fiscal court as excess fees and require the fiscal court to provide an amount equal to the excess fees remitted by the outgoing official to the outgoing county official's successor for official use; repeal KRS 43.071, relating to the annual audit of county clerk's motor vehicle and motorboat tax receipts; EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2027.

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2/5/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government (H)

AN ACT relating to the provision of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 48.705 to allow the Governor to authorize limited use of moneys in the budget reserve trust fund to provide for the continuity of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during a lapse in federal appropriations; require repayment of the moneys within 90 days of restoration of federal appropriations; require reporting to the Legislative Research Commission and the State Budget Director; require prior approval of the General Assembly if more than 5% of the total balance of the budget reserve trust fund is used; EMERGENCY.

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2/5/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to insurance regulatory requirements and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 304.1-050 and 304.1-110 to make technical amendments; amend KRS 304.2-160 to define "licensee"; amend KRS 304.2-220 to modify persons who are subject to examination by the insurance commissioner; amend KRS 304.4-040 to apply license revocation for failure to pay tax or fee to licensees; amend KRS 304.5-080 to define "inland marine insurance" and repeal the definition of "marine and transportation insurance"; amend KRS 304.9-035 to provide for an insurer's liability for acts of its adjusters; amend KRS 304.9-051 to provide that certain individuals working for an administrator are not acting as an administrator; amend KRS 304.9-105 to modify financial responsibility requirement for an agent license; amend KRS 304.9-133 to establish individual designation requirements for licensed business entities; amend KRS 304.9-085 to conform; amend KRS 304.9-135 to modify the definition of "insurance agency activities"; amend KRS 304.9-140 to establish nonresident license requirements for nonresidents with a limited line of authority that is not offered in this state; repeal the requirement to surrender a license upon termination; amend KRS 304.9-170 to modify prelicensing education and examination exemption for applicants licensed within previous 12 months; amend KRS 304.9-200 to repeal refund of appointment fee upon license refusal; amend KRS 304.9-230 to repeal the surety limited line of authority and establish preneed funeral limited line of authority; amend KRS 304.9-260 to repeal the requirement to send license renewal list to an insurer or employer; require proof of compliance with continuing education requirements for nonresident independent or public adjusters; repeal the requirement to surrender license upon termination; amend KRS 304.9-270 to repeal approval requirement for specialty credit producers and managing employees; amend KRS 304.9-295 to require nonresident independent and public adjusters that designated Kentucky as their home state to satisfy continuing education requirements; modify requirements for continuing education certifications; repeal license surrender and reissuance requirement; repeal and reenact KRS 304.9-436 to provide that authorized insurers shall not do business with unlicensed persons; amend KRS 304.13-346 to require property insurers to offer an optional policy provision to upgrade the roof structure of non-FORTIFIED dwellings; amend KRS 304.13-400 to repeal workers' compensation insurance deductible range; amend KRS 304.14-120 to conform; amend KRS 304.15-365 to establish requirements for optional maturity dates offered for individual deferred annuities; amend KRS 304.17A-600, 304.17A-607, 304.17A-617, and 304.17A-623 to define "adverse benefit determination" and "coverage denial"; repeal definition of "adverse determination"; require internal appeal for adverse benefit determinations; require external review for adverse benefit determinations, other than coverage denials; amend KRS 304.17A-619, 304.17A-621, and 304.17A-625 to conform; amend KRS 304.99-020 and 304.99-100 to repeal civil penalties and renewal requirements for specialty credit producers and managing employees; make technical amendments throughout. HCS(1) Retain original provisions, except delete repeal of workers' compensation insurance deductible range; amend KRS 304.2-450 to define terms; require the commissioner to make 1 time financial grants of up to $15,000 in aggregate to certain building contractors approved by the commissioner to mitigate insurable dwellings under the Strengthen Kentucky Homes Program; EMERGENCY, in part.

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4/7/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 45)

AN ACT relating to permits.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to require a permitting authority to issue a decision on any permit application within 60 days; automatically grant any permit if a permitting authority fails to render a decision within 60 days; require any denial or conditional approval of a permit to be based on clearly established applicable laws or regulations; grant Circuit Court jurisdiction over any permitting matter; require the Circuit Court to determine whether a permitting decision by the permitting authority was based on clear and convincing evidence; require the Circuit Court to award the applicant attorney's fees and costs if the court finds against the permitting authority; allow third-party challenges to permitting decisions only if the third-party has property adjacent to property that has been granted a permit and where the third-party can demonstrate concrete and particularized harm resulting from issuance of a permit; allow an applicant to appeal any adverse decision from a third-party challenge; require a third party to pay applicant's attorney's fees and costs if the permit is finally approved following a third-party challenge; create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to grant by-right approval to housing projects which meet a planning unit's code or regulations; grant Circuit Court jurisdiction over any denial of a housing project under the section; require the Circuit Court to determine whether a denial by the planning unit was based on clear and convincing evidence; require Circuit Court to award the applicant attorney's fees and costs if the court finds against the planning unit; provide that the section does not prevent monitoring by the planning unit or affect restrictions in rules or regulations of a homeowners association, condominium association, or other property owners association; amend KRS 198B.060 to permit third-party plan review and inspections under new procedures; create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to define terms; require regulatory authorities to provide information to prospective applicants regarding requirements to apply for a permit; require a regulatory authority to inform an applicant of whether the application is complete within 3 days and include whether the regulatory authority is able to perform plan review and inspection within specified time limits; require a regulatory authority to conduct plan review within 7 days of receipt of a complete application and inspections within 5 days of any request for an inspection being made; permit an applicant to use a qualifying third-party inspector; set out circumstances under which a regulatory authority may collect fees depending on use of a third-party inspector; set out what a third-party inspector may review and set out qualifications and requirements the third-party inspector must meet; require a regulatory authority to issue a permit within 1 business day of the completion of required plan reviews and inspections associated with an otherwise complete application; state that any ordinance, rule, or regulation contrary is void and unenforceable; state that a regulatory authority may issue a stop work order if a condition of a project constitute an immediate threat to public safety and welfare; establish immunity for the regulatory authority for action of an applicant or third-party inspector.

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3/13/2026 - (H) Returned to Committee House Local Government (H)

AN ACT relating to elections.

Amend KRS 30A.145 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to prepare an all-time list each month of persons convicted of a felony, including persons whose cases are on appeal, and provide the list to the State Board of Elections; amend KRS 83A.040 to require a special election if more than the majority of the membership of a legislative body is vacated because of an election error due to no fault of any candidate or fraud; establish that members of the legislative body whose term expires shall remain in office until the contest and any appeals of the regular election are complete and final; create a new section of KRS Chapter 116 to require the State Board of Elections to compare the statewide voter registration system against the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program, or its successor program, each month to remove registered voters who are not citizens of the United States within 5 days; require the State Board of Elections to forward the name, date of birth, last known address, and voter registration record of any individual who is removed to the Attorney General; require the State Board of Elections to notify the county clerk of the county in which the voter lived of the removal; amend KRS 116.113 to specify that the Administrative Office of the Courts shall include persons convicted of a felony whose case is on appeal in the lists they send to the State Board of Elections for removal from the voter registration records; create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to define "cast vote record"; allow county clerks to use a ballot verifier software program to produce electronic images of cast ballots and cast vote records for public inspection, as long as the records do not contain voter-identifying information; allow counties to use the software program to perform additional audits; establish that the State Board of Elections shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish uniform standards for formatting, publication, and redaction of images of ballots and cast vote records; amend KRS 117.125 to establish that no voting equipment or voting systems shall be purchased after the effective date of the Act that utilize non-human readable codes, including barcodes, QR codes, or other encrypted markings to represent or tabulate a voter's choices on the ballot; amend KRS 117.383 to require that the ballot scanner and race selected for a hand-to-eye recount by the Secretary of State shall have at least 10 votes cast; amend KRS Chapter 118.176 to establish that a person who successfully challenges the bona fides of a candidate may recover certain costs; create a new chapter of KRS Chapter 118A to establish that judicial candidates may disclose their political party, state current and past voter registration status, and communicate political values or viewpoints consistent with that party affiliation; establish that judicial candidates shall not claim to be the official nominee of a political party, use language or materials that imply nomination, designation, or endorsement by a political party, or use party symbols, slogans, or imagery in a manner that would lead someone to believe they are running in a partisan election; amend KRS 120.165 to require the county clerk and local board of elections to call a special election if a majority of the offices of a legislative body are deemed vacant; establish that a person bringing a successful election contest may recover certain costs; amend KRS 121.015 to define "executive committee of a political party"; amend KRS 121.150 to allow federal candidates to contribute to a party executive committee if the amount of the contribution is within contribution limits and if the contribution is not earmarked for any particular candidate or slate of candidates; specify that a qualified political party committee, including a state or county executive committee, may endorse, support, oppose, and make contributions or expenditures to nonpartisan candidates; EMERGENCY. HCS (2) Retain original provisions, except remove amendments to KRS 30A.145; delete provisions requiring the State Board of Elections to compare the statewide voter registration system against the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program; delete Section 5, relating to cast vote records and ballot images; amend KRS 27A.070 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to send the State Board of Elections an all-time list of persons convicted of a felony, including those whose case is currently on appeal, by July 24, 2026; require the State Board of Elections to remove any person identified through the list as ineligible to vote from the voter registration records by August 4, 2026; create a new section of KRS Chapter 116 to allow the State Board of Elections to enter into agreements with agencies of the federal government for the purpose of identifying and removing individuals who are not citizens of the United States from the voter registration records; identify procedures for identifying and removing unauthorized voters; amend KRS 117.125 to establish that continued use of a voting system and all voting equipment approved by the State Board of Elections and used by a county as of the effective date of this Act is permissible until a replacement voting system is acquired by the county; make technical corrections; amend KRS 117.155 and 117.205 to conform; amend KRS 118.405 to allow a candidate's name to be printed as a candidate for 2 different offices on the same ballot if 1 of the offices is decided by the United States Electoral College and the person currently holds an elected federal office; amend KRS 121.015 to establish that certain fees are not included in the definition of "contribution"; amend KRS 121.065, relating to limits on political advertising rates, to include digital media platforms; amend KRS 121.110 to require that any vacancy on the registry be filled within 30 days; establish that members of the registry shall be reimbursed for necessary travel and expenses in the same manner as state employees; amend KRS 121.140 to establish that certain penalties shall not accrue or be assessed until 5 business days after the registry has provided notice to the candidate or campaign treasurer of the delinquency; amend KRS 121.150 to allow a state or county executive committee of a political party to make contributions to certain civic organizations; amend KRS 121.190, relating to identification of contributors and advertisers, to include digital media; delete the emergency clause.

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3/6/2026 - received in Senate

AN ACT relating to investor-owned electric utilities and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 278.670 to define "environmental control" and "underpreciated extra-state generation utility plant balances," amend various definitions, and make technical changes; amend KRS 278.672 to remove the deadline date for calculating the value of the regulatory asset associated with the undepreciated extra-state generation utility plant balances, deferred storm costs, and other regulatory assets approved by the Public Service Commission (PSC) remove the dollar amount thresholds for qualifying for a financing order; remove the submittals associated with securitization of deferred costs for retried electric generation greater than 50%; add additional submittals for an application for a financing order; remove the requirement that the comparison standard must demonstrate that the securitization will provide quantifiable net present value benefits to customer; add requirement for a utility to acquire in-state dispatchable generation and agree to a freeze on base rates for a period of 2 years; define "dispatchable"; amend KRS 278.674 to prohibit the PSC from requiring securitized bonds to be marketed as a specific type of security or that an assignee be formed as a specific type of entity; provide a price cap for costs associated with retaining counsel, advisors, or other consultants; remove PSC authority to address how the securities are marketed; add a template issuance advice letter to be included in the financing order; direct that the PSC must approve sales or transfer of assets including extra-state generation facilities even if the balances are securitized; amend KRS 278.678 to make technical changes; amend KRS 278.682 to remove the requirement that the securitized surcharge be listed as a separate item on the customer bill; EMERGENCY.

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3/26/2026 - (H) recommitted to committee House Rules (H)

AN ACT relating to housing development districts.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms; permit a local government to establish a housing development district and a Housing Incentive Payment Program; allow a local government to exempt housing developments within a district from planning and zoning following a public hearing; permit other local taxing authorities to participate in a district; allow a local government to accept applications from developers to undertake projects within a district; allow a local government to negotiate with a developer whose application it has accepted regarding rates associated with incentive payments to the developer; establish a means by which a developer shall be paid incentive payments by a local government; require area development districts to provide assistance to a local government in establishing a district; require the Cabinet for Economic Development to promote awareness of the district and incentive program and the Certified Child Care Community Designation program set out in KRS 199.891; require the cabinet to post information including a list of local governments that have established a district and have obtained the certified child care community designation to its website; require local governments that have established a district to provide information to the Department for Local Government regarding the district and utilization of the incentive program; require the Department for Local Government to submit a report to LRC summarizing information received from local governments regarding districts; provide that the Act shall not be construed to prohibit a local government from establishing any other program for housing development.

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2/9/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government (H)

AN ACT relating to child welfare.

Amend KRS 199.462 to prohibit an individual from being approved to provide foster care or relative caregiver services to a child, be considered a fictive kin placement for a child, or to receive a child for adoption if the individual or an adult or minor child living in the individual's home has been directed by a court to complete or attend sex offender treatment.

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2/9/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Families & Children (H)

AN ACT relating to data centers.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to define terms; prohibit a retail electric supplier from providing service to a data center customer that has a total aggregated customer contract capacity of greater than 100 megawatts unless the Public Service Commission has approved a tariff or contract for the service that includes certain minimum requirements; exempt a data center customer that has an electric service agreement for more than 100 megawatts of existing load prior to the effective date of the Act; prohibit the commission from approving a tariff unless all capital and operating costs for new infrastructure to serve the data center are assigned to the data center customer and that the costs for shared benefits for the new facilities are allocated proportionally and will not have any greater adverse impact on other customer classes than if the data center had not connected to the system; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Ratepayer Protection Act.

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2/10/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Small Business & Information Technology (H)

AN ACT relating to taxation.

Amend KRS 131.150 to insert gender neutral language.

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3/20/2026 - (H) Returned to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to fiscal matters.

Amend KRS 131.030 to make technical corrections.

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3/20/2026 - (H) Returned to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to environmental protection.

Amend KRS 224.1-010 to change the definition of "water" or "waters of the Commonwealth" to include any and all rivers, streams, creeks, lakes, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, wells, marshes, and all other bodies of surface or underground water; delete the definition of "wellhead protection area."

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2/10/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Natural Resources & Energy (H)

AN ACT relating to preschool education programs.

Amend KRS 157.320 to define "at risk" and "teaming partner"; amend KRS 157.3175 to require each local school district to provide preschool to 4 year olds who reside in a household with an income at or below 160% of the poverty level until the end of the 2030-2031 school year and beginning with the 2031-2032 school year, require each local school district to provide preschool to each 4 year old who is at risk; provide requirements for program guidelines; require the Kentucky Department of Education to establish and maintain a statewide unified data system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to require local school districts to maintain certification from the Head Start director that Head Start is fully utilized; provide penalties; require local school districts to prepare and submit preschool expansion plans to the deparment; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations regarding preschool expansion; require the department to submit a report the the Legislative Research Commission annually regarding preschool expansion.

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2/12/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education (H)

AN ACT relating to preschool education programs.

Amend KRS 157.320 to define "eligible child" and "teaming partner"; amend KRS 157.3175 to require each local school district to provide preschool to 4 year olds who reside in a household with an income at or below 160% of the poverty level until the end of the 2033-2034 school year, and beginning with the 2034-2035 school year require each local school district to provide preschool to each eligible child; provide requirements for program guidelines; require the Kentucky Department of Education to establish and maintain a statewide unified data system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to require local school districts to maintain certification from the Head Start director that Head Start is fully utilized; provide penalties; require local school districts to prepare and submit preschool expansion plans to the deparment; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations regarding preschool expansion; require the department to submit a report the the Legislative Research Commission annually regarding preschool expansion.

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2/12/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education (H)

AN ACT relating to workforce investment.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 154.12 to establish the Kentucky Talent Recruitment Grant Program under the Cabinet for Economic Development; define terms; establish the duties of the cabinet in implementation of the program subject to approval of the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority; establish eligible grant applicants' duties and program reporting requirements; establish the Kentucky Talent Recruitment Grant Program fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY. HCS (1) Retain original provisions, except delete the appropriation and the emergency clause. HFA (1) Retain original provisions; delete disbursement provision of 50% upon execution of grant agreement and 50% upon household goal being met; amend the grant application provisions and the reporting requirements for eligible grant applicants. SCS (1) Retain original provisions, except add the definition of "retention goal"; add a 50% disbursement provision for eligible projects that plan to relocate employees or households outside of Kentucky or to retain Kentucky students upon execution of the grant agreement, with the remaining 50% being disbursed upon achieving applicable household or retention goals; add a provision for the Cabinet for Economic Development to use up to 5% of the fund for administration of the program.

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4/10/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 82)

AN ACT relating to data centers.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 96 relating to municipal utilities and KRS Chapter 278 relating to Public Service Commission-regulated utilities to: define terms; only allow for the provision of electric service to a data center through a contract that conforms to the requirements of the Act; require that within 90 days of the effective date of the Act, the electric service provider issue or file a tariff setting forth the process for a data center customer to apply for service; require the payment of a nonrefundable service application fee; require the preparation of studies to determine the manner in which the electric service provider can safely and efficiently serve the data center in a way that does not have negative service or rate impacts to their non-data center customers; establish the minimum contract requirements between the electric service provider and the data center customer; provide that requirements of the Act that are conflict with the Tennessee Valley Authority's requirements for the distribution of electricity that it supplies shall not apply; prohibit the charging or allocating of any costs associated with serving or constructing new infrastructure to serve a data center to any other customers served by natural gas, water, or wastewater utilities; amend KRS 154.20-229 to require that a qualified data center project that has been preliminarily approved for a certificate of exemption under KRS 139.499 include in its memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority a certification that the data center project complies or will comply with all applicable local requirements and the applicable requirements of the Act. HCS(1) Retain original provisions; require that a municipal utility issue a tariff that complies with the requirements of Section 1 of the Act within 180 days of the effective date of the Act instead of 90 days; adjust language relating to curtailment obligations under data center tariffs for both municipal utilities and retail electric suppliers; provide that the requirements of Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the Act shall not apply to data centers that are constructed on sites owned by the United States Department of Energy or to electric service contracts entered into prior to the effective date of the Act; add definitions for "generation and transmission cooperative" and "retail electric supplier"; require data center customers to pay for the full cost of a municipal utility's or retail electric supplier's cost of service study, including third-party transmission studies and other costs; provide that the load of a data center shall not be used for determining a retail electric supplier's peak load for the purposes of calculating the cap on the net metering service that the retail electric supplier must provide; make technical corrections.

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3/31/2026 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)

AN ACT relating to retirement income savings plans for private sector employees.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 41 to establish the Commonwealth Retirement Savings Plan as a voluntary payroll-deduction Roth IRA savings program for employees of private employers with fewer than 50 employees; define terms; create a governing board of trustees and specify responsibilities of the board in plan design and oversight; require the board to contract with a third-party administrator for plan administration; establish that the plan shall be implemented and enrollment of employees shall begin on July 1, 2028, if adequate funds to administer the plan are available; amend KRS 154.12-330 to authorize the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority to lend funds to help implement the plan; require the State Treasurer, on or before July 1, 2027, to provide the Legislative Research Commission with a written update on the plan's implementation status.

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2/17/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Small Business & Information Technology (H)

AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 503 to provide a justification for the use of physical force or deadly physical force by a defendant operating a motor vehicle while fleeing the immediate area of an obstruction of a highway or public passage; amend KRS 525.015 to expand the elements of obstructing an emergency responder; provide enhanced penalties; allow restitution to an agency for the reasonable costs of an emergency response; amend KRS 525.140 to expand the elements of obstructing a highway or other public passage; provide enhanced penalties; allow restitution to an agency for the reasonable costs of an emergency response; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil cause of action for recovery of damages caused by obstructing an emergency responder or obstruction of a highway or other public passage; amend KRS 413.140 to provide a 1-year statute of limitation for the cause of action for recovery of damages caused by obstructing an emergency responder or obstruction of a highway or other public passage; amend KRS 503.085 to conform.

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2/17/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Amend KRS 501.030 to insert gender-neutral language.

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2/17/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to appropriations.

Amend KRS 45.760, relating to the state capital construction program, to insert gender-neutral language.

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3/17/2026 - floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed

AN ACT relating to revenue.

Amend KRS 141.160 to insert gender-neutral language.

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2/17/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to consolidated local governments.

Amend KRS 65.003, relating to local ethics, to specify the composition of the commission in a consolidated local government and allow the commission to use the county attorney's office for legal council by procurement methods; amend KRS 67C.103 to place controls on council district formation and redistricting and to allow regulations issued by local health boards and local solid waste management boards operating under KRS Chapter 109 or 212 that apply to individuals residing or businesses operating within the jurisdiction of the consolidated local government be subject to being overridden by the consolidated local government council within 45 days of issuance; prohibit the council from not accepting legislation with specified form requirements of KRS 83A.060; allow the consolidated local government council, or either of the 2 major political caucuses, to hire or retain legal counsel; create a new section of KRS Chapter 67C to require an office of internal audit to be created and headed by a chief audit executive who is appointed; amend KRS 67C.115 and 69.210 to conform; amend KRS 67C.111 to allow cities of 3,000, rather than 6,000, to be incorporated in the boundaries of the consolidated local government and set the petition requirement relating to incorporation to 66% rather than 75% and grant 1 year for the petition to be completed; amend KRS 67C.147 to allow the consolidated local government council to sub-classify property into land and improvements for purposes of levying the ad valorem tax within the area formerly comprising the city of the first class; establish controls on the calculation of the compensating tax rate and the 4% tax rate, and the application of the homestead exemption; outline the transition of presently serving ethics commission members; outline transition from the current chief audit executive to the appointed position. HCS (1) Retain original provisions, delete new language in KRS 67C.103 establishing and directing redistricting committee; restore the minimum population of 6,000 persons to create a new city and restore the 75% threshold for petition for mandatory city approval by the council in KRS 67C.111.

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4/14/2026 - delivered to Secretary of State

AN ACT relating to teachers.

Amend KRS 158.060 to require teachers to be compensated for noninstructional planning time within their school day during which they are required to supervise or instruct students.

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2/18/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education (H)

AN ACT relating to regulated substances and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to define terms; impose a 4% state retail regulatory license fee on all alcoholic beverage sales to consumers by alcoholic beverage retailers; establish procedures and duties of retailers; establish KRS Chapter 243A and create new sections thereof to impose state wholesale regulatory license fees on alcoholic beverages, state retail regulatory license fees on kratom, hemp-derived, and cannabinoid products, and penalties for violations; set out regulatory license fee rates, deductions for timely filing and payment, and licensee duties; amend KRS 211.285 to fund the alcohol wellness and responsibility education fund with 0.5% of the collected state retail regulatory license fees; amend KRS 241.010 to define "state or national conference" and redefine "alcoholic beverages"; amend KRS 241.069 to delete outdated language; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 243 to establish state license fees for new and existing license types; limit licensee discipline to only the specific license in question; establish a souvenir package license for distillers; authorize distillers, small farm wineries, and microbreweries to allow leashed dogs on their premises; allow caterers and special temporary auction licensees at state and national conferences; modify the privileges for various licensees, including a limited golf course, wholesaler, Class B distiller, and special agent or solicitor; allow a qualified historic site to sell alcoholic beverages by the package under a limited nonquota package license; add references to the new tax structure and statutes; modify requirements for public notice of a license application; sunset existing excise, wholesale, and other taxes on July 1, 2027, as they relate to alcoholic beverages; repeal and reenact KRS 243.075, relating to local regulatory license fees, to allow any moist or wet city or county to impose the fee; authorize audits of each city's or county's regulatory license fee fund by the Auditor of Public Accounts for the most recent 10 years; describe audit penalties for cities and counties that fail to substantially comply; establish the regulatory license fee audit fund; direct cities and counties to reduce the regulatory license fee to 3% within 4 years; limit future cities and counties to a 1% regulatory license fee; amend KRS 244.080 to permanently prohibit a retail license from using a premises if the licensee sold to minors at that premises 3 or more times in 24 months; amend KRS 244.585 to establish limitations for agreements between distributors and breweries or microbreweries; amend KRS 131.250, 139.010, 243.045, 243.430, 243.790, 243.850, and 243.990 to conform; EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2027; EMERGENCY.

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2/18/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

AN ACT relating to planning and zoning.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define "qualifying planning unit," "qualifying residential development," "small lot," "service document," and "transitional buffer"; prohibit a qualifying planning unit from establishing certain restrictions on a qualifying residential development or small lot; allow a qualifying planning unit to adopt generally applicable regulations related to specified environmental features, and other matters for which a planning unit is authorized to regulate; establish that there is no effect on property owner's associations; establish a cause of action and recovery costs and awarding of attorney's fees if successful; establish limitations on when a qualifying planning unit may deny a development; allow a developer to modify and resubmit development plans after a denial; require a qualifying planning unit alleging substantial negative impacts to articulate those impacts and demonstrate them under clear and convincing evidentiary standard; establish a cause of action by a developer to bring suit for a development plan denial; permit a local government to require a transitional buffer between existing development and a qualifying residential development; create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to prohibit a planning unit from adopting certain space requirements for parking; direct that the prohibition does not alleviate responsibility to provide accessible parking; allow a planning unit to deny a development if there would be substantial negative impacts; allow a developer to modify and resubmit plans to remediate negative impacts; require a planning unit alleging substantial negative impacts to articulate those impacts and demonstrate them under clear and convincing evidentiary standard; establish a cause of action by a developer for a denial due to a substantial negative impact; create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define "mixed-use residential development," "multifamily residential development," and "qualifying planning unit"; direct that in a qualifying planning unit mixed-use and multifamily developments are permitted use in commercial zones; prohibit a qualifying planning unit from imposing requirements on those developments more restrictive than other uses in the zone or to have certain parking requirements; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2027.

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3/13/2026 - (H) Returned to Committee House Local Government (H)

AN ACT relating to residential housing.

Amend KRS 198B.050 to require that building code standards for 2, 3, and 4 family homes not be more stringent than those for single-family homes; amend KRS 198B.060 to apply exemption for single-family homes to 2, 3, and 4 family homes; permit third-party plan review and inspections under new procedures; create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to define terms; require regulatory authorities to provide information to prospective applicants regarding requirements to apply for a permit; require a regulatory authority to inform an applicant of whether the application is complete within 3 days and include whether the regulatory authority is able to perform plan review and inspection within specified time limits; require a regulatory authority to conduct plan review within 14 days of receipt of a complete application and inspections within 5 days of any request for an inspection being made; provide for circumstances in which deadlines may be extended; permit an applicant to use a qualifying third-party inspector; set out circumstances under which a regulatory authority may collect fees depending on use of a third-party inspector; set out what a third-party inspector may review and set out qualifications and requirements the third-party inspector must meet; require a regulatory authority to issue a permit within 1 business day of the completion of required plan reviews and inspections associated with an otherwise complete application; state that any ordinance, rule, or regulation contrary is void and unenforceable; state that a regulatory authority may issue a stop work order if a condition of a project constitute an immediate threat to public safety and welfare; establish immunity for the regulatory authority for action of an applicant or third-party inspector; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2027.

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3/13/2026 - (H) Returned to Committee House Local Government (H)

AN ACT relating to public postsecondary education.

Amend KRS 164.321 to increase the membership of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) board of regents to a total of 17; reduce the terms of membership on a board of regents to 4 years; reduce the number of members allowed to reside in 1 county to 1 member; specify that the nonteaching member of a board of regents shall not be an employee who supervises more than 2 employees or reports directly to the president; specify that a member of a board of regents may be removed if the member does not attend 3 consecutive regularly scheduled meetings and the president requests the member's removal; amend KRS 164.350 to authorize the board of the KCTCS review the president's biennial budget and the budget planning and implementation processes; amend KRS164.365 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 164.580 to distinguish the responsibilities of the president of the KCTCS; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require the president of the KCTCS to employ a chief financial officer and to specify the responsibilities of the chief financial officer; amend KRS 164.583 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 164.591 to require the president of the KCTCS to present a plan for review by the board of regents when considering the reduction, expansion, or creation of colleges, campuses, or programs, allow the president to conditionally implement the plan upon approval of the Council on Postsecondary Education; require KCTCS to submit a report to the appropriate committees of the General Assembly regarding the plan; require final approval of the plan by the General Assembly; require the KCTCS to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the appropriate committees regarding the properties utilized by the KCTCS; amend KRS 164.600 to define "campus" and "chancellor"; create a board of advisors for the KCTCS made up of the chancellor of each college of the system and others as appointed by the president; specify the responsibilities of the chancellor of each college; amend other sections of KRS Chapter 164 to conform; repeal KRS 164.586, 164.587, 164.594, 164.602, and 164.5833; provide for staggering of initial appointments. HCS(1) Retain original provisions; amend KRS 164.321 to specify the membership, appointment or election, and terms of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) board of regents effective October 1, 2026; specify that no citizen member shall have a conflict of interest or be a relative of an employee of KCTCS; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to require the president of KCTCS to name a workforce liaison; amend KRS 164.583 to establish criteria for the Council on Postsecondary Education to consider when reviewing a proposal for a new accredited or workforce initiative program submitted by the KCTCS that will require an addittional general fund appropriation; require that the KCTCS be responsible for any specialized resources necessary to evaluate a proposal; require the council to review the proposal and issue a recommendation to the General Assembly on the proposal; require that a new accredited or workforce initiative program would not require this process to be followed if the program would not require additional general fund appropriations; amend KRS 164.591 to specify the process KCTCS is to take if a reduction, expansion, or creation of any college or campus facilities is determined to be necessary. SCS (1) Retain original provisions; amend KRS 164.350 to require the KCTC board of regents to set the qualifications of the president of the system and the chancellors of the college in policy; remove requirements for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) when offering new programs; remove reporting and approval requirements of the president of the KCTCS when the president determines that there is a necessity to reduce, expand, or create any college or campus facility; amend KRS 164.7011 to include a certified public postsecondary pilot school regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration in the definition of "aviation program". SCS (1) Retain original provisions; amend KRS 164.350 to require the KCTC board of regents to set the qualifications of the president of the system and the chancellors of the college in policy; remove requirements for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) when offering new programs; remove reporting and approval requirements of the president of the KCTCS when the president determines that there is a necessity to reduce, expand, or create any college or campus facility; amend KRS 164.7011 to include a certified public postsecondary pilot school regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration in the definition of "aviation program". FCCR (1) Retain original provisions; amend KRS 164.321 to require at least 1, but no more than 3 appointed members of the KCTCS board of regents be from any 1 judicial district of the Kentucky Supreme Court; create requirements for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) when approving the offering of a new program.

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4/14/2026 - delivered to Secretary of State

AN ACT relating to insurance.

Amend KRS 304.39-020, relating to personal injury protection benefits, to modify requirements for certain medical expenses paid by a reparation obligor; amend KRS 304.39-130 to increase the allowable weekly reimbursement for work loss and other loss; amend KRS 304.39-210 to establish requirements for a reparation obligor paying medical expenses and a person submitting and collecting medical expenses; create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to provide the Attorney General with concurrent jurisdiction in the investigation and prosecution of offenses under KRS 304.47-020; amend KRS 304.47-020 to conform; create a new section of Subtitle 47 of KRS Chapter 304 to require the insurance commissioner to publish an annual insurance fraud report; direct that certain provisions apply to basic and added reparation benefits issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act. HCS (1) Retain original provisions; require the Attorney General, Commonwealth's attorneys, and county attorneys to refer any report, investigation, or discovery of a fraudulent insurance act to the commissioner of the Department of Insurance unless the fraudulent insurance act was previously reported to the commissioner. SCS (1) Retain original provisions; except delete exceptions to medical expense payment requirements and time for submission of a statement of charge for a medical expense.

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4/14/2026 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE

AN ACT relating to data privacy.

Amend KRS 367.3611 to define "actual knowledge," "algorithmic feed," "algorithmic recommendation system," "covered design feature," "covered minor," "covered online service," "dark pattern," "knows to be a child," "knows to be a minor," "minor," "online service," "parent," "personalized recommendation system," "publicly available information," and "user"; create a new section of KRS 367.3611 to 367.3629, the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act, to require a covered online service to configure all default privacy settings provided to a covered minor through its online service, product, or feature to the highest level of privacy; provide a covered minor and his or her parents with certain default settings and tools to protect the minor from profiling, targeted advertising for prohibited products, or the use of dark patterns to impair a covered minor's choice; prohibit the use of notifications and push alerts to a covered minor between certain days and times; amend KRS 367.3613 to conform; provide that Section 2 of the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Kid's Code.

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2/20/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Small Business & Information Technology (H)

AN ACT relating to taxation.

Amend KRS 131.170 to make a technical correction.

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3/20/2026 - (H) Returned to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to solid waste management service companies.

Amend KRS 109.045 to change the definition of "confidential business information"; extend the prohibition on the release of confidential business information relating to solid waste management service companies to all persons acting on behalf of a county or waste management district; provide that confidential business information shall be exempt from disclosure under KRS 61.870 to 61.844; provide for remedial actions to be taken if confidential business information is released; provide for payment to a contractor for work that is uninfluenced by and independent from confidential business information.

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3/10/2026 - received in Senate

AN ACT relating to data privacy.

Amend KRS 367.3611, relating to the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act, to define "automatic content recognition" and "smart monitor" and to include automatic content recognition data in the definition of "sensitive data"; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2027. SCS (1) Retain original provisions; define "automatic content recognition data" instead of "automatic content recognition"; remove automatic content recognition data from definition of "sensitive data"; amend KRS 367.3617 to provide that controllers shall not collect automatic content recognition data without a consumer's consent.

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4/13/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 118)

AN ACT relating to an income tax credit for qualified employers.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to define terms; establish a nonrefundable income tax credit for an employer that hires an eligible employee who holds a certificate of employability; provide that the credit is equal to the amount of wages paid to the eligible employee subject to certain limitations; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the credit.

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3/2/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to land use.

Amend KRS 100.283, relating to the approval of subdivision plats, to make a technical correction.

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3/13/2026 - (H) Returned to Committee House Local Government (H)

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.

Amend KRS 243.232, relating to vintage distilled spirits, to allow an exception for qualified collections of vintage distilled spirits from certain purchase and annual package maximum limits; limit the exemption to 10 collections in any given 12-month period per licensee or seller; amend KRS 241.010 and 243.990 to conform

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3/3/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

AN ACT relating to economic development.

Create a new section of Subchapter 32 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish a tiered county system for eligible companies to receive incentives under the Kentucky Business Investment Program; amends KRS 154.32-010 to define "tier"; amends KRS 154.32-020 and 154.32-040 to conform; amend KRS 154.32-050 to specify tiering procedures; amend KRS 154.32-060 to require the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority to identify and certify or decertify the tiers for all counties on an annual basis into 4 tax credit tiers; provide that the incentives available under this subchapter be determined based on the county where the economic development project is located by an approved company; provide a county's tier will be based on a 5 year average of its unemployment rate and population ranking; amend KRS 154.32-090, 154.61-010, 154.61-020, and 141.383 to conform.

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3/3/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House BR Sub. on Econ. Dev., Public Pro., Tour., and Energy (H)

AN ACT relating to residential building permits.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to define terms; require regulatory authorities to provide information to prospective applicants regarding requirements to apply for a permit; require a regulatory authority to inform an applicant of whether the application is complete within 3 days and include whether the regulatory authority is able to perform plan review and inspection within specified time limits; require a regulatory authority to conduct plan review within 14 days of receipt of a complete application and inspections within 5 days of any request for an inspection being made; provide for circumstances in which deadlines may be extended; permit an applicant to use a qualifying third-party inspector; set out circumstances under which a regulatory authority may collect fees depending on use of a third-party inspector; set out what a third-party inspector may review and set out qualifications and requirements the third-party inspector must meet; require a regulatory authority to issue a permit within 1 business day of the completion of required plan reviews and inspections associated with an otherwise complete application; state that any ordinance, rule, or regulation contrary is void and unenforceable; state that a regulatory authority may issue a stop-work order if a condition of a project constitute an immediate threat to public safety and welfare; establish immunity for the regulatory authority for action of an applicant or third-party inspector; amend KRS 198B.060 to conform.

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3/4/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government (H)

AN ACT relating to revenue measures and declaring an emergency.

FCCR (1) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 11 to require the state curator to accept a statute, monument, or object to art that is privately funded and created depicting or representing United States Senator Addison Mitchell McConell for display in the New State Capitol rotunda; require the commission to reserve a spot in the rotunda for the display; authorize the installation and permanent display by the General Assembly; create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to establish a sales tax incentive related to professional sporting events equal to 100% of the sale of admissions and tangible personal property and services to a qualifying attraction; establish requirements for receiving the incentive; create a new section of KRS Chapter 171 to allow credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, for the certified rehabilitation of a certified historic structure in which total qualified rehabilitation expenses exceed $150,000,000 for the taxable year; establish requirements for the credit.

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4/14/2026 - delivered to Secretary of State

AN ACT relating to the certified rehabilitation credit and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 171.396 to define and redefine certain terms; allow the certified rehabilitation credit cap to be allocated as 15% for owner-occupied residential property and 85% for property other than owner-occupied residential property, including workforce housing; require that projects approved as workforce housing maintain affordability for individuals earning 80% of the county level area median income or less; amend KRS 171.397 to state that the provisions established in this statute pertain to applications received before April 30, 2026; create a new section of KRS Chapter 171 to apply to applications received after April 30, 2026 with certain changes; current credit program cap of $100 million is maintained; with a split of $50 million into 2 separate credit allocation application rounds; expand the credit to apply to certain taxes imposed in KRS Chapter 136; require the Kentucky Heritage Council to work with the Kentucky Housing Corporation to ensure the workforce housing property maintains area median income affordability requirements for 5 years within completion of the certified rehabilitation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to require the corporation to work with the Kentucky Heritage Council for these purposes; amend KRS 141.0205; 141.382; and 171.3961 to make conforming changes.

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3/5/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to employment discrimination.

Amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, 344.080, 344.100, and 344.110 to add protections against discrimination based on weight.

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3/5/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

AN ACT relating to domestic violence.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to define terms; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to establish and maintain a domestic violence offender registry; limit the registry to persistent domestic violence offenders; require registrants to pay a $150 registration fee.

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3/5/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training state plan.

Amend KRS 205.2003 to require the cabinet develop and implement a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, education and training plan amendment to promote improved employment outcomes and workforce participation related to healthy workforce habits through public-private partnerships. HCS (1) Retain original provisions, with the following changes: include clauses expressing the General Assembly's commitment to initiatives and the working group; change references from "education and training" to "Employment and Training." HCS (1) Retain original provisions, with the following changes: include clauses expressing the General Assembly's commitment to initiatives and the working group; change references from "education and training" to "Employment and Training."

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4/8/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 58)

AN ACT relating to economic development and declaring an emergency.

HCS (1) Retain original provisions, except remove the rural building and job creation revolving fund and related uses of the fund for the New Markets Tax Credits Program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to define "approved company," "authority," and "credit"; create a refundable economic development credit against taxes imposed under KRS 141.020 or 141.040 and 141.0401; set requirements for the Department of Revenue to administer the credit; require the Department of Revenue to report to the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority on the credit; prohibit the information reported to be considered confidential; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the credit; amend KRS 154.12-204 to include the cost of equipment in approved costs; define "heritage county"; increase the minimum base hourly wage amount for the Bluegrass State Skills Program; amend KRS 154.12-207 to increase the skills training investment credit cap; create a separate skills training investment credit cap for trainees located in a heritage county; increase the timeframe that an approved company has to complete training programs under a Bluegrass State Skills Program; amend KRS 154.21-015 to define "heritage county"; amend KRS 154.21-017 to set a higher grant funding cap for approved projects located in a heritage county under the Kentucky Product Development Initiative Program; amend KRS 154.21-035 to include propane in the list of required utilities for a property that an eligible project occupies or is proposed to occupy under the Kentucky Product Development Initiative Program; amend KRS 154.25-010 to define "heritage county"; set a lower threshold for required jobs and eligible costs for projects located in a heritage county under the Kentucky Jobs Retention Act Program; amend KRS 154.25-030 to allow the extension of a tax incentive agreement for a jobs retention project when an approved company demonstrates that less than 75% of the incentives awarded will be claimed during the term of the agreement; allow a refundable credit of up to 1.5% of the wages paid to full-time employees maintained at a jobs retention project located in a heritage county; set a cap for the total refundable credits awarded to all approved companies under the Kentucky Jobs Retention Act Program and the Kentucky Business Investment Program at $2,000,000 per taxable year; amend KRS 154.25-040 to require reporting by the Department of Revenue and the Cabinet for Economic Development on the refundable credits claimed under the Kentucky Jobs Retention Act Program; amend KRS 154.32-010 to include research and development as an eligible company for the Kentucky Business Investment Program; expand the types of start-up costs and lease agreements allowed for economic development projects under the Kentucky Business Investment Program; define "heritage county"; increase the wage target thresholds and set a separate threshold for jobs located in a heritage county; amend KRS 154.32-020 to increase the required minimum pay for jobs created as a result of the economic development project under the Kentucky Business Investment Program; amend KRS 154.32-030 to allow the recovery of eligible costs incurred 90 days prior to receipt of preliminary approval for an economic development project under the Kentucky Business Investment Program; amend KRS 154.32-040 to allow a one-time extension for approved companies that received preliminary approval of an economic development project prior to January 1, 2023 under the Kentucky Business Investment Program; set requirements for the extension; amend KRS 154.32-070 to allow a refundable credit of up to 1.5% of the wages paid to full-time employees maintained at an economic development project located in a heritage county under the Kentucky Business Investment Program; set a cap for the total refundable credits awarded to all approved companies under the Kentucky Jobs Retention Act Program and the Kentucky Business Investment Program at $2,000,000 per taxable year; amend KRS 154.32-100 to require reporting by the Department of Revenue and the Cabient for Economic Development on the refundable credits claimed under the Kentucky Business Investment Program; amend various other sections to conform; repeal KRS 154.32-050, relating to certifcation of enhanced incentive counties; EMERGENCY. SCS (1) Delete original provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to create a refundable economic development credit for the Kentucky Product Development Initiative and the Kentucky Business Investment Program subject to the approval of the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority; amend KRS 141.0205 to add the refundable economic development credit to the priority of tax credits taken by a taxpayer; create a new section of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to create the heritage community revolving fund to provide financial assistance to support New Markets Development Program Tax Credit applications to be administered by the Cabinet for Economic Development and subject to the approval of the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority; amend KRS 154.12-204 to add the definition of "heritage county" and amend the definition of "minimum base hourly wage" from 150% to 200% for a company in a heritage county and to 300% for a company in any other county; amend KRS 154.12-207 to change the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation's occupational upgrade training or skills upgrade training credit amount not to exceed $5,000 per trainee for an approved company in a heritage county and $4,000 per trainee for an approved company in any other county and to change the 1 year to 3 year limit on completing training from the date of approval by the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation; amend KRS 154.21-015 to add the definition of "heritage county"; amend KRS 154.21-017 to increase maximum funding available to $2,500,000 for an approved project in a heritage county under the Kentucky Product Development Initiative; amend KRS 154.21-035 to include propane in the assessment of adequate utilities; amend KRS 154.25-010 to change definition of "eligible company" to include a minimum of 250 full-time persons for a project located in a heritage county and add the definition of "heritage county" under the Kentucky Jobs Retention Act; amend KRS 154.25-030 to allow an extension of the 10 year time period if less than 75% of the incentives will be claimed under the term of the agreement and to provide a refundable tax credit based on a tiering system ranking all of Kentucky's counties into 4 tiers; amend KRS 154.25-040 to add new reporting requirements for the Department of Revenue to the Cabinet for Economic Development and for the cabinet to annually report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission on the economic development wage credits received; amend KRS 154.25-050 to conform; amend KRS 154.32-010 to add "heritage county", amend "start-up costs" to include certain software; and "wage target" from 125% to 200% for a company in a heritage county and from 150% to 300% for a company in any other county under the Kentucky Business Incentives program; include research and development companies or out of state companies involved in economic development projects near Tier IV counties, with another state that has reciprocal provisions with Kentucky, with a minimum 250 full-time jobs, and meets other criteria as the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority may require; amend KRS 154.32-020 to increase the percentage of federal minimum wage paid to 90% of new full-time employees from 125% to 200% in heritage counties and from 150% to 300% in other counties and to provide a refundable economic development credit based on a tiering system ranking all of Kentucky's counties into 4 tiers; amend KRS 154.32-030 to allow recovery of eligible costs incurred 90 days prior to receiving preliminary approval; amend KRS 154.32-040

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4/27/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT proposing to amend section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky exempting property from taxation.

Propose to amend Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky to exempt property owned by seniors who are 65 years of age or older and property owned by a former member of the United States Armed Forces, including the National Guard, who is 100% service-connected combat-related disabled and, upon his death, property owned by his or her surviving spouse; apply to property assessed on or after January 1, 2027; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

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3/11/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

AN ACT relating to education.

Amend KRS 160.463 to make technical corrections.

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3/11/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education (H)

AN ACT relating to collective bargaining agreements and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to prohibit any local government from entering into any future collective bargaining agreement; grandfather existing collective bargaining rights; amend KRS 160.160, relating to local boards of education, to prohibit any board of education from entering into any future collective bargaining agreement; grandfather existing collective bargaining rights; amend KRS 304.48-250 and 304.50-055 to make technical changes; amend various other sections to remove references to collective bargaining; repeal various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Protection Act; EMERGENCY.

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3/25/2026 - (H) Returned to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to hemp products and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; establish laboratory and testing standards and procedures; exempt designated persons from prosecution or discipline, including attorneys who represent those affiliated with regulated adult-use products; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 260.8635 as a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to establish procedures for transporting intermediate hemp-derived cannabinoid products; amend KRS 217.039 to establish rules and procedures for the sale of retail hemp, intermediate hemp-derived cannabinoid products, and cannabis-infused beverages; amend KRS 243.030 to reduce the fee for an annual cannabis-infused beverage retail package license from $2,000 to $500; amend KRS 260.862 to allow the Department of Agriculture to prescribe rules for the sale of cannabis floral material by a licensed cultivator or handler; amend KRS 138.870, 218A.010, 218B.010, 218B.015, 241.010, 260.852, and 260.858 to conform; EMERGENCY.

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3/11/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

AN ACT relating to government agencies, making an appropriation therefore, and declaring an emergency.

Appropriate General Fund moneys from the budget reserve trust fund account in each fiscal year of the 2026-2028 fiscal biennium to various state agencies for miscellaneous projects and programs; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY. HCS (1) Retain original provisions; add a General Fund appropriation of $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2025-2026 from the budget reserve trust fund account to various state agencies for miscellaneous projects and programs; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY. SCS (1) Retain, delete, and add to original provisions; appropriate General Funds moneys in the amounts of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2025-2026, $400,000,000 in fiscal year 2026-2027, and $400,000,000 in fiscal year 2027-2028 from the budget reserve trust fund account to various state agencies for miscellaneous projects and programs; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY. FCCR (1) Retain, delete, and add to original provisions; appropriate General Fund moneys from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account in fiscal years 2025-2026, 2026-2027, and 2027-2028 to various state agencies for miscellaneous projects and programs; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

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4/13/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 142)

AN ACT relating to gaming.

HCS (1) Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 230.210 to redefine "athlete," "fantasy contest entry fee," "fantasy contest," "fantasy contest service provider," "fantasy contest participant," and "prohibited participant"; define "restricted participant"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to exempt the Kentucky Lottery Corporation and the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation from being required to have the Governor's signature to promulgate administrative regulations; create new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to define "licensed online gaming operator," "child support arrearage," and "disqualified person"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services compile and maintain a child support arrearage registry and transmit an updated registry to each licensed online gaming operator on a monthly basis; require a licensed online gaming operator to deny account creation to any applicant who is on the registry; exclude persons licensed to conduct charitable gaming from the child support arrearage registry requirements; require fantasy contest service providers to make all commercially and technologically reasonable efforts to notify the corporation of a breach of conduct or any conduct that corrupts an outcome of a sporting event; require a fantasy contest operator to be at least 18 years old; prohibit the corporation from limiting or restricting lawful fantasy contests by labeling them as sports wagering except when warranted by its actual characteristics and consistent with state and federal law; prohibit a restricted participant from participating in fantasy contest except in contests that are outside the scope of the individual's profession or relationship for which the individual has access to nonpublic information; require an initial licensing fee of $7,500 and a renewal fee of $5,000 for fantasy contest service providers that were operating in the Commonwealth 12 months prior to the effective date of this Act; require an initial licensing fee of $15,000 and a renewal fee of $10,000 for fantasy contest service providers that were not operating prior to the effective date of this Act; establish the fantasy contest administration fund; amend KRS 13A.190 to conform; amend KRS 138.552 to define "adjusted gross fixed-odds wagering revenue" and "adjusted gross sports wagering revenue"; redefine "sporting event" and "sports wagering"; impose a 9.75% excise tax on the adjusted gross revenue of fixed-odds wagers on live horse racing at the track; impose a 14.25% excise tax on the adjusted gross revenue of fixed-odds wagers on live horse racing online via websites or mobile applications; amend KRS 230.225 to require a licensee to submit a report to the corporation under penalty of perjury and under penalty of refusal, suspension, or revocation of a license for any substantially misleading or false information in a report; amend KRS 230.805 to redefine "proposition bet" and "beneficial interest"; prohibit this Act from preventing a service provider, track, or a fantasy contest service provider from offering advanced deposit account wagering through an online platform; amend KRS 238.505 to delay the requirement that a chairperson complete training and a background check until July 1, 2027; delete the definition of "licensed charitable gaming facility"; repeal and reenact KRS 238.538 to establish the transfer of a charitable gaming facility license to a licensed charitable organization; allow a licensed charitable organization to move to a new location restricted to ages 21 and over if a sale or transfer of ownership or any of the property or business occurs where the location is located or if there is a closure for 90 days or more due to acts of God; retroactively prohibit the authorization of locations for the play of electronic charity game tickets between April 15, 2026, until April 25, 2027; allow charity game ticket locations operating prior to April 15, 2026, to resupply or update; amend KRS 238.540 to require the corporation to create an online version of the training for chairpersons prior to July 1, 2027; make technical corrections; RETROACTIVE. HFA (2) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to define "suspicious wagering activity"; require sports wagering licensees and service providers to accept any deposits or wagers up to $1,000; suspend the $1,000 requirement if the player has already wagered more than $5,000 on the same day, if a winning wager would result in a payout of $1,000,000 or more, or if the wagering activity constitutes suspicious wagering activity or indicates problem or compulsive gambling; require a sports wagering licensee or service provider to send an electronic notification within 24 hours of issuing a limit or ban; require sports wagering licensees and service providers to establish an appeal process and notify a person of the determination of the appeal within 1 week. HFA (5) Amend KRS 230.210 to redefine "fixed-odds wagering"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to require the Attorney General's office to compile and maintain a child support arrearage registry to transmit to the corporation on a monthly basis for the corporation to disseminate to each licensed online gaming operator; prohibit the corporation from limiting or restricting lawful fantasy contests by labeling them as sports wagering unless warranted by its actual characteristics and consistent with state and federal law; establish fantasy contest service provider fees for fantasy contest service providers that are currently licensed as a sports wagering service provider and fantasy contest service providers that are not currently licensed as sports wagering service providers; establish the fantasy contest administration fund that shall consist of moneys received from fees and taxes imposed on fantasy contest service providers; amend KRS 138.552 to redefine "adjusted gross fixed-odds wagering revenue" and "adjusted gross sports wagering revenue"; amend KRS 230.310 to allow an association or track to lease space to a charitable organization at a commercially reasonable rate or conduct raffles or other special limited charity fundraising events as authorized by the corporation; amend KRS 230.361 to allow parimutuel pools and odds to be updated after wagering is disabled to reflect all wagers that were placed up to the moment wagering is disabled; amend KRS 230.805 to prohibit a track or service provider from offering fixed-odds wagering without a supplemental fixed-odds wagering license; define "minimum bet limit"; require a track to have a mandatory minimum bet limit of at least $1,000 per race; prohibit proposition bets on individual performance statistics on athletes participating in collegiate sports events for a team located in Kentucky if the outcome of the wager is contingent upon the athlete failing to meet a specified threshold or experiencing a negative performance outcome; prohibit a track or licensee offering fantasy contests from participating in or contracting with platforms that offer events contracts in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; prohibit a track or licensee offering fantasy contests from contracting with a service provider that offers event contracts through a prediction market in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; prohibit a track or licensee offering fantasy contests from participating in or contracting with platforms that offer events contracts on and after July 1, 2027; prohibit a track or licensee offering fantasy contests from contracting with a service provider that offers event contracts through a prediction market on and after July 1, 2027; permit the corporation or Department of Revenue to promulgate administrative regulations to regulate the conduct or activity of prediction markets in the Commonwealth in accordance with applicable federal law; establish that if a track holds 2 or more license's only the specific license for which the track has violated the terms shall be subject to applicable penalties; amend KRS 2

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4/14/2026 - delivered to Secretary of State

AN ACT relating to planning and zoning.

Amend KRS 100.326 to define terms; prohibit planning units from adopting or enforcing certain specified ordinances or regulations concerning aspects of commercial uses; state that a single principal structure or building on a single lot in a commercial zone for a permitted use shall be approved without a development plan; establish a cause of action by a developer to bring suit for a violation of the section; create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to state that a planning units activities are subject to its own land use and planning and zoning regulations.

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3/17/2026 - House Local Government (H), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 635, relating to public offenders, to provide that a court that commits a child to the Department of Juvenile Justice shall require the child's caregiver to reimburse the department for the costs of the child's commitment; amend KRS 403.727 and KRS 456.035, relating to protection orders involving minors, to permit a victim advocate to attend an evidentiary hearing to offer advocacy services to an alleged victim; amend KRS 530.064 to provide that a person 18 years of age or older, or a minor who has been transferred to Circuit Court to be proceeded against as a youthful offender, is guilty of unlawful transaction in the first degree for the commission of a felony offense where any person uses or possess a gun in furtherance of a crime; amend KRS 530.065 and 530.070 to provide that unlawful transaction with a minor in the second and third degree may be applied to adult defendants and child defendants transferred to Circuit Court to be proceeded against as a youthful offender; amend KRS 610.030, relating to preliminary intake inquiry procedures and diversions, to provide that upon completing the preliminary intake inquiry for a status offense complaint, the court-designated worker shall refer the complaint to the county attorney for the county attorney to decide how the complaint shall proceed; require the court-designated worker to consult with the county attorney in the development of a diversion agreement; specify the persons the court-designated worker shall make the details of the diversion agreement available to; provide that if a child fails diversion for a status offense complaint, the court-designated worker shall refer the matter to the county attorney; amend KRS 610.070, relating to juvenile case hearings, to provide that if a child has been convicted of, pled guilty to, or has been adjudicated to have committed an offense which would classify the child as a violent offender, the court may order a dispositional or sentencing hearing open to the public; amend KRS 610.110 relating to disposition of juvenile cases, to require the department to notify relevant law enforcement agencies of the disposition of each case for any child committed by the court who is placed in a residential treatment facility by the department or the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 610.340, relating to confidentiality of juvenile records, to require Administrative Office of the Courts to permit a peace officer access to juvenile and family court records necessary for the peace officer to carry out lawful duties; amend KRS 610.345, relating to disclosure of records, to provide that the clerk of the court shall notify certain school personnel when the court issues a protective order where a child is a petitioner or respondent; amend KRS 635.010, relating to public offense complaints, to allow a county attorney to file a petition for a first time misdemeanor; amend KRS 635.020, relating to criteria for determining how a child is to be tried, to provide that a youth 14 years of age or older may be tried as an adult if the court finds probable cause that the child committed an offense which would classify the child as a violent offender, or a capital offense, Class A felony, or Class B felony; provide that a child may be tried as an adult if the court finds probable cause that the youth has previously been adjudicated as a youthful offender and is back in front of a court for allegedly committing a new felony; amend KRS 635.040, relating to effect of adjudication by the juvenile court, to provide that a past adjudication may be considered for any enhanced disposition or sentence for a subsequent offense; amend KRS 635.060, relating to options of the court at the dispositional hearing, to increase the maximum period of sanctions for a violation of supervision from 30 days to 180 days; increase the maximum period of probation for a misdemeanor from 6 months to 12 months; increase the maximum period of probation for a Class D felony from 12 months to up until the age of 18; increase the period a child may be confined in a secure detention facility or detention program from 45 days to 90 days for children 14 and 15 years old, and from 90 days to 180 days for children 16 years of age and older; provide for a minimum commitment period of at least 12 months for a child committed to the department for a felony; repeal KRS 605.035, relating to the creation of the family accountability, intervention, and response teams; and amend various KRS sections to conform.

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3/11/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.

Amend KRS 342.260 to include a written notice of rejection or withdrawal of that rejection within the Insurance Coverage Look-up database; amend KRS 342.395 to require the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims to provide an online portal through which as employee's rejection or withdrawal may be electronically submitted to the department.

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3/13/2026 - (H) Returned to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Business Investment Program.

Amend KRS 154.32-010, relating to the Kentucky Business Investment Program, to add laboratory equipment, computer servers, software, capitalized leases, and leasehold improvements directly related to research and development, headquarters, high-technology operations, or service sector facilities to the definitions of "eligible costs" and "start-up costs," respectively.

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3/13/2026 - (H) Returned to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

AN ACT relating to occupational health and safety.

Amend KRS 338.991 to increase the civil penalties for employers who have violated any provision of KRS Chapter 338, received a citation for a violation of the requirements of KRS Chapter 338, or failed to correct a violation for which a citation has been issued; require the secretary for the Education and Labor Cabinet to annually adjust the maximum civil penalties beginning in 2026 by the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Customers (CPI-U); direct the secretary to begin a 3 year phase-in for penalty adjustments beginning August 1, 2026.

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3/11/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

AN ACT relating to cities.

Repeal KRS 6.945, relating to a restriction on the authority of the General Assembly to require cities to make expenditures or levy taxes; amend KRS 65.504 to conform.

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3/13/2026 - (H) Returned to Committee House Local Government (H)

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the establishment of the Property Taxation Task Force.

Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Property Taxation Task Force to study, review, and provide policy recommendations on how to address local property taxation increases; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2026 legislative interim; outline task force membership; require the task force to submit its findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2026.

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2/4/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION calling on the United States Congress to submit to the states for ratification a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution and making a formal application to Congress under Article V of the United States Constitution to call a convention for the sole purpose of proposing for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution which requires a balanced federal budget.

Call on the United States Congress to submit to the states for ratification a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution and making a formal application to Congress to call a convention.

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3/13/2026 - (H) Returned to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Economic Development Incentive Modernization Task Force.

Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Economic Development Incentive Modernization Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding Kentucky's current economic develop inititiatives, incentives, and related policies and their effectiveness in relation to competitor states, marketing campaigns and targeted sector updates that competitor states have implemented in recent years and their effectivesness, and actions and policies Kentucky should consider in order to improve Kentucky's economic develop initiatives and incentives; establish membership; direct the task force to meet during the 2026 Interim and submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2026.

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2/18/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Health Care Workforce Task Force to identify strategies to increase the number of health care professionals while maintaining high quality standards of care.

Establish the Health Care Workforce Task Force to identify strategies to increase the number of health care providers while maintaining high quality standards of care; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit a report with recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committees on Health Services and Education by December 1, 2026.

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3/13/2026 - (H) SECOND READING, to Rules

A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to withdraw all waiver applications that have been submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to establish a community engagement program, and declaring an emergency.

Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to withdraw the 1115(a) demonstration waiver application that was submitted on June 25, 2025, to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement a mandatory community engagement program; EMERGENCY HCS (1) Retain original provisions; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to also withdraw any other waiver application that may have been previously filed with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to establish a community engagement program.

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4/14/2026 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE

A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Auditor of Public Accounts to study the applicable statutes, administrative regulations, and agency policies and processes that directly impact the opening and operation of licensed and certified child care services in the Commonwealth.

Direct the Auditor of Public Accounts to commission a study of applicable statutes, administrative regulations, and agency policies and processes that directly impact opening and operating licensed and certified child care services in the Commonwealth; require the Auditor to procure a vendor to conduct the study; report findings and recommendations of the study to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2027, for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children.

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4/14/2026 - delivered to Secretary of State

A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to conduct investigations measuring the Commonwealth's capabilities and vulnerabilities during a potential conflict in the Indo-Pacific and European regions and declaring an emergency.

A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to conduct
Direct the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to conduct investigations measuring the Commonwealth's capabilities and vulnerabilities during a potential conflict in the Indo-Pacific and European regions; specify certain confidentiality and reporting requirements; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.conflict in the Indo-Pacific and European regions HFA(1) Retain original provisions, except replace delayed effective date with emergency; EMERGENCY.

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4/1/2026 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)

A RESOLUTION adjourning the House of Representatives in honor and loving memory of the victims of the United Parcel Service Airlines Flight 2976, and commending those who responded to the incident.

Adjourn in honor and loving memory of the victims of UPS Airlines Flight 2976, and recognize the efforts of first responders and other agencies that responded to the crash.

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1/13/2026 - ADOPTED BY HOUSE

AN ACT relating to education.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to provide the findings of the General Assembly relating to Jefferson County Public Schools; provide the General Assembly's determinations based on those findings; repeal and reenact KRS 160.370, relating to duties of superintendents and local boards of education. HFA(2) Retain original provisions, except place the legislative findings in a preamble instead of KRS Chapter 160; amend KRS 160.370 to include a school district with 500,000 or more inhabitants; remove the limitation that the board not meet more than once every 4 weeks; change the rolling 3-year strategic plan to a 5-year plan; require the board to review and approve a rolling 3-year projection of expenses and revenues; limit the amount of transfers the superintendent is authorized to make to $250,000 per quarter; require the superintendent to report to the board any purchases and transfers to the board at the next regularly scheduled meeting.

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4/14/2026 - delivered to Secretary of State

"AN ACT relating to school administrators and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 157.350 to provide that in order to be eligible to receive support education excellence in Kentucky funds a school district shall not provide the superintendent or any administrator a percentage pay increase greater than the average percentage pay increase provided to classroom teachers within the district; amend KRS 156.070 to conform. HFA (1) Retain original provisions; amend KRS 157.350 to specify that superintendent contracts entered into on or after July 1, 2026, shall not provide a percentage pay increase greater than the percentage pay increase provided to classroom teachers within the district; specify that an administrator shall not receive a percentage pay increase greater than that given to classroom teachers unless the increase is due to a professional advancement that imposes a significant change in job duties and responsibilities or is to uniformly increase the pay for a job category; authorize the commissioner of education to waive these provisions upon request; specify that if the commissioner denies a request, a waiver may be requested in accordance with KRS 156.161; amend KRS 160.350 to require each local board of education to submit to the Kentucky Department of Education copies of superintendent contracts, amendments, renewals, extensions, and addendums; require the local board and the department to publish the documents to their websites; amend KRS 160.346 to authorize a superintendent to remove a principal if the school has been identified for targeted support and improvement or comprehensive support and improvement for 2 or more consecutive years; EMERGENCY.

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3/27/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 9)

AN ACT relating to school district finances.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to establish the calendar and procedures for a district superintendent and local board of education to adopt a school district budget; require that a budget must include a reserve of not less than 2%; amend KRS 160.431 to require the annual financial report and the Kentucky Department of Education's written report be published on the district financial disclosure website; amend KRS 160.463 to require a school district to maintain a district financial disclosure website; identify the information that shall be published on the website; amend KRS 157.440, 160.390, 160.460, 160.470, 160.473, 160.530 and 160.550 to conform; require districts to publish the most recent information available on the district financial disclosure website upon the effective date of the Act. SCA (1) Make technical corrections to conform. SFA (2) Retain original provisions; require posting of superintendent contracts and separation pay to the district financial disclosure website.

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2/3/2026 - received in House

AN ACT relating to public utilities and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to establish the membership of the Public Service Commission; provide for the appointment, confirmation, and replacement of commissioners; establish the qualifications of the commissioners; provide for the election of the chair and the delegation of his or her duties; set the terms and term limits for commissioners; set qualifications for intervenors in cases before the commission; provide that in cases in which the Attorney General intervenes, he or she shall be the sole advocate for residential consumers; amend KRS 278.020 to increase the minimum voltage and length of electric transmission lines for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity is required for construction; amend KRS 278.040 to provide that the commission is an independent department of state government that is administratively attached to the Auditor of Public Accounts only for the limited functions and purposes that the commission requests; allow the commission, in its sole discretion, to conduct procurements under KRS Chapter 45A, identify and determine the compensation for categories of its professional employees, and engage hearing officers and other entities on a contractual basis; prohibit the commission from being reorganized under KRS Chapter 12; amend KRS 278.060 to prohibit the immediate family members of commissioners from having any official relationship to any utility; allow for a commissioner or an immediate family member to have a pension or a retirement savings account with utility as long as no contributions have been made to it for at least 1 year prior to the commissioner's appointment; amend KRS 278.070 to allow the officer who appointed a commissioner to remove the commissioner for cause; amend KRS 278.100 and 278.120 to allow the commission to appoint and have sole discretion in fixing the compensation of the executive director; require the executive director to be subject to confirmation by the Senate; amend KRS 278.702, 12.020, 43.015, 64.640, 160.617, and 224.10-022 to conform; repeal KRS 278.050, relating to membership of the Public Service Commission; require the Auditor of Public Accounts to make initial appointments to the commission on or before July 1, 2026, and provide for the staggering of the appointments; allow current members of the commission to serve out the remainders of their terms provided that they meet the qualification requirements of the Act; terminate the terms of current commissioners who do not meet the qualification requirements of the Act and provide for their replacement; direct the transfer of all records, files, or documents associated with functions previously performed by the Energy and Environment Cabinet to the Auditor of Public Accounts; EMERGENCY. SCS (1) Retain original provisions, except reduce the minimum length of an electric transmission line from 20 miles to 5 miles for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity is needed for construction; require that within 30 days of the effective date of the Act, the Auditor of Public Accounts shall make 2 appointments to the Public Service Commission for terms expiring July 1, 2030; provide that all current members of the commission may serve out the remainder of their terms and any subsequent terms upon reappointment without being subject to the qualifications and appointment limitations in subsection (1) of Section 1 of the Act. SFA (1) Delete Section 2 in its entirety; create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to establish the procedure by which parties may be allowed to intervene in cases pending before the Public Service Commission; establish requirements for the motion to intervene that parties are required to make; establish the standard by which the commission shall grant leave to intervene; establish the conditions by which the commission may take action against an intervening party that is unduly complicating, delaying, or disrupting the proceedings; require that unless otherwise ruled by the commission, a person granted leave to intervene shall be served with all papers in the case after the order granting intervention; require that a person granted leave to intervene abide by the procedural schedule for the proceeding in existence when the order granting intervention is issued; allow a person not granted leave to intervene to file written comments, which shall be included in the case record; provide that a person filing written comments shall not be deemed a party to the proceeding and shall not be required to be named as a party to an appeal; return the minimum voltage threshold required for a new electric transmission line to be subject to the commission's approval for a certificate of public convenience and necessity from 200 kilovolts to 138 kilovolts. HCS(2) Retain original provisions, except delete in their entirety Section 2 of the Act relating to standing requirements for intervenors in proceedings before the Public Service Commission (commission) and Section 3 of the Act relating to minimum thresholds for the length and voltage of electric transmission lines that require commission approval prior to construction; require the Governor to make all 5 appointments to the commission; require that no more than 3 members of the commission be of the same political party; remove the requirement that only a certain number of commission members have the same profession; remove all provisions attaching the commission to the Auditor of Public Accounts and leave the commission attached to the Energy and Environment Cabinet for administrative purposes only; make conforming changes; amend KRS 278.010 to define “municipal interlocal gas utility”; exempt “municipal interlocal gas utility” from the definition of “utility”; amend KRS 65.230 to define “municipal interlocal gas utility”; amend KRS 65.240 to allow public agencies to enter into agreements to acquire natural gas facilities outside of their municipal jurisdictional boundaries; amend KRS 96.5375 to allow municipal interlocal gas utilities to extend or construct natural gas systems outside the constituent city’s boundaries; define "municipal interlocal gas utility"; within 30 days of the effective date of the Act, require the Governor to make 2 appointments to the commission for terms expiring July 1, 2028; RETROACTIVE, in part, to January 1, 2020. HFA(5) Delete Sections 10, 11,12, 13, and 16 of the Act relating to municipal interlocal gas utilities.

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4/14/2026 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE

AN ACT relating to housing districts.

SCS (1) Retain original provisions, except require a developer or property owner to obtain approval from a mortgage or lien holder, if applicable, for a parcel of property to be included within a residential infrastructure development district; limit a housing development district to no more than 20% agricultural use land upon the establishment of the district; require a local government to provide notice to each property owner of property to be included in a district relating to the right to exclude the property from the district. HCS (1) Retain original provisions, except require a local government to provide written notice of a public hearing regarding an exemption to planning and zoning for a housing development district; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms; establish that an applicant has a vested right to the development standards in place at the time of application for a building permit, development plan, or subdivision plat upon the submission of the application to a relevant authority; establish vesting periods; allow for extensions to the vesting period; establish that the relevant authority may terminate the vested rights under specified circumstances; establish enforcement authority; amend KRS 100.347 to limit entities which have standing to challenge a final action of a planning and zoning authority; create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to define terms; require regulatory authorities to provide information to prospective applicants regarding requirements to apply for a permit; require a regulatory authority to inform an applicant of whether the application is complete within 5 days and include whether the regulatory authority is able to perform plan review and inspection within specified time limits; require a regulatory authority to conduct plan review within 10 days of receipt of a complete application and inspections within 5 days of any request for an inspection being made; permit an applicant to use a qualifying third-party inspector; set out circumstances under which a regulatory authority may collect fees depending on use of a third-party inspector; set out what a third-party inspector may review and set out qualifications and requirements the third-party inspector must meet; require a regulatory authority to issue a permit within 3 business days of the completion of required plan reviews and inspections associated with an otherwise complete application; state that any ordinance, rule, or regulation contrary is void and unenforceable; state that a regulatory authority may issue a stop-work order if a condition of a project constitute an immediate threat to public safety and welfare; establish immunity for the regulatory authority for action of an applicant or third-party inspector; amend KRS 198B.060 to conform; amend KRS 381.785 to exclude from the definition of "planned community" groups with 4 or fewer residential lots; amend KRS 381.794 to exempt planned communities with 15 or fewer units from financial reporting and document retention requirements; amend KRS 381.9197 to exempt condominiums with 15 or fewer units from financial reporting and document retention requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 prohibiting a local government from adopting or enforcing certain restrictions on the occupancy of dwelling units; state that the prohibition does not affect a local government's ability to enforce safety codes including the state building code or any uniform code or administrative regulation related to fire safety or the construction or safety of buildings; create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to prohibit a planning unit from adopting or enforcing certain ordinances related to vehicle parking; state that the prohibition does not alleviate obligations to provide accessible parking; create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define "commercial zone," "mixed-use residential development," and "multifamily residential development"; direct that mixed-use and multifamily developments are a permitted use in commercial zones; prohibit a planning unit from imposing certain requirements on those residential developments; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms relating to short-term rentals; prohibit a local government from adopting or enforcing specific ordinances restricting the operation of a short-term rental; allow a planning unit to require registration for the operation of short-term rentals and enumerate the contents of a registration, procedures for registration, revocation of registration, and penalties for operating without registration when planning unit has adopted a registration ordinance; state that ordinances generally applicable to all dwellings that are necessary for public health or safety and do not treat short-term rentals differently than other residential properties are unaffected; state that any ordinance that conflicts with provisions of the section is void and unenforceable and that a party aggrieved by a violation of the section may be awarded attorney's fees and costs; state that the section shall not be construed to affect regulations of a homeowner's association or other similar property owner association; amend KRS 198B.030 to require the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to consider the effects of any proposed new or amended regulation on residential construction by conducting a cost-benefit analysis and an analysis to determine the impacts on the amount of residential construction; require the analyses to be submitted to the Housing, Buildings and Construction Advisory Committee and the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 211.203 to exempt pools that share a plat with a single-family residence that are rented to guests by the owner of the residence from regulation as public pools; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define "local government," "low voltage battery-charged security fence," and "nonelectric perimeter barrier"; allow low voltage battery-charged security fences to be installed and operated on property that is not used as or exclusively zoned for residential purposes without the need to obtain any local government permit, approval, or other authorization, except for an alarm permit when required; specify that the bill does not impede a local government's usage of safety codes and generally applicable setback, height, and lot coverage requirements for nonelectric perimeter barriers; create new sections of KRS 383.200 to 383.285 to provide for expungement of records in eviction proceedings that are dismissed; prohibit minors from being named in an action for forcible detainer unless the minor is a leaseholder; provide for expungement of a minor's name from an order; amend KRS 383.240 to require the court to give notice to the parties that records will be expunged; amend KRS 383.250 to provide for sealing of records; amend KRS 367.310 to prohibit consumer reporting agencies from maintaining information in their files relating to dismissed eviction actions; provide that the expungement of dismissed eviction actions applies to actions initiated on or after the effective date of the Act. HCA (1) Make title amendment.

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4/15/2026 - Free Conference Committee Appointed in House Rep. Osborne, Chair; Rep. Flannery; Rep. Meade; Rep. Kulkarni; Rep. Witten

AN ACT relating to a residential safe room rebate program.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to define terms; the residential safe room rebate program; establish the residential safe room rebate fund to provide rebates to residents of this state for the construction or installation of a residential safe room; establish an application process by which the Division of Emergency Management awards rebates; require the division to promulgate administrative regulations; require the division to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission about the residential safe room rebate program. SCS (1) Retain original provisions; remove state appropriations from moneys included in the fund; add that federal funds shall include FEMA funds as moneys included in the fund.

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3/23/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 5)

AN ACT relating to medical provider coverage in Level IV trauma centers.

Amend KRS 211.492 to define "advanced practice provider"; amend KRS 211.494 to allow Level IV verified trauma centers to utilize physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses who are supervised by physicians to cover emergency departments; require the Department for Public Health to promulgate administrative regulations to conform.

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2/6/2026 - received in House

AN ACT relating to planning commission membership.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define terms; amend KRS 100.133 and 100.137 to allow the inclusion of a nonvoting ex officio member of a planning unit to be a representative of a military installation to advise on matters relating to national security and other concerns for the military installation; provide that the Act may be cited as the Military Installation Protection Act.

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1/23/2026 - received in House

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.

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1/6/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to wages.

Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to incrementally raise minimum wage for employers to $15.00 an hour; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.

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1/6/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to health services.

Amend KRS 311.380 to define "physician assistant," “podiatric assistant,” “podiatric residency,” “podiatric resident,” podiatric supervision," and "supervising podiatrist"; amend KRS 311.400 to add the scope of practice for podiatric residents and podiatric assistants; amend KRS 311.410 to conform; amend KRS 311.420 to add qualifications to acquire a license to practice podiatry; permit the board to promulgate administrative regulations for licensure of podiatric assistants and podiatric residents, podiatric residency licenses, and the approval and regulation of podiatric supervision of physician assistants; amend KRS 311.480 to include podiatric resident and podiatric assistant licenses to the licenses the Board of Podiatry can deny, refuse to renew, suspend, place on probation, or revoke; amend KRS 311.840 to define "podiatric supervision" and "supervising podiatrist"; create a new section of KRS 311.840 to 311.862 to establish requirements for podiatrists to supervise physician assistants; amend KRS 218B.010 to add podiatrist to the definition of "medicinal cannabis practitioner"; add the State Board of Podiatry to the definition of "state licensing board"; amend KRS 218B.050 to add podiatrist to those required to apply to the same state licensing board that issued his or her license for authorization to provide written certifications for the use of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 218B.145 to add the State Board of Podiatry to those to be notified of qualifying medical conditions; amend KRS 311.450, 311.460, 311.470, and 311.475 to make technical changes; amend KRS 311.390, 311.490, 311.495, and 311.990 to conform. SCS (1) Retain original provisions of the bill, except remove provisions related to medicinal cannabis. HFA (1) Retain original provisions and create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop Type 1 diabetes informational materials for parents and guardians of students; require each local board of education and public charter school board of directors to make the Type 1 diabetes informational materials available on the school district's website and in the main front entrance and family resource and youth services center of each school.

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4/10/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 85)

AN ACT relating to local entities and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 64.5277 to define "excess credit hours"; amend KRS 64.5278 to allow a city to establish different base incentive amounts for different types of city officers by ordinance; remove minimum and maximum payment amounts. HFA(1) Amend KRS 45A.380 to allow the purchase of used vehicles and used equipment through noncompetitive negotiation if the agency pays no more than 75% of the manufacturer's suggested retail price for the model year of a vehicle or for the date of manufacture for equipment; amend KRS 424.260 to stipulate that supplies may be for perishable foods or sold at public auction without making a newspaper advertisement for bid and allow local agencies to purchase used vehicles and equipment negotiation if the agency pays no more than 75% of the manufacturer's suggested retail price for the model year of a vehicle or for the date of manufacture for equipment; stipulate that supplies may be for perishable foods or sold at public auction without making a newspaper advertisement for bids. HFA(3) Retain original provisions, and amend KRS 75.031 to require all trustees of a fire district to personally reside in the fire district and declare a vacancy if a trustee moves outside the district during his or her term; amend KRS 273.207 to require all board members of a fire department organized under KRS Chapter 273 to be residents of the area served by the corporation and declare a vacancy if the member moves outside the geographic area during his or her term; declare a vacancy to exist for board members who do not reside in the district or area in the effective date of the Act; provide a method to fill the vacancy; EMERGENCY.

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4/10/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 90)

AN ACT relating to music therapy.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to define terms; establish a licensing board for professional music therapists; require 3 members of the board to have engaged in the practice or teaching of music therapy for at least 3 years; prohibit any persons not licensed by the board from holding himself or herself out as a licensed professional music therapist; authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations; authorize the board to issue a license to practice music therapy; establish the process for license renewal, suspension, and revocation; establish fees for licensure; establish fee limitations; authorize the board to implement disciplinary actions; require a licensed professional music therapist to collaborate with a client's physician or other professional involved in the treatment of the client; require a licensed professional music therapist to collaborate with a client's mental health or substance use disorder professional involved in the treatment of the client; prohibit a licensed professional music therapist from replacing services provided by an audiologist or a speech-language pathologist; create the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Professional Music Therapists fund; establish a fine for violations; provide for initial board appointments.

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1/6/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to traffic control signal monitoring systems.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define "agency," "owner," "recorded images," and "traffic control signal monitoring system"; establish a civil penalty of $50 if a motor vehicle is recorded failing to obey the instructions of a traffic control device; set forth forms and procedures; outline defenses for citations for failing to obey a traffic control device; mandate that the Transportation Cabinet shall suspend the registration of the motor vehicle when a person refuses to pay the civil penalty and does not appear to contest the citation; mandate that civil penalties shall not result in points against the driving record of the operator of the motor vehicle in violation; amend KRS 189.231 and 189.990 to conform.

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1/6/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to geoengineering.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to define terms; make criminal atmospheric pollution a Class D felony; require that a person found guilty of criminal atmospheric pollution pay a civil penalty of not less than $500,000 in addition to all other penalties authorized by law; provide that each day that a person engages in criminal atmospheric pollution constitutes a separate offense; empower all peace officers of the Commonwealth to enforce the prohibition on criminal atmospheric pollution; require an arresting officer to issue a notice to any federal agency that approved the action that those activities cannot be lawfully carried out in the Commonwealth.

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1/6/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to discrimination in educational settings and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; prohibit a school district, public school, or cooperative board from providing differential treatment or benefits on the basis of an individual's religion, race, sex, color, or national origin; prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education, a school district, a public school, or a cooperative board from expending any resources on diversity, equity, and inclusion; prohibit the department, a school district, a public school, or a cooperative board from soliciting statements on an applicant's experience with or views on religion, race, sex, color, or national origin, from providing differential treatment or benefits to an individual based on the individual's participation in diversity, equity, and inclusion training, and from disseminating or profiting from any research, work product, or material that promotes or justifies discriminatory concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion; establish exclusions; authorize the Attorney General to bring an action for a writ of mandamus to compel the department, a school district, a public school or a cooperative board to comply; create a cause of action to permit a qualified individual to file a civil action against a the department, a school district, a cooperative board, or a public school for injunctive relief arising from a violation of this Act; permit recovery of monetary damages for a willful and intentional violation; waive sovereign, governmental, and qualified immunity; prohibit retaliation; require each public school district and cooperative board to provide the State Treasurer the name, job title, duty station, and compensation information of each employee of the school district or cooperative board each month for publication; amend KRS 161.030 to require certain certification applicants to complete an approved professional development program on Kentucky education law; amend KRS 158.4416 and 158.4414 to conform; amend KRS 160.380 to remove language requiting targeted minority recruitment; amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 156.500 and 161.165; require school districts and cooperative boards to follow designated procedures when implementing this Act including termination or transfer of certain employees; require the Kentucky Department of Education to eliminate the Division of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging and follow designated procedures when implementing this Act including termination or transfer of certain employees; EFFECTIVE, in part, February 1, 2027; EMERGENCY.

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1/6/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to operating a motor vehicle.

Repeal and reenact KRS 189.292 to define "mobile electronic device"; prohibit the use of a mobile electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; establish exceptions; amend KRS 189.294 to define "mobile electronic device"; amend KRS 189.990 to establish penalties for violation of KRS 189.292 and 189.294; require that money from fines be deposited into the traumatic brain injury trust fund, the Kentucky trauma care system fund, and the veterans' program trust fund; provide that a courtesy warning and not a uniform citation shall be issued by a peace officer until October 31, 2026; provide that the Act may be cited as the Phone-Down Kentucky Act.

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3/9/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Transportation (H)

AN ACT relating to solid waste management facilities and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 109 to prohibit the imposition of fees or permitting requirements on a solid waste management facility that is handling solid waste that was generated outside of the county or waste management district where the solid waste management facility is located, by the county or waste management district where solid waste was generated. HCS (1) Retain original provisions; provide that the prohibition on imposing fees on imported solid waste shall not apply to fees mutually agreed to in a franchise agreement that has been authorized by county ordinance; amend KRS 224.40-315 to exclude certain waste sites or facilities from being considered municipal solid waste disposal facilities. HFA (3) Exclude certain waste sites or facilities, including certain existing permitted waste sites or facilities, from being considered municipal solid waste disposal facilities; EMERGENCY.

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4/10/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 86)

AN ACT relating to measures to strengthen Kentucky's economic infrastructure.

Amend KRS 369.130 to add and modify various definitions; create a new section of KRS 369.130 to 369.139 to prohibit the Commonwealth of Kentucky and governing authorities from issuing, recognizing as legal tender, accepting or requiring as payment, or participating in any test of central bank digital currency; create new sections of KRS 369.130 to 369.139 and KRS Chapter 393 to prohibit ownership of digital asset mining businesses by prohibited foreign parties; provide for enforcement by Attorney General and penalties for violation of prohibited foreign party prohibition; establish distribution of proceeds if digital asset mining business property is escheated due to a violation; amend KRS 45.345 to conform; amend KRS 42.500 to make technical corrections; permit the State Investment Commission to invest up to 10% of excess funds in bullion; prohibit State Investment Commission from investing in central bank digital currency; amend KRS 42.525 to make technical corrections; authorize the State Investment Commission to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out and effectuate certain authorized investments; establish Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 286 and create new sections thereof to regulate virtual currency kiosks; establish definitions; provide for enforcement by the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions; establish license requirements for virtual currency kiosks; require regulatory filings to be submitted to a nationwide licensing system registry; establish initial and renewal application processes and requirements, reporting, surety bond and tangible net worth, and change of control requirements for virtual currency kiosk operators; require the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to establish format, document submission, fee, and trade practice requirements for virtual currency kiosk operators; establish record retention requirements for persons required to be licensed as virtual currency kiosk operators; establish trade practice requirements relating to protection of resident assets, virtual currency kiosk transactions, prohibited practices, and fraud and information security compliance procedures; authorize the commissioner to conduct investigations and examinations; provide for the confidentiality of certain documents provided to the commissioner; authorize the commissioner to share, disclose, and report information and take other actions to assist in the commissioner's duties; require the commissioner to submit an annual licensing report to the Legislative Research Commission; establish due process requirements for adverse actions taken by the commissioner against licensees and other persons; establish requirements for the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license; authorize the commissioner to enter cease and desist orders and emergency orders; authorize the commissioner to order civil penalties against persons that violate the subtitle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 41 to define terms; recognize gold specie and silver specie as legal tender in Kentucky; provide for use of gold specie and silver specie as legal tender; require the State Treasurer to promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to designate or establish a bullion depository and authorize 1 or more electronic payment systems to facilitate electronic payment transactions; establish requirements for system participants, transaction information, and bullion deposits; require the State Treasurer to submit an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission and to implement the system within 1 year; provide that Section 32 of the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Transactional Gold and Silver Act; require the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions to promulgate any required emergency and ordinary administrative regulations on or before January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE, in part, March 31, 2027.

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2/18/2026 - (S) WITHDRAWN

AN ACT relating to recovery residences.

Amend KRS 222.504 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to notify local governments when a recovery residence initiates the certification process with a certifying organization, becomes certified, or receives disciplinary action from the cabinet; require the cabinet to provide the recovery residence contact information and consider recovery residence information to be public record; amend KRS 222.510 to require local governments that maintain a registry of recovery residences and consider the information a public record. SFA (1) Delete provisions that consider recovery residence information as public record.

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3/25/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Health Services (H)

AN ACT relating to reimbursements for pharmacist services.

Amend KRS 205.522 and 205.6485 to require Medicaid and KCHIP to comply with pharmacy reimbursement requirements established in KRS 304.12-237; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid to seek federal approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes to the Medicaid program as required under KRS 205.5372(1).

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3/5/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance (H)

AN ACT relating to the levy of an ad valorem tax rate.

Amend KRS 132.017, relating to the process for a recall of a local ad valorem tax rate, to define "school nickel tax rate"; require a petition process for recalling the levy of a school nickel tax rate; remove other taxes levied by local governmental entities from the petition process requirements; require an ad valorem tax levied by a local governmental entity and a general tax rate levied by a local board of education to be voted upon by the voters if the tax rate produces more than 4% in revenues over the revenues produced by the compensating tax rate; require the suspension of the ordinance, order, resolution, or motion levying the tax rate until after the required election; allow a local governmental entity or a local board of education to cancel a required recall election by reconsidering the levy and instead levying a tax rate that produces no more than 4% in revenues over the revenues produced by the compensating tax rate; specify ballot and public notification requirements for the election; provide that if a tax rate is recalled, the compensating tax rate shall be levied; amend KRS 68.245, 75A.050, 132.018, 132.023, 132.027, and 160.470 to conform; make technical changes; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.

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3/10/2026 - received in House

AN ACT relating to energy planning.

Amend KRS 164.2807 to require that, as part of its annual report to the Legislative Research Commission, the Governor, and the Public Service Commission, the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission include a current inventory of the Commonwealth's existing electric generation and transmission resources, a forecast of changes in demand for those resources, and recommendations for how to address discrepancies between the current electric resource inventory and forecasted future demand.

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1/7/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to school transportation and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 156.153 to permit schools to use non-school bus passenger vehicles designed for 10, instead of 9, or fewer passengers; limit statewide driver qualification, training, and drug testing requirements to drivers of non-school bus passenger vehicles along regular bus routes and permit local school boards to adopt district policies on the use of those vehicles to and from approved school activities; exclude parents transporting students to and from school pursuant to a compensation agreement from the requirements of the section; amend KRS 160.380 to conform; EMERGENCY. SCS (1) Retain original provisions except amend KRS 156.153 to require an individual to submit to drug testing consistent with federal drug testing requirements in order to be authorized to transport any student using a non-school bus passenger vehicle to transport students to and from approved school activities; amend KRS 160.380 to direct a superintendent to require the driver of any non-school bus passenger vehicle authorized to transport students to and from approved school activities who does not hold a school bus CDL license to submit to background check every 5 years, submit to drug testing, and immediately notify the superintendent of certain criminal charges or violations. HCS(1) Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 160.380 to direct a superintendent to require the driver of any non-school bus passenger vehicle authorized to transport students who does not hold a school bus CDL license to submit to an annual background check. HFA(2) Retain original provisions, except authorize the Kentucky Department of Education to establish minimum qualifications, training, and drug-testing requirements for any individual to be authorized to transport any student in a non-school bus passenger vehicle regardless of whether they are driving along a regular bus route or to and from approved school activities; require the minimum qualifications to designate a list of moving violations that would disqualify an individual from such authorization; require superintendents to collect a copy of a valid driver's license from individuals seeking such authorization; require individuals seeking authorization to exclusively transport students to and from approved school activities to provide a driving history record check; require all driving history records checks for individuals seeking any such authorization to not include a disqualifying moving violation.

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3/27/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 7)

AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation.

Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to exempt homeowners who are 65 years of age or older from any increase in the valuation of their permanent residence that is assessed after the later of the year the homeowner turned 65 or the year the homeowner acquired the property; require the exemption to be in addition to the exemption provided in Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky and notwithstanding Sections 171, 172, and 174 of the Constitution of Kentucky; apply the exemption to increases in valuation that occur after the date the amendment is ratified by the voters; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

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3/6/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Appropriations & Revenue (H)

AN ACT relating to planning and zoning.

Amend KRS 100.275 to affirm that planning units and commissions and boards thereof may hold public hearings and accept public comments concerning the approval of subdivision plats and development plans.

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3/25/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Local Government (H)

AN ACT relating to Kentucky educational excellence scholarships and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 164.7879 to increase the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship base amount for each eligible grade point average; increase the supplemental award amounts; require a supplemental award for eligible Cambridge Advanced International scores; amend KRS 164.7882 to increase the award amount for an eligible student enrolled in a comprehensive transition and postsecondary program; amend KRS 164.7874, 164.7881, 164.7884, and 164.7885 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.

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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.

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1/12/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.

Amend KRS 189A.010 to expand the list of controlled substances to include clonazepam, cyclobenzaprine, and fentanyl; amend KRS 189A.105 to provide a person shall be informed at the time blood test is requested that the fact of a refusal to submit to the blood test will result in suspension of his or her driver's license and if the person is convicted of a violation of KRS 189A.010, his or her license will be suspended; amend KRS 186.018 to require the Transportation Cabinet to destroy records of moving traffic convictions that are more than 10 years old. SCS (1) Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 189A.100 to provide that a person's refusal to take a preliminary breath test shall not result in the suspension of the person's license; require law enforcement to inform the person suspected of driving under the influence of the fact that his or her refusal to take a preliminary breath test shall not be used against him or her in court or result in the suspension of his or her license and of the results of refusing to a breath test under KRS 189A.103; provide that if a law enforcement officer does not make the required disclosure then the person suspected of driving under the influence shall not have his or her refusal to take a breath test under KRS 189A.103 used against him or her in court, as an aggravating circumstance, or result in the suspension of his or her license; amend KRS 189A.105 to remove urine tests. SFA (1) Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 189A.100 to remove the requirement for a law enforcement officer to disclose information about a blood or breath test administered under KRS 189A.103; amend KRS 189A.105 to provide that if a law enforcement officer does not inform a person suspected of violating KRS 189A.010 of his or her rights relating to blood or breath tests, a refusal to take a blood or breath test shall not be used against that person. HCS(1) Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 189A.010 to remove refusal of a blood test as an aggravating circumstance; amend KRS 189A.105 to provide that if a person refuses to submit to a blood test, the fact of this refusal shall not be used against him or her in court as evidence of driving under the influence.

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4/23/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to the autism spectrum disorder trust fund and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow a contribution to be made to the autism spectrum disorder trust fund through an income tax refund designation effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026; require the designation to be printed on the face of the individual income tax form; require a description of the trust fund in the individual income tax return instructions; require the Department of Revenue to transfer the funds designated to the autism spectrum disorder trust fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to create the autism spectrum disorder trust fund; amend KRS194A.624 to require the Advisory Council on Autism Spectrum Disorders to administer the trust fund; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission and to promulgate administrative regulations; EMERGENCY. HCS (1) Retain original provisions, except delete newly created section of KRS Chapter 141 allowing a contribution to be made to the autism spectrum disorder trust fund through an income tax refund.

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4/3/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 19)

AN ACT relating to the Public Pension Oversight Board.

Amend KRS 7A.220 to amend the membership and membership qualifications of the Public Pension Oversight Board by adding the chairs or vice chairs of the Senate State & Local Government Standing Committee and House State Government Standing Committee to the board, adding the State Treasurer to the membership, removing 1 of the gubernatorial appointees from the membership, and amending "retirement experience" requirements for appointed members to include experience in retirement plan management or policy by a former elected official; make technical and conforming changes; amend KRS 7A.255 to require the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to annually report line of duty death benefit payments to the Public Pension Oversight Board in addition to line of duty disability benefit payments; make technical amendments; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027.

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4/23/2026 - VETOED BY GOVERNOR

AN ACT relating to training requirements for local boards of education.

Amend KRS 160.180 to require all local school board members to receive 6 hours of in-service finance training every 2 years. SCS (1) Delete original provisions; amend KRS 160.180 to require that the annual in-service trainings for school board members include ethics, open meetings and open records, and finance training; create additional training timeline requirements for board members who begin their initial service on or after January 1, 2015, and require 1 hour of superintendent evaluation for those members; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to identify criteria for school board members to fulfill all training requirements; amend KRS 160.160 to direct each board of education to review the procedures and responsibilities of the board and district employees regarding the school district budget; establish that the review will not count toward annual in-service training requirements.

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3/9/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education (H)

AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of health care professionals and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against health care professionals who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant health care professionals the right not to participate in services that violate their conscience; exempt health care professionals from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit hiring or licensing authorities from reprimanding health care professionals; require hiring or licensing authorities to provide complaints it has received to health care professionals; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Health Care Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY.

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2/17/2026 - received in House

AN ACT relating to local occupational license fees and taxes.

Amend KRS 68.180, 68.185, 160.482, and 160.607, relating to local occupational license fees, taxes, and limitations, to increase certain population thresholds from 300,000 to 500,000; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2026. SCS (1) Delete original provisions, except amend KRS 160.607, relating to the local occupational license tax for schools, to increase the population threshold at which the maximum tax rate may be increased from 300,000 to 500,000; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2026.

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1/27/2026 - received in House

AN ACT relating to health care provider credentialing.

Create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; consolidate and modify existing credentialing requirements; require insurers and providers to use the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) credentialing form; prohibit insurers from requiring or otherwise requesting a provider to disclose any information that is not requested on the CAQH form or that relates to a provider's former or current health condition under certain circumstances; prohibit insurers from requiring a provider to be board certified; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with the credentialing requirements; amend KRS 205.560 to conform; amend KRS 216B.155 to conform and to prohibit health care facilities licensed under KRS Chapter 216B from requiring or otherwise requesting a provider to disclose a former or current health condition under certain circumstances; amend KRS 304.17A-545 and 311.6207 to conform; repeal KRS 304.17A-525 and 304.17A-576, relating to credentialing to consolidate provisions; direct that certain provisions apply to contracts issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act; require administrative bodies to amend any administrative regulations that conflict with the Act.

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1/15/2026 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health Services (S)

AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to restoration of rights.

Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to restore the voting rights of persons convicted of certain felonies after completion of imprisonment, probation, or parole; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

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3/13/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)

AN ACT relating to behavioral health.

Amend KRS 533.272 to extend the behavioral health conditional dismissal program pilot project until January 1, 2031; amend KRS 533.288 to extend the Behavioral Health Conditional Dismissal Program Implementation Council until December 31, 2031; amend 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 230, sec. 13, to establish that moneys appropriated for the behavioral health conditional dismissal program through June 30, 2026, shall not lapse and shall be carried forward. HCS (1) Retain original provisions, except limit the number of participating counties in the pilot program to 20; extend existing reporting requirements on recidivism to include information based upon 3, 4, and 5 years of data; extend reporting requirements on recidivism to include information of defendants charged with a qualifying offense in counties that are not participating in the program based upon similar size and general location of a county that is participating in the program; amend KRS 210.040 to replace the term "institutions" with "facilities"; establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services is responsible to provide care that includes emergency and other medical care provided outside of a state facility for patients in state-operated mental health facilities.

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4/13/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 122)

AN ACT relating to standardizing real property tax bills.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 134 to require use of a standardized form for all real property tax bills; require the Department of Revenue to prescribe the form and make it available to all taxing districts that levy a property tax on real property; specify provisions to be included on the form; exempt certificates of delinquency and third-party purchasers from the form requirements.

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1/8/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to children.

Amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to expel a student for at least 12 months if the student intentionally causes physical injury to educational personnel at a school or school function; amend KRS 158.155 to require that school employees report attempted assault of any school employee to law enforcement; amend KRS 158.990 to provide for penalties for any person who intentionally violates KRS 158.155; amend KRS 610.200 to provide that a peace officer is not required to retain custody of a child for a felony violation of assault in the third degree; amend KRS 635.020 to provide that a child 14 years of age or older who is charged with a felony violation of assault in the third degree may be tried as an adult. SCS (1) Retain original provisions except amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to expel a student in grade 6 to 12 for at least 12 months if the student physically assaults, batters, or abuses school personnel without just cause or provocation on school property or at a school function; amend KRS 158.155 to require that school employees report intentional assault or intentional attempted assault of any school employee and intentional assault resulting in physical injury and to law enforcement unless the school employee has cause to believe a student's disability interfered with his or her ability to conform to the student code of conduct, amend penalty under KRS 158.990 to Class B and Class A misdemeanors; delete amendments to KRS 610.200 and KRS 635.020 from the bill. HCS(1) Retain original provisions; amend KRS 158.150 to require a local board of education to expel a student who recklessly or intentionally caused or attempted to cause physical injury to a district employee; define terms; specify alternative program requirements and restrictions for expelling students; amend KRS 158.155 to require a school employee to report acts of intentional physical injury, or intentional attempted physical injury, and intentional or wanton damage to property; amend KRS 159.170 to require information regarding expulsions to be entered into the student information system within 5 days. HFA(3) Permit a board of education to refer an expelled student for evaluation to state and community agencies; establish a pathway for an expelled student to return to a school district prior to the end of the expulsion. HFA(5) Retain original provisions; amend KRS 158.155(10) to require the reporting of an individual who has made threats of violence toward a school or student or knows that a firearm is present on school property to a law enforcement agency created by the board of education, not created by the board of education, or the Department of Kentucky State Police; require a law enforcement agency created by the board of education to submit a weekly report to a local law enforcement agency designated by the board of education of the reports received by the law enforcement agency created by the board. HFA(2) Define "bus stop" and add bus stops to locations where student misconduct may trigger expulsions.

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4/7/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 50)

AN ACT relating to short-term rentals.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define terms; prohibit a local government from requiring the operator of a short-term rental to obtain a conditional use permit, imposing density-based restrictions on short-term rentals, prohibiting the operation of a short-term rental in a residential zone, regulating the time or place a property may be used as a short-term rental, limiting the number of properties a person can operate as short-term rentals, imposing a residency requirement on operators of short-term rentals, restricting short-term rental platforms, or prohibiting a tenant from offering a leased property as a short-term rental with permission of a landlord; allow a planning unit to require permitting for the operation of short-term rentals and enumerate the contents of a permit application, procedures for application, revocation of a permit, benefits of permit, and penalties for operating without a permit when planning unit has adopted a permitting ordinance; state that ordinances generally applicable to all dwellings that are necessary for public health or safety and do not treat short-term rentals differently than other residential properties are unaffected; state that any ordinance that conflicts with provisions of the Act is void and unenforceable and that a party aggrieved by a violation of the Act may be awarded attorney's fees and costs; state that the Act shall not be construed to affect regulations of a homeowner's association or other similar property owner association.

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1/21/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to education.

Amend KRS 160.210 to require a county school district having reached an end-of-year enrollment of 25,000 or more students have 7 divisions with 1 board member appointed from each division and 4 members appointed from the county at large; require board members to be appointed by the chief executive officer of the county and confirmed by the legislative body of the county; require appointments to the board reflect no less than the proportional representation of the 2 leading political parties; amend KRS 160.160 to define "chief executive officer"; require school districts having reached 25,000 or more students to be under the management and control of a board of education consisting of 11 members; amend KRS 160.170 to require every person appointed to a board of education to take the board oath; amend KRS 160.190 require a board vacancy in a county school district having reached an end-of-year enrollment of 25,000 or more students be filled by the chief executive officer of the county; amend KRS 160.180 to require an appointed member of a board of education be subject to removal pursuant to KRS 156.132; amend KRS 156.132 require the chief state school officer recommend removal of appointed county board of education members guilty of immorality, misconduct, incompetency, willful neglect of duty, or nonfeasance; authorize the chief executive officer to remove an appointed member for cause in accordance with KRS 160.210; amend KRS 160.240, 304.48-250, and 304.50-055 to conform; allow elected members of county boards of education in districts having reached an enrollment of 25,000 to serve out the terms elected for; require initial appointments of 2 at large members to be for 2 years and 2 appointments to be for 4 years; require boards that require additional divisions to have accomplished those divisions by January 1, 2027; require additional positions not represented by an elected member to be filled by January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.

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1/22/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to juvenile justice.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 200 to define terms; establish procedures for a child charged with a public offense to determine if the child is a high acuity youth; establish procedures for securing a treatment plan and dispute resolution through a review process and the court if the parties cannot agree to a plan; require a 24-hour protocol for health facilities, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the courts to direct care; establish reimbursement rates for inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care of a child by psychiatric hospitals and pediatric teaching hospitals; establish procedures for discharge and transfer of the child from an inpatient admission under specific circumstances; amend KRS 15A.305 to include a mental health facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice as an identified facility for the detention and treatment of children; direct the operation of 2 female-only facilities with authority to increase as population increases; direct reimbursement rates for local governments lodging juveniles to be set by administrative regulation; amend KRS 600.020 to remove and add defined terms; amend KRS 610.265 to remove beginning date that is past; amend KRS 610.340 to enable release of information in specific circumstances; amend various sections of KRS to conform; authorize the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to construct a high acuity youth mental health facility, subject to funding; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide clinical services; direct the Department of Juvenile Justice to continue to implement the plan to return to a regional model of detention. SCS (2) Retain original provisions; remove provision that a high acuity youth shall be charged criminally for any act of violence and establish that a complaint may be filed pursuant to KRS 610.020; reduce the requirement for the operation of 2 female-only facilities to 1 with a second to be built as funds are available; require the Department of Juvenile Justice to enter into a contract with 1 or more inpatient psychiatric hospitals, pediatric teaching hospitals, or other behavioral health providers to provide outpatient treatment in a detention facility; remove a mandatory charge of escape for a status offender and establish that an escape charge is permissive; establish that when authorized information regarding a child that has escaped a facility has been made public, the information shall be removed from public access upon request of the Department of Juvenile Justice; change the minimum number of beds in the high acuity mental health facility from 16 to 24; remove provision prohibiting an inpatient psychiatric hospital or pediatric teaching hospital from refusing admittance of a high acuity youth under certain circumstances; make technical corrections.

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4/1/2026 - (H) Returned to Committee House Judiciary (H)

AN ACT relating to prescription drugs.

Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to define and redefine terms; establish cost-sharing requirements for prescription drugs; require rebates to be passed through; establish confidentiality requirements for the rebate information; create a new section of KRS 365.880 to 365.900 to provide that the actual amount of rebates received is a trade secret; provide that compliance with prescription drug cost-sharing and rebate requirements shall not be in violation of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 304.38A-115, 18A.225, and 164.2871 to apply the cost-sharing and rebate requirements for prescription drugs to limited health service benefit plans, limited health service organizations, the state employee health plan, and self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution; apply provisions to health plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.

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1/27/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.

Amend KRS 341.243 to change the employer's contribution rate to the service capacity upgrade fund; of the rate subtracting .075% until December 31, 2026; provide that beginning January 1 2027, the rates shall be adjusted by subtracting 0.0115%; require the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet to set the adjustment percentage annually to be effective January 1 of each subsequent year, not to exceed 1.025%. SFA (2) Retain original provisions; amend KRS 341.243 to require the Secretary for the Education and Labor Cabinet to annually set the adjustment percentage to be effective January 1 of the subsequent year, not to exceed 0.025% and to suspend the subtraction from each rate if the service capacity upgrade fund balance is $15,000,000 or more, or the unemployment insurance trust fund exceeds the balance of the trust fund as of December 31, 2022.

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4/17/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 189)

AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 341.416, relating to suspected unemployment insurance fraud, to require the Education and Labor Cabinet to refer suspected fraud cases to the United States Department of Labor and to remove the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and the United States Department of Justice from the required referral. HCS (1) Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 341.350 to include an exemption to the work search requirements for employees with a bona fide return-to-work or recall-to-work prospect that is no longer than 1 year from the filing date of the initial or reopened claim; define "bona fide return-to-work or recall-to-work prospect"; require the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet to deny or rescind confirmation of a prospect if it does not comply with federal law; EMERGENCY.

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4/13/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 123)

AN ACT relating to the protection of children.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 507 to establish the offense of child abuse homicide as a capital offense; amend KRS 199.896 to require licensed child-care centers to maintain video surveillance of all public areas within the facility and retain video footage for 90 days; amend KRS 507.030 to increase the age of a child victim of manslaughter in the first degree from 12 or under to under 18; amend KRS 507.040 to increase the penalty of manslaughter in the second degree from a Class C to a Class B felony if the victim is under the age of 18; amend KRS 508.100 to add knowingly as a mental state of a person guilty of criminal abuse in the first degree; increase the age of a victim from under age 12 to under age 18; increase the penalty of criminal abuse in the first degree from a Class C to a Class B felony and from a Class B to a Class A felony if the victim is under the age of 18; amend KRS 508.110 to increase the age of a victim of criminal abuse in the second degree from age 12 or less to under 18; increase the penalty from a Class D to a Class C felony; amend KRS 508.120 to increase the age of a victim of criminal abuse in the third degree from age 12 or less to under 18; increase the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony; amend KRS 532.025, relating to aggravating circumstances in death penalty eligible cases, to increase the age of a victim of an intentional killing from under 12 to under 18; amend KRS 625.090 to create a rebuttable presumption that parental rights must be terminated if a parent has been convicted of a felony involving serious physical injury to any child or convicted of causing or contributing to the death of a child as a result of abuse; provide that the Act may be cited as Jayden's Law.

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3/13/2026 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

AN ACT relating to new public school construction.

Amend KRS 162.060 to require a school district to notify the Transportation Cabinet before construction on a new public school building may begin; require the Transportation Cabinet to provide the chief state school officer with a design and cost estimate for any new routes to access the school site and to identify any cost estimates and improvements to existing routes serving the school site.

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1/29/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to legal advertisements.

Amend KRS 424.110 to define "advertisement" and "published statement of ownership"; amend KRS 424.120 to determine where newspaper advertisements shall be placed when 2 or more newspapers meet the initial qualifications; determine when alternative publication procedures may be used when there is no newspaper in the county containing the government seeking to make the advertisement or no suitable newspaper in an adjoining similarly sized county; define "adjoining similarly sized county", and set publication parameters for advertisements, along with parallel advertising in the largest association of newspapers within the Commonwealth; set time requirements for publication; provide when digital newspapers may be used for advertising and when publication is deemed to have occurred; amend KRS 424.147 to expand remedial advertising to satisfy not only the provisions found in KRS Chapter 424, but the remainder of the Kentucky Revised Statutes relating to timing or manner of publication; amend KRS 424.160 to set the rates for advertising; require contractual terms offered to public agencies of the Commonwealth that are offered to commercial customers; require the rate charged by a newspaper shall be the lowest advertising rate provided for in KRS 424.215; provide volume discounts for display forms; amend KRS 132.027, 68.245, 132.023, and 160.470 to specify that publication shall be made in the qualified newspaper under KRS 424.120 rather than in the largest newspaper within the county; remove the requirement for display type and column inch minimum; expand the requirement that publication be made not less than 7 days nor more than 21 days.

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4/15/2026 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

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

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 198A to define terms; establish the abandoned home pool fund to be administered by the Kentucky Housing Corporation; specify eligible recipients, activities, and uses of fund; amend KRS 64.012 to increase county clerk recording fees and add a $2 fee to be deposited in the abandoned home pool fund; appropriate $25,000,000 from the General Fund to the abandoned home pool fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY, effective July 1, 2026.

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3/11/2026 - Senate State & Local Government (S), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

AN ACT relating to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 243.033 to modify alcoholic beverage caterer duties and privileges; remove caterer Sunday sales restrictions; prohibit the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control from imposing or attempting to enforce minimum customer thresholds or maximum event limits for caterers; amend KRS 243.090 to require the department to approve or deny a license application within 45 days after receipt of the application; EMERGENCY. HCS(1) Retain original provisions; amend KRS 438.3061, 438.3063, 438.3065, 438.3067, 438.3069, 438.310, 438.312, 438.316, and 438.337 to delay the retailer tobacco, nicotine, and vapor product license requirement until July 1, 2026; make the delay RETROACTIVE to January 1, 2026. HFA(1) Amend KRS 243.039 to allow a regulation for golf course to receive a limited golf course license in any territory where the sale of alcoholic beverages is lawful.

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3/13/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 3)

AN ACT relating to child-care centers and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 199.896 to establish standards and factors for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to consider in determining whether to issue a plan of correction, directed plan of correction or suspension or revocation of a child-care license in response to any alleged violation of an administrative regulation by a child-care center; require that a single violation of a directed plan of correction not result in a suspension or revocation of a child-care center's license unless the violation is solely determined to be solely enough to justify the action; permit documentation to be submitted to the cabinet up to 5 business days following a request; require weekly support contacts for a child-care center with a preliminary license; prohibit the cabinet from issuing violations during the probationary period; permit but not require the inspector general, the inspector general's designee, or other cabinet representative, to take actions relating to a child-care center license; make technical corrections; apply provisions of the Act to pending and not yet final actions related to licensed child-care centers, and to all actions that occur on or after the effective date; EMERGENCY. SFA (1) Add cabinet's designee as a provider of child-care center weekly support contacts.

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4/15/2026 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day

AN ACT relating to employment.

Amend KRS 336.130 to delete references restricting rights of public employees to organize, associate collectively, or strike; amend KRS 336.180 to redefine "labor organization" and delete definitions of "candidate," "committee," "contributing organization," "contribution," "election," "electioneering communications," "employer," "fundraiser," "independent expenditure," "political activities," "public employee," "slate of candidates," and "testimonial affair"; amend KRS 336.990 to conform; amend KRS 67A.6904 to allow urban-county governments to make an agreement with a labor organization to require membership in the organization as a condition of employment; amend KRS 67C.406 to allow consolidated local governments to make an agreement with a labor organization to require membership in the organization as a condition of employment; amend KRS 70.262, 78.470, and 78.480 to remove exceptions; amend KRS 345.050 to allow public employers to make an agreement with a labor organization to require membership in the organization as a condition of employment; amend KRS 336.1341 and 336.135 to conform; repeal KRS 65.016, 336.132, and 336.134.

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2/3/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to cannabis.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make possession of a personal use quantity of cannabis exempt from civil or criminal penalty; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "cannabis," "personal use quantity of cannabis," and "cannabis accessory"; redefine "marijuana"; amend KRS 218A.1422, regarding cannabis possession, to conform; amend KRS 218A.1423, regarding cannabis cultivation, to conform; amend KRS 218A.500, regarding drug paraphernalia, to exempt personal use cannabis accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421, regarding cannabis trafficking, to exempt personal use quantities; amend KRS 138.872 to exclude personal use quantities from the cannabis stamp tax; amend KRS 218A.276, 218A.410, and 533.030 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis and to apply expungement retroactively; RETROACTIVE, in part.

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2/5/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to preschool education programs.

Amend KRS 157.320 to define "eligible child" and "teaming partner"; amend KRS 157.3175 to require each local school district to provide preschool to 4 year olds who reside in a household with an income at or below 160% of the poverty level until the end of the 2033-2034 school year, and beginning with the 2034-2035 school year require each local school district to provide preschool to each eligible child; provide requirements for program guidelines; require the Kentucky Department of Education to establish and maintain a statewide unified data system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to require local school districts to maintain certification from the Head Start director that Head Start is fully utilized; provide penalties; require local school districts to prepare and submit preschool expansion plans to the deparment; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations regarding preschool expansion; require the department to submit a report the the Legislative Research Commission annually regarding preschool expansion.

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2/5/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to preschool education programs.

Amend KRS 157.320 to define "at risk" and "teaming partner"; amend KRS 157.3175 to require each local school district to provide preschool to 4 year olds who reside in a household with an income at or below 160% of the poverty level until the end of the 2030-2031 school year and beginning with the 2031-2032 school year, require each local school district to provide preschool to each 4 year old who is at risk; provide requirements for program guidelines; require the Kentucky Department of Education to establish and maintain a statewide unified data system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to require local school districts to maintain certification from the Head Start director that Head Start is fully utilized; provide penalties; require local school districts to prepare and submit preschool expansion plans to the deparment; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations regarding preschool expansion; require the department to submit a report the the Legislative Research Commission annually regarding preschool expansion.

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2/5/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to an income tax deduction for union and professional dues.

Amend KRS 141.019, relating to income tax, to define terms; allow a deduction from gross income for union dues and professional membership dues paid for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, but before January 1, 2031; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the deduction.

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2/17/2026 - (S) WITHDRAWN

AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the possession of cannabis.

Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to guarantee the right of an individual 21 years of age or older to possess, use, buy, or sell 1 ounce or less of cannabis and to cultivate, harvest, and store up to 5 cannabis plants for personal use; grant the General Assembly control over the production, processing, and sale of cannabis and cannabis-derived products; designate the ballot question; direct the Secretary of State to publish the proposed amendment in a newspaper of general circulation; direct the Secretary of State to certify the proposed amendment to the county clerk of each county.

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2/5/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation.

Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to exempt disabled United States Armed Forces veterans and unremarried surviving spouses of United States Armed Forces service members killed in action while performing active military duty from property taxation of property owned and maintained as a primary residence and a primary motor vehicle owned and maintained as their primary vehicle after calendar year 2027; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

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2/5/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to legislative oversight of the Medicaid state plan and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; establish an annual Medicaid state plan and Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program state plan legislative review process; EMERGENCY. SCS (1) Retain original provisions, except remove provisions related to legislative approval of the Medicaid state plan and KCHIP state plan.

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4/14/2026 - delivered to Secretary of State

AN ACT relating to schools and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 160.145 to expand existing definitions and define "private electronic communication" and "qualified school volunteer"; limit the scope of unauthorized electronic communication to private electronic communication and exclude designated types of communication from the scope of the requirement to obtain written parental consent prior to communicating outside of the traceable communication system; limit the scope of the school volunteers subject to this section to qualified school volunteers; specify that the requirement to obtain written parental consent only applies to students enrolled within the same school district as the school district employee or qualified school volunteer; permit a local school district more flexibility in disciplinary actions arising from a violation of this section; permit a written parental consent form to designate more than 1 school district employee or qualified school volunteer; provide that the written consent may be revoked by the parent who filed the consent; require notice of the revocation to be sent to the identified school district employee or qualified school volunteer; prohibit a school or school district from refusing to accept parental consent forms; prohibit requiring parental consent forms under this section as a requirement for a student to participate in an academic, athletic, or extracurricular opportunity; provide an emergency exception to permit a school district employee or qualified school volunteer to communicate electronically without prior written parental consent if the individual discloses the communication after the fact; permit a school district to reconsider allowing previously prohibited volunteers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to prohibit a public school district or public charter school from entering into a nondisclosure agreement relating to unauthorized electronic communication or misconduct involving a minor or student; amend KRS 160.380 to define "abusive conduct"; require school district applicants to disclose being the subject of any disciplinary actions in the previous 12 months relating to abusive conduct and consent to a reference check; require school districts to conduct reference checks; require nonpublic schools and public school districts to disclose any disciplinary actions related to abusive conduct of applicants; provide immunity for disclosures made about school employee conduct; require school districts to request all related information from public and nonpublic schools and the Education Professional Standards Board (ESPB); require schools and EPSB to provide the records; require requests for information to be satisfied in 10 working days; require EPSB to create and implement procedures for information requests; require all school district applicants to list all schools of previous and current employment on the application; require a school district to internally report and investigate to completion all allegations of abusive conduct; require all records relating to an allegation of abusive conduct to be retained in an employee's personnel file unless the allegation is proven false; provide that certain requirements apply to public charter schools; amend KRS 156.160 to direct the Kentucky Board of Education to include employment standards in the voluntary certification standards for private schools; make technical corrections; amend KRS 160.151 to define "certified nonpublic school"; require employees of certified nonpublic schools to submit to a national and state criminal background check and a CA/N check; require certified nonpublic school personnel to have a state criminal background check every 5 years; prohibit a certified nonpublic school from hiring a violent or felony sex crime offender; require a certified nonpublic school to conduct reference checks on all applicants; prohibit a certified nonpublic school from entering into a nondisclosure agreement related to misconduct involving a minor or student; make technical corrections; amend KRS 156.095 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a training related to sexual misconduct and inappropriate relationships for employees to undergo every 5 years; make technical corrections; amend KRS 161.151 to conform; require that an allegation of abusive conduct be reported pursuant to KRS 620.030; amend KRS 158.4431, 156.492, and 158.200 to conform; provide that Section 2 may be cited as Erin's Law; EMERGENCY. SCS (1) Delete all provisions except amendments to KRS 160.145; amend definitions of "family member," "parent," "private electronic communication," "qualified school volunteer," "school district employee," and " unauthorized electronic communication"; make technical changes. SFA (1) Retain all provisions; require parental notification for all material phases of an investigation of or disciplinary actions arising from unauthorized electronic communication with students. SFA (2) Retain all provisions; exclude electronic communication between a student and a school resource officer of director of pupil personnel from the definition of unauthorized electronic communication when designated school administrators are included in the communication.

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1/28/2026 - received in House

AN ACT relating to the regulation of proxy advisory services.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; require proxy advisors to notify and disclose certain information to shareholders in a company doing business in Kentucky and to the company that is subject to the proxy advisory service when the proxy advisor is not acting solely in the interest of shareholders, as defined, or is providing materially different advice to shareholders regarding a proxy proposal or company proposal; declare that failure to notify or disclose required information is an unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive trade practice in violation of KRS 367.170; establish remedies including civil actions; apply to proxy advisory services provided on or after the effective date of the Act. HCS(1) Retain original provisions; define "default recommendation or policy"; amend definition of "investment advisor"; remove specific statutory reference to certain declaratory or injunctive relief sought by a recipient of proxy advisory services; specify when only the Attorney General may bring suit against a nonprofit organization under the Act; make technical corrections.

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3/31/2026 - delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 10)

AN ACT relating to education reporting.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to establish a statewide system of oversight and compliance monitoring for Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; specify the required components of the system; amend KRS 156.070 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to establish a system for reporting allegations of misconduct by employees of any agency designated for the management of interscholastic athletics and the requirements of the system.

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2/11/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to Kentucky State University and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 48.030, relating to branch budget recommendations, to include supporting budget documents. SCS (1) Delete original provisions; create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to define Kentucky State University's (KSU) mission as a land grant polytechnic institution; require the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) to approve KSU expenditures more than $5,000 and provide designated financial oversight of KSU; require KSU to cooperate with the financial oversight of CPE; require KSU to transition to EMARS by July 1, 2027; prohibit KSU from incurring a budget deficit during the financial exigency; prohibit organizations that have public-private leases with KSU from entering into any such leases with KSU or any other state agency after the effective date of this Act; require KSU to conduct a review of academic programs, eliminate programs to align with the mission of a polytechnic institution in accordance with the requirements of the accrediting body of KSU, and terminate staff as necessary; prohibit enrolling new students in programs subject to closure by the 2026-2027 school year; close all but 10 in-person academic programs with limited exceptions; provide that KSU shall abide by all instructions required to maintain institutional accreditation; create admissions criteria for KSU; prohibit KSU from enrolling an individual that owes more than $1,000 to KSU; provide that the KSU president has sole discretion to readmit a former student; direct KSU to diligently collect debts and refer all debts in excess of $1,000 due and owing for 60 days to the Department of Revenue for collection; grant KSU the unfettered right to intercept tax refunds; require KSU to intercept a tax refund for any debt in excess of $1,000; provide that the Department of Revenue shall not decline withholding a tax refund referred by KSU; amend KRS 164.290 to remove the reference to the mission of KSU, which was reestablished in Section 1 of the Act; require fraternities and sororities to reapply for charter recognition; EMERGENCY. SFA(1) Retain original provisions except increase the spending authority of Kentucky State University from $5,000 to $20,000; remove the in-person enrollment cap and establish a target enrollment at that number. SCA(1T) Make title amendment. HCS (1) Retain original provisions; emphasize mission of Kentucky State University as an 1890 land-grant university and Historically Black College or University; require Kentucky State University to terminate tenured staff in accordance with university policy; permit the Council on Postsecondary Education to establish alternative admissions criteria for discretionary undergraduate admission for designated groups of applicants to Kentucky State University; extend the timeframe for a due and owing outstanding balance in excess of $1,000 to prevent enrollment or continued enrollment at Kentucky State University from 30 days to 60 days; specify that an amount is not due if a student is making payments in accordance with a payment plan approved by the university; extend the timeframe for a due and owing outstanding balance in excess of $1,000 to be referred to the Department of Revenue from 60 days to 90 days; remove requirement for fraternities and sororities in good standing to reapply for charter recognition.

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4/13/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 120)

AN ACT relating to branch budget recommendations.

Amend KRS 48.100, relating to branch budget recommendations, to specify that the Governor shall submit a separate recommendation for the Transportation Cabinet.

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3/20/2026 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue (S)

AN ACT relating to branch budget bills.

Amend KRS 48.311, relating to branch budget bills, to make a technical correction.

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3/20/2026 - (S) Returned to Committee Senate Appropriations & Revenue (S)

AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.

Amend KRS 533.020 to provide the court 60 days after the expiration of any period of supervision to determine if a violation of the period of supervision has occurred and any appropriate action; provide that a period of supervision shall be tolled between the issuance of a warrant for any violation of supervision and the defendant's first appearance before the court after service of the warrant.

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3/4/2026 - received in House

AN ACT relating to local boards of education.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to establish a process to recall a member of a local board of education; amend KRS 160.190 to conform.

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2/12/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT providing funding and establishing conditions for state government agencies and institutions, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of Subchapter 32 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish a tiered county system for eligible companies to receive incentives under the Kentucky Business Investment Program; amends KRS 154.32-010 to define "tier"; amends KRS 154.32-020 and 154.32-040 to conform; amend KRS 154.32-050 to specify tiering procedures; amend KRS 154.32-060 to require the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority to identify and certify or decertify the tiers for all counties on an annual basis into 4 tax credit tiers; provide that the incentives available under this subchapter be determined based on the county where the economic development project is located by an approved company; provide a county's tier will be based on a 5 year average of its unemployment rate and population ranking; amend KRS 154.32-090, 154.61-010, 154.61-020, and 141.383 to conform. SCS (1) Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to create a refundable economic development credit for the Kentucky Product Development Initiative and the Kentucky Business Investment Program subject to the approval of the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority; amend KRS 141.0205 to add the refundable economic development credit to the priority of tax credits taken by a taxpayer; create a new section of Subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to create the heritage community revolving fund to provide financial assistance to support New Markets Development Program Tax Credit applications to be administered by the Cabinet for Economic Development and subject to the approval of the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority; amend KRS 154.12-204 to add the definition of "heritage county" and amend the definition of "minimum base hourly wage" from 150% to 200% for a company in a heritage county and to 300% for a company in any other county; amend KRS 154.12-207 to change the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation's occupational upgrade training or skills upgrade training credit amount not to exceed $5,000 per trainee for an approved company in a heritage county and $4,000 per trainee for an approved company in any other county and to change the 1 year to 3 year limit on completing training from the date of approval by the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation; amend KRS 154.21-015 to add the definition of "heritage county"; amend KRS 154.21-017 to increase maximum funding available to $2,500,000 for an approved project in a heritage county under the Kentucky Product Development Initiative; amend KRS 154.21-035 to include propane in the assessment of adequate utilities; amend KRS 154.25-010 to change definition of "eligible company" to include a minimum of 250 full-time persons for a project located in a heritage county and add the definition of "heritage county" under the Kentucky Jobs Retention Act; amend KRS 154.25-030 to allow an extension of the 10 year time period if less than 75% of the incentives will be claimed under the term of the agreement and to provide a refundable tax credit based on a tiering system ranking all of Kentucky's counties into 4 tiers; amend KRS 154.25-040 to add new reporting requirements for the Department of Revenue to the Cabinet for Economic Development and for the cabinet to annually report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission on the economic development wage credits received; amend KRS 154.25-050 to conform; amend KRS 154.32-010 to add heritage county", amend "start-up costs" to include certain software and "wage target" from 125% to 200% for a company in a heritage county and from 150% to 300% for a company in any other county under the Kentucky Business Incentives program; amend KRS 154.32-020 to increase the percentage of federal minimum wage paid to 90% of new full-time employees from 125% to 200% in heritage counties and from 150% to 300% in other counties and to provide a refundable economic development credit based on a tiering system ranking all of Kentucky's counties into 4 tiers; amend KRS 154.32-030 to allow recovery of eligible costs incurred 90 days prior to receiving preliminary approval; amend KRS 154.32-040 to allow a one-time extension for projects approved prior to January 1, 2023, if approved company has received less than 75% of the incentives under the agreement but no more than maximum amount of incentives under the agreement; amend KRS 154.32-050 to create a 4 tier ranking system for all Kentucky counties based on a 5 year average of a county's unemployment rate and population ranking under the Kentucky Product Development Initiative; amend KRS 154.32-070 to provide a refundable economic development credit based on a tiering system ranking all of Kentucky's counties into 4 tiers; amend KRS 154.32-100 to add new reporting requirements for the Department of Revenue to the Cabinet for Economic Development and for the cabinet to annually report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission on the refundable economic development credits received; amend KRS 154.12-100 to include regional airports that serve the Commonwealth; amend KRS 131.190, 141.383, 148.851, 148.853, 154.20-230, 154.20-236, 154.32-090, 154.34-010, 154.61-010, 154.61-020, and 164.6021 to conform; encourage the Cabinet for Economic Development to conduct an impact and feasibility study and, if completed to be submit it to the Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Investment by December 1, 2028; EMERGENCY. SFA (1) Retain original provisions; amend the definition of "eligible company" in KRS 154.32-010, Kentucky Business Investment Program, to include research and development companies or out of state companies involved in economic development projects near Tier IV counties, with another state that has reciprocal provisions with Kentucky, with a minimum 250 full-time jobs, and meets other criteria as the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority may require. SFA (2) Retain original provisions; amend provisions to make technical corrections. HCS (2) Delete original provisions; amend 2026 RS HB 500/VO in Part, 2026 RS HB 501/VO, and HB 900/EN to provide additional appropriations and provisions for various programs and projects; make stand-alone supplemental appropriations; establish various conditions for supplemental appropriations; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

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4/28/2026 - BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE

AN ACT relating to land use.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms; establish that an applicant has a vested right to the development standards in place at the time of application for a building permit, development plan, or subdivision plat upon the submission of the application to a relevant authority; establish vesting periods; allow for extensions to the vesting period; establish that the relevant authority may terminate the vested rights under specified circumstances; establish enforcement authority; allow for the amendment to a development plan on a vested right; amend KRS 100.347 to limit entities which have standing to challenge a final action of a planning and zoning authority. SCS (1) Retain original provisions except state that a relevant authority shall consider an application for approval based on the development standards in effect at the time the application was submitted.

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3/17/2026 - received in House

AN ACT relating to regulation of residential construction.

Amend KRS 198B.030 to require the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to consider the effects of any proposed new or amended regulation on residential construction by conducting a cost-benefit analysis and an analysis to determine the impacts on the amount of residential construction; require the analyses to be submitted to the Housing, Buildings and Construction Advisory Committee and the Legislative Research Commission; establish a moratorium on the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction altering or amending any state code in a way that would result in an increase in residential construction costs until January 1, 2029. SCS (1) Retain original provisions, except delete section establishing a moratorium on the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction altering or amending any state code in a way that would result in an increase in residential construction costs until January 1, 2029; make technical correction.

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3/17/2026 - received in House

AN ACT relating to programs to encourage the rehabilitation of property.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to require local governments to establish a program to waive fines, fees, and interest associated with a property that has been donated to a qualifying donee; amend KRS 65.355 to require a local government that creates a land bank authority to establish a program to grant property assessment moratoriums pursuant to KRS 99.595 to 99.605.

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2/25/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility.

Amend KRS 205.178 to permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to receive and review monthly wage and salary information, fleeing felon information, and address change information for beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); amend KRS 205.200 to prohibit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services from granting categorical eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for any noncash or in-kind services or other benefits, apply gross income standards higher than federal standards, and exempt households from gross income standards based on categorical eligibility; permit alternate vehicle allowance standards when determining SNAP benefits and eligibility; require the cabinet to recertify SNAP beneficiaries on a specific monthly schedule based on the beneficiaries' status; require SNAP beneficiaries be either a United States citizen, United States national, or an alien under certain qualifying statuses; require SNAP beneficiaries prove their qualifying status to the; require the cabinet to consider the income and financial resources of noneligible household members when determining eligibility and benefit allotment of SNAP benefits.

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3/17/2026 - Senate Families & Children (S), (Bill Scheduled for Hearing)

AN ACT relating to a sales and use tax exemption for diapers.

Amend KRS 139.010 to define "diaper"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt all diapers from the sales and use tax.

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2/26/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 256 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the submission of constitutional amendments to voters.

Propose to amend Section 256 of the Constitution to permit constitutional amendments to be submitted to the voters by ballot question or summary that clearly describes the substance and effect of the amendment, rather than requiring the full text of the amendment to appear on the ballot; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

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3/11/2026 - received in House

AN ACT relating to education.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to make findings and declarations about locally driven innovation and the intent of the General Assembly to permit flexibility for school districts to improve practices; amend KRS 156.161 to modify the waiver process and the waiver authority of the Kentucky Board of Education; require the Kentucky Department of Education to assist local boards of education in the development of waiver requests; specify the analysis the department shall provide to the state board in reviewing a local board's waiver request; establish a process for a local board to submit a request for a school or program to be identified as a school of innovation with a set of waivers that operate collectively; provide protections for school districts that rely on waiver assistance from the department; create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to require the state board to establish a list of expedited waivers; establish the expedited waiver process and authority; require the state board to annually review all waivers granted to determine necessary changes to administrative regulations or statutes or identify new best practices; amend KRS 157.360 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to establish the school of innovation pilot project; establish the school of innovation pilot project fund; provide procedures for the operation of the pilot project; conclude the pilot project on June 30, 2028; require the department to annually report information and findings from the pilot project to the Legislative Research Commission. SCS (1) Retain original provisions; make technical corrections; specify that the waiver authority delegated to the commissioner of education is subject to the same limitations that are applicable to the Kentucky Board of Education; modify the eligibility and operational terms of the school of innovation pilot project. HCS (1) Retain original provisions; modify the operational terms of the school of innovation pilot project.

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4/14/2026 - delivered to Secretary of State

AN ACT relating to energy.

Amend KRS 353.804 and 353.812 to make technical corrections and update committee references.

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2/26/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to occupations and professions.

Amend KRS 322.330 to make a technical correction.

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2/26/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages.

Amend KRS 243.100 to make a technical correction.

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2/26/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to insurance.

Amend KRS 304.5-150 to include gender-neutral language.

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2/26/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to insurance.

Amend KRS 304.48-080 to replace a reference to the executive director with the commissioner.

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2/26/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to elections.

Amend KRS 118.425 to modify issuance of certificates of election to electors of political parties and organizations in Presidential and Vice Presidential elections to award 2 certificates to the candidates receiving the highest amount of the statewide popular vote, and the remaining certificates proportionally to electors of political parties and organizations whose candidates received at least 10% of the statewide popular vote.

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2/26/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to Medicaid.

Amend KRS 205.5365 to make a technical correction.

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2/27/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to criminal history.

Create a new sections of KRS Chapter 431 to establish an automatic expungement process for specific eligible misdemeanor and felony convictions; allow the Commonwealth's and county attorney to object and halt the automatic expungement of certain offenses; require the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Department of Kentucky State Police to submit a report twice a year to the Legislative Research Commission on the implementation of the automatic expungement process; amend KRS 431.073 to waive fees for an applicant whose conviction qualifies as an eligible conviction; amend KRS 431.074 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to establish a searchable portal to allow a person to determine if his or her conviction has been expunged; amend KRS 431.078 to waive fees for a petitioner whose conviction qualifies as an eligible conviction; amend KRS 431.079 to provide court clerks and deputy court clerks with immunity from civil liability for acts done in good faith under this act; amend KRS 17.151 to require the Department for Kentucky State Police to provide the Administrative Office of the Courts with data to comply with automatic expungement process; amend KRS 196.093 to require the Department of Corrections to provide the Administrative Office of the Courts with data to comply with automatic expungement process; amend KRS 367.310 to provide that no conviction that has been overruled, vacated, set aside, or expunged shall not be included on any background check or consumer report; establish the Automatic Expungement Task Force; establish duties and membership; require the task force to submit a report with recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by November 1, 2026; provide that the Act may be cited as the Automatic Expungement Act.

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3/20/2026 - (S) SECOND READING, to Rules

AN ACT relating to natural resources.

Amend KRS 224.10-220 to technical corrections.

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2/27/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to natural resources.

Amend KRS 224.73-100 to make grammatical and technical corrections.

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2/27/2026 - Introduced

AN ACT relating to natural resources.

Amend KRS 224A.300 to ensure administrative regulations are promulgated in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A; make grammatical and technical corrections.

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2/27/2026 - Introduced

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to conduct a feasibility study for an Accountable Communities for Health Medicaid delivery model pilot project.

Direct the Legislative Research Commission to procure a vendor to conduct a feasibility study for an Accountable Communities for Health Medicaid delivery model pilot project; require the results of the study to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by November 1, 2026; strongly encourage the Legislative Research Commission to begin the procurement process immediately upon the adoption of this Resolution; establish that a pilot project resulting from the feasibility study shall be known as the 20 by 30 Accountable Care Pilot Project. HFA(2) Delete provisions directing the Legislative Research Commission to contract with a vendor to conduct the feasibility study. HFA (3) Make title amendment.

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4/13/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 139)

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville to explore opportunities to participate in federal nuclear-related programs and to expand their curricula to offer courses and degree paths to train the workforce that will construct and operate the next generation of nuclear energy facilities.

Urge the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville to explore opportunities to participate in the United States Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy University Program and to extend their curricula to offer courses and degree paths to train the workforce that will construct and operate the next generation of nuclear energy facilities; encourage the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville to collaborate with the United States Department of War to explore possible nuclear energy-related grant funding and research opportunities.

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4/23/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

A JOINT RESOLUTION declaring Kentucky a Food is Medicine state and directing state agencies to advance Food is Medicine initiatives.

Declare Kentucky to be a Food is Medicine state and direct state agencies to advance Food is Medicine initiatives. SCS (1) Retain original provisions; make technical corrections.

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4/13/2026 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; (Acts Ch. 124)

A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Public Service Commission to explore measures that would address affordability and the provision of essential utility services and declaring an emergency.

Direct the Public Service Commission to open 1 or more administrative cases to investigate and identify measures to improve the affordability of utility service for low- and fixed-income individuals; direct that the PSC report to the Legislative Research Commission by September 1, 2027; EMERGENCY. SCA (1) Delete references to gas utilities; add water and wastewater regionalization to the list of topics studied by the Public Service Commission under an administrative case.

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4/15/2026 - (H) Posted for Passage in Regular Orders of the Day; w/ HFA1

A RESOLUTION recognizing and congratulating T. Gerard "Gerry" Bradley on his appointment as president of the University of Louisville.

Recognize and congratulate T. Gerard "Gerry" Bradley on his appointment as president of the University of Louisville.

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2/26/2026 - ADOPTED BY SENATE

A RESOLUTION honoring the YMCA on the organization's 175th anniversary in the United States.

Honor the YMCA for its 175th anniversary in the United States.

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2/25/2026 - ADOPTED BY SENATE

A RESOLUTION honoring police officer Nick Wilt on the occasion of his retirement from Louisville Metro Police Department.

Honor police officer Nick Wilt upon the occasion of his retirement from the Louisville Metro Police Department.

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3/26/2026 - ADOPTED BY SENATE