Propose to amend Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish the initiative power of the people to propose laws and to enact or reject proposed initiatives at an election; establish procedures for initiatives, effect of adopted initiatives, and parameters for the subject of any initiative; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 179 to define "chip seal"; require the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to establish a pilot project to evaluate the efficacy of chip seal pavement on gravel county roads; start the pilot program on July 1, 2026, and end it on June 30, 3030; limit the amount of county road aid funds a county may use to chip seal county roads in any year; require the Department of Rural and Municipal Aid to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission on the use of chip seal pavement on gravel county roads; set forth required elements of the report: EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026; EMERGENCY.

Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to define terms; 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 civil cause of action for improper discharge, discrimination, retaliation, and failing to maintain confidentiality; amend KRS 337.990 to establish a civil penalty for employer violations.

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Kentucky Board of Education, Title IX, K-12 public school oversight system, establishment Athletics - Kentucky Board of Education, athletics agency employees, complaint system, establishment Athletics - Title IX, K-12 public school oversight system, establishment Boards And Commissions - Kentucky Board of Education, athletics agency employees, complaint system, establishment Children And Minors - Title IX, K-12 public school oversight system, establishment Education, Elementary And Secondary - Kentucky Board of Education, athletics agency employees, complaint system, establishment Men - Title IX, K-12 public school oversight system, establishment Women - K-12 public school oversight system, Title IX, establishment Reports Mandated - Title IX, K-12 public school oversight system, establishment

Boards And Commissions - County school boards, enrollment of 25,000 or more, membership Education, Elementary And Secondary - County school boards, enrollment of 25,000 or more, membership Effective Dates, Delayed - County school boards, enrollment of 25,000 or more, membership, January 1, 2027 Public Officers And Employees - Auditor of Public Accounts, county school boards, enrollment 25,000, appointment Public Works - County school boards, enrollment of 25,000 or more, membership

State Symbols And Emblems - State musical composition, designation

Amend KRS 224A.320 to require that eligible funding recipients for the Kentucky Water and Wastewater Assistance for Troubled or Economically Restrained Systems (WWATERS) Program meet 3 or more of the specified eligibility criteria instead of 1; exclude projects that expand the utility service of funding applicants from the definition of "eligible project"; require that a funding application include a detailed budget for all proposed project expenses; allow the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board to evaluate and score funding applications for proposed projects in phases; require that approved eligible funding recipients adopt best management practices that would address the performance deficiencies that made the applicant eligible for funding; remove the funding evaluation criteria categories of current accounts payable turnover ratio and current days' sales in accounts receivable ratio; remove the requirement from the evaluation criteria that the applicant's receipt of a notice of violation of drinking water or other water quality standards occur in the past year; add to the funding eligibility criteria that the funding applicant can demonstrate that the amount of stormwater inflow and groundwater infiltration entering the funding applicant's system seriously impairs its effectiveness; add to the funding evaluation criteria that the funding applicant previously received funding through the program for a prior phase of the proposed project; add to the funding evaluation criteria that the funding applicant can demonstrate that the estimated costs are comparable to actual costs incurred for similar projects; add to the funding evaluation criteria that a licensed professional engineer signed an attestation of the application's veracity; require that in the evaluation of the funding applications, the board separately score and individually rank all eligible projects, with additional consideration given to projects that provide or restore safe water or wastewater utility service; EMERGENCY.

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.

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Athletic trainers, compact Compacts, Interstate - Athletic Trainer Compact, adoption Health And Medical Services - Athletic trainers, compact Licensing - Athletic trainers, compact Occupations And Professions - Athletic trainers, compact

Health And Medical Services - Living organ donation, promotion Public Health - Living organ donation, promotion Reports Mandated - Department of Revenue, income tax, promotion of organ and bone marrow donation Short Titles And Popular Names - Living Organ and Bone Marrow Donor Assistance Act of 2026 Taxation - Organ donation, income tax credit, establishment Taxation, Income--Corporate - Organ donation, tax credit, establishment Taxation, Income--Individual - Organ donation, tax credit, establishment

Amend KRS 304.17C-085 to modify the definition of "covered services" to exclude services and materials for which reimbursement would be available but for the application of the enrollee's contractual limitation of an annual maximum benefit; prohibit contractual waivers; make technical amendments; direct that the Act applies to contracts issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.

Banks And Financial Institutions - Deferred deposit service business, database fee Fees - Deferred deposit transaction, database fee State Agencies - Department of Financial Institutions, commissioner, deferred deposit database fee

Background Checks - Social workers and professional counselors, requirement Background Checks - Occupational therapist, requirement Background Checks - Psychologist, requirement Background Checks - Speech-language pathologists and audiologists, requirement Boards And Commissions - Speech-language pathologists and audiologists, background checks, professional license, requirement Boards And Commissions - Occupational therapy background checks, professional license, requirement Boards And Commissions - Psychology, background checks, professional license, requirement Boards And Commissions - Social workers and professional counselors, background checks, professional license, requiredment Compacts, Interstate - Background checks, professional licenses, requirement Occupations And Professions - Speech-language pathologists and audiologists, background checks, professional license, requirement Occupations And Professions - Occupational therapy background checks, professional license, requirement Occupations And Professions - Psychology, background checks, professional license, requirement Occupations And Professions - Social workers and professional counselors, background checks, professional license, requiredment Police, State - Background checks, professional licenses, requirement

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Transportation Cabinet, commercial driver licenses, limited CDL, allowable usage period increase Effective Dates, Emergency - Commercial driver licenses, limited CDL, allowable usage period increase State Agencies - Transportation Cabinet, commercial driver licenses, limited CDL, allowable usage period increase Transportation - Commercial driver licenses, limited CDL, allowable usage period increase Agriculture - Commercial driver licenses, limited CDL, allowable usage period increase

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.