Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Contractors, Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, promulgation Consumer Protection - Real estate goods or services, requirements, restrictions Contracts - Real estate goods or services, requirements, restrictions Fees - Contractors, licensing Housing, Building, And Construction - Contractors, licensing, requirements Licensing - Contractors, Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction Occupations And Professions - Contractors, Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, licensing Real Estate - Goods or services, requirements, restrictions Trade Practices And Retailing - Contractors, real estate goods or services, requirements, restrictions

Create a new section of KRS 227.200 to 227.400 to require an owner, seller, or lessor to have functional smoke detectors in all existing single-family and multifamily residential units; require a seller or lessor to verify compliance in an affidavit prior to transfer or tenancy of property; exempt KRS Chapter 324 licensees from liability; direct the state fire marshal to recommend use of carbon monoxide and fuel and gas leak detectors and provide an annual incident report on fire and carbon monoxide-related injuries and deaths to the State Fire Commission.

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Finance and Administration Cabinet, contracts, timely payment, dispute, procedures, establishment Contracts - Government contracts, timely payments, procedures, penalties Public Procurement - Government contracts, timely payments, procedures, penalties Reports Mandated - Finance and Administration Cabinet, contracts, interest, penalties State Agencies - Finance and Administration Cabinet, procurement, contracts, timely payment, procedures, penalties

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.

Amend KRS 382.850 to require a condemnor in an eminent domain action involving property subject to a conservation easement to provide a written report to the court justifying the condemnation due to lack of feasible alternative locations; allow the court to dismiss the condemnation action if the lack of alternative locations is not demonstrated; amend KRS 262.850 to require a condemnor in an eminent domain action involving property located in an agricultural district to provide a written report to the court justifying the condemnation due to lack of feasible alternative locations; allow the court to dismiss the condemnation action if the lack of alternative locations is not demonstrated; amend KRS 416.550 prohibit a condemnor from engaging in false, intimidating, or misleading negotiation tactics; allow a property owner of potentially condemned property to obtain an independent appraisal within 60 days of an initial offer for purchase; reduce the indepdent appraisal period to 30 days if the property owner refuses the initial offer for purchase; prohibit the filing of a condemnation action within the independent appraisal period; establish a penalty of dismissal of the condemnation action, payment of attorney's fees, and a bar on future condemnation actions for violations; amend KRS 416.560 to specify requirements for contents of notice of entry to owners of property; establish penalty for failure to give notice; require condemnor to give notice of a material change to the project; require condemnor to use only current data for surveys; provide a copy of a survey to the property owner within 15 days of completion; allow the property owner to petition a local legislative body for a public meeting regarding the proposed taking; amend KRS 416.610 to require the condemnor to take measures to ensure access to property during on-site work on a project where only a portion of the property has been condemned; amend KRS 416.660 to include preexisting improvements on property and the value of agricultural improvements in the determination of fair market value of condemned property; amend KRS 416.570, 416.600, 416.630, 416.640, and 416.650 to conform; EMERGENCY.

Boards And Commissions - Kentucky Board of Education, alternate high school diploma, requirement Boards And Commissions - Kentucky Board of Education, modified high school diploma, requirement Education, Elementary And Secondary - Alternate high school diploma, requirement Education, Elementary And Secondary - Modified high school diploma, requirement Education, Vocational - Alternate high school diploma, requirement Education, Vocational - Modified high school diploma, requirement Mental Disability - Education opportunities, alternate high school diploma Mental Disability - Education opportunities, modified high school diploma State Agencies - Department of Workforce Development, employer participation, alternate high school diploma Workforce - Employer participation, alternate high school diploma

Environment And Conservation - Waters of the Commonwealth, definition Federal Laws And Regulations - Waters of the Commonwealth, definition Water Supply - Waters of the Commonwealth, definition Waterways And Dams - Waters of the Commonwealth, definition

Agriculture - Egg dealer license, annual license renewal date, January 31 Agriculture - Grain dealer license, notice of violation, appeals process Agriculture - Requirements relating to tobacco trade practices Amusements And Recreations - Rides and attractions, annual inspection tags, permits, public and private use Animals, Livestock, And Poultry - Egg dealer license, annual license renewal date, January 31 Boards And Commissions - Egg Marketing Board, abolition Circuit Clerks - Grain dealer license, notice of violation, appeals process Civil Actions - Grain dealer license, notice of violation, appeals process Licensing - Egg dealer license, annual license renewal date, January 31 Licensing - Grain dealer license, notice of violation, appeals process Notices - Grain dealer license, notice of violation, appeals process Tobacco - Requirements relating to trade practices, board of trade, warehouses, repeal

Budget And Financial Administration - Payment in lieu of tax, school districts with high percentage of tax-exempt real property Education, Finance - Payment in lieu of tax, school districts with high percentage of tax-exempt real property State Agencies - Finance and Administration Cabinet, school district, payment in lieu of tax contract Taxation - Payment in lieu of tax, school districts with high percentage of tax-exempt real property Taxation, Property - Payment in lieu of tax, school districts with high percentage of tax-exempt real property

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to establish a prevailing wage law for all public works projects; amend KRS 12.020, 99.480, 227.487, 151B.015, 337.010, and 337.990 to conform.

Collective Bargaining - Public employees, protections Labor And Industry - Labor organizations, limitations on membership, removal Local Government - Labor organizations, membership as a condition of employment, agreement State Employees - Organization, authority to associate, organize and strike Workforce - Labor organizations, protections on membership

Agriculture - Food donation, nonprofit, home-based processor, licensing exemption Civil Actions - Civil and criminal liabilty, food donation exemption, nonprofit, home-based processor Claims - Civil and criminal liabilty, food donation exemption, nonprofit, home-based processor Licensing - Licensing exemption, food donation, nonprofit, home-based processor Public Health - Licensing exemption, food donation, nonprofit, home-based processor Religion - Religious organizations, food donation, licensing exemption State Agencies - Licensing exemption, food donation, nonprofit, home-based processor

Education, Elementary And Secondary - Dyslexia and dysgraphia, multitiered system of supports Education, Higher - Educator preparation program, multitiered system of supports, application and implementation State Agencies - Department of Education, dyslexia toolkit Teachers - Preparation programs, dyslexia and dysgraphia

Effective Dates, Delayed - Standard time observance, October 31, 2026 Federal Laws And Regulations - Daylight saving time, exemption United States - Daylight saving time, exemption

Disabilities - Post-traumatic stress disorder, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, inclusion for treatment for veterans Health And Medical Services - Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, post-traumatic stress disorder, inclusion for treatment as veterans Mental Health - Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, post-traumatic stress disorder, inclusion for treatment of veterans Veterans - Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, post-traumatic stress disorder, inclusion for treatment