Amend KRS 510.040, 510.070, and 510.110 to provide that rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and sexual abuse in the first degree shall be capital offenses when the victim is under 12 years old; amend KRS 532.025 to conform.

Cannabis - Medicinal cannabis, at-home cultivation, requirements Cannabis - Medicinal cannabis, consumption by smoking Cannabis - Medicinal cannabis, qualifying medical conditions Diseases - Medicinal cannabis, qualifying medical conditions Drugs And Medicines - Medicinal cannabis, at-home cultivation, requirements Drugs And Medicines - Medicinal cannabis, consumption by smoking Drugs And Medicines - Medicinal cannabis, qualifying medical conditions Health And Medical Services - Medicinal cannabis, qualifying medical conditions

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to prohibit all employers of 75 or more employees from demoting, dismissing, disciplining, or discriminating against an employee who misses work because of duties related to being a candidate, member-elect, or member of the General Assembly or legislative body of certain local governments; require an employer to grant a leave of absence if the employee requests it, not to exceed 3 terms for a member of the House of Representatives, or 2 terms for a member of the Senate or a member of a specified legislative body of a local government; amend KRS 336.990 to provide a penalty for employers who violate Section 1 of the Act.

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.

Cannabis - Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, workers' compensation, drug test, allowable levels Drugs And Medicines - Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, workers' compensation, drug test, allowable levels Drugs And Medicines - Workers' compensation, presumption of nonwork-relatedness, exception Labor And Industry - Workers' compensation, presumption of nonwork-relatedness, exception Workers Compensation - Income benefits, presumption of nonwork-relatedness, exception

Appropriate $96 million from the Kentucky Permanent Pension Fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to fund 1-time supplemental payments on July 1, 2026, to recipients of a retirement allowance who have been retired for at least 12 months from the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) and the State Police Retirement System (SPRS); allow the Board of Trustees of the County Employees Retirement System to, by board decision, provide a one-time supplemental payment to recipients of a retirement allowance who have been retired at least 12 months by increasing employer contribution rates over a one-year or two-year period; specify that the 1-time supplemental payment shall be equal to the monthly payment received by the recipient in the month of June 2026; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Certificate of need, applications and appeals Courts, Circuit - Franklin Circuit Court, certificate of need, appeals Emergency Medical Services - Certificate of need, applications and appeals Health And Medical Services - Certificate of need, applications and appeals Hospitals And Health Facilities - Certificate of need, applications and appeals State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, certificate of need, applications and appeals

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, patient-directed care, end-of-life Crimes And Punishments - Affirmative defense to murder or manslaughter charge, patient-directed end-of-life care Crimes And Punishments - End-of-life medication requests, prohibited actions, Class B felony Deaths - Patient-directed care, end-of-life, self-administered medication Drugs And Medicines - Patient-directed care, end-of-life, self-administered medication Health And Medical Services - Patient-directed care, end-of-life, self-administered medication Insurance - Patient-directed care, end-of-life, provisions, limitations Insurance, Health - Patient-directed care, end-of-life, provisions, limitations Mental Health - Patient-directed care, end-of-life, consultation for assessment Nurses - Patient-directed care, end-of-life, self-administered medication, APRNs Pharmacists - Patient-directed care, end-of-life, self-administered medication Public Health - Patient-directed care, end-of-life, self-administered medication Reports Mandated - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, patient-directed care, end-of-life Short Titles And Popular Names - Rena's Law Health Care Professionals - Patient-directed care, end-of-life, self-administered medication

Civil Actions - Fertility treatment, violation of fundamental rights, establishment Health And Medical Services - Fertility treatment, fundamental rights, establishment Reproductive Issues - Fertility treatment, fundamental rights, establishment Civil Rights - Fertility treatment, fundamental rights, establishment

Amend KRS 342.610 to remove the presumption that the use of an illegal substance prior to an accident caused the injury; provide that the use of an illegal substance shall be the proximate cause of the injury.

Emergency Medical Services - Certificate of need, expenditures Health And Medical Services - Certificate of need, expenditures Hospitals And Health Facilities - Certificate of need, expenditures State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, certificate of need, expenditures

Holidays - Public holidays, reduction Historical Affairs - Public holidays, reduction

Amend KRS 511.010 to define terms; amend KRS 511.070 to expand the elements of criminal trespass in the second degree to include knowingly entering or remaining in a workplace while engaging in disruptive or threatening behavior where notice against trespass is given; establish that a second or subsequent criminal trespass in the second degree offense within 3 years is a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 511.080 to establish that a second or subsequent criminal trespass in the third degree offense within 3 years is a Class B misdemeanor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define "provisional license" and "standard license"; authorize the Department of Kentucky State Police (KSP) to issue provisional licenses to carry concealed firearms and other deadly weapons to persons who are 18 to 20 years of age; require KSP to provide notice of expiration of provisional licenses and an application to switch from a provisional license to a standard license; allow the provisional license holder to apply by paper to his or her sheriff or online to KSP for a standard license; allow KSP to promulgate administrative regulations to administer provisional and standard license issuance.

Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees - Advisory group, Kentucky Communications Network Authority, abolishment Agriculture - Kentucky Communications Network Authority Board, Membership Attorney General - Kentucky Communications Network Authority Board, Membership Boards And Commissions - Kentucky Communications Network Authority Board, reorganization Budget And Financial Administration - Kentucky Communications Network Authority, board, staff, reorganization Communications - Kentucky Communications Network Authority, board, staff, reorganization Education, Elementary And Secondary - Kentucky Communications Network Authority Board, Membership Effective Dates, Emergency - Kentucky Communications Network Authority, board, staff, reorganization Information Technology - Kentucky Communications Network Authority, board, staff, reorganization Internet, Access And Infrastructure - Commonwealth Office of Technology, duties and responsibilities Internet, Access And Infrastructure - Kentucky Communications Network Authority, board, staff, reorganization Public Officers And Employees - Kentucky Communications Network Authority Board, Membership Reorganization - Kentucky Communications Network Authority, board, staff, reorganization Secretary Of State - Kentucky Communications Network Authority Board, Membership State Agencies - Commonwealth Office of Technology, duties and responsibilities State Agencies - Kentucky Communications Network Authority, board, staff, reorganization Technology - Commonwealth Office of Technology, duties and responsibilities Technology - Kentucky Communications Network Authority, board, staff, reorganization Treasurer - Kentucky Communications Network Authority Board, Membership