Funerals And Funeral Directors - Funeral expense, inheritance tax deduction, increase Taxation - Inheritance tax, funeral expense deduction, increase Taxation, Inheritance And Estate - Funeral expense deduction, increase Deaths - Funeral expense, inheritance tax deduction, increase

Budget And Financial Administration - First-generation homebuyer trust fund, establishment Housing, Building, And Construction - First-generation homebuyer trust fund, establishment Reports Mandated - Kentucky Housing Corporation, first-generation homebuyer trust fund State Agencies - Kentucky Housing Corporation, first-generation homebuyer trust fund, establishment

Children And Minors - Adoption, gender-neutral language, insertion Technical Corrections - Adoption, gender-neutral language, insertion

Children And Minors - Special health needs, gender-neutral language Disabilities - Children with special health needs, gender-neutral language State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, gender-neutral language State Agencies - Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs, gender-neutral language Technical Corrections - Children with special health needs, gender-neutral language

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.

Boards And Commissions - Parole Board, hearings, panels Boards And Commissions - Parole Board, parole review eligibility, 180 or more days to serve Boards And Commissions - Parole Board, term length Governor - Parole Board, extension of term Probation And Parole - Parole Board, hearings, panels Probation And Parole - Parole review eligibility, 180 or more days to serve

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Department for Medicaid Services, adult day health care and in-home attendant, coverage, requirement Aged Persons And Aging - Medicaid coverage, adult day health care and in-home attendant services, requirement Health And Medical Services - Medicaid coverage, adult day health and in-home attendant services, requirement Medicaid - Coverage, adult day health care and in-home attendant services, limits, requirement State Agencies - Department for Medicaid Services, adult day health care and in-home attendant, coverage, limits, req

Agriculture - Bees and beekeeping supplies, sales and use tax exemption Effective Dates, Delayed - Bees and beekeeping supplies, sales and use tax exemption, August 1, 2026 Taxation - Sales and use tax, bees and beekeeping supplies, exemption Taxation, Sales And Use - Bees and beekeeping supplies, exemption

Court, Supreme - Elections, Justices, statewide basis, establishment Effective Dates, Delayed - Elections, Supreme Court Justices, January 2, 2029 Elections And Voting - Supreme Court Justices, statewide election, establishment

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 176 to define terms; require the Transportation Cabinet to fully shield outdoor lights encroaching on agricultural land; EMERGENCY.

Amend KRS 441.005 to define "restricted custody center" and make technical changes; create new sections of KRS Chapter 441 to require the Department of Corrections to promulgate administrative regulations providing the minimum standards for holdover facilities; require the Department of Corrections to contract with a fiscal court of a county or local or regional correctional authority to provide correctional services to state prisoners; allow prisoners being held for a nonviolent or nonsexual misdemeanor conviction to be housed in a restricted custody center; require jailers to get permission from the Department of Corrections before transferring a Class C or Class D felon to another jail unless required by statute or an emergency exists; establish the regional jail authority construction fund, and establish requirements for the Department of Corrections to submit a list of regional jail construction projects to the Legislative Research Commission; establish the regional jail conversion fund and establish requirements for receiving grant funds; amend KRS 431.215 to require the Commonwealth to pay a county a fee per day based on the county's actual costs to house prisoners for the time the prisoner was held before a conviction if the sentence the prisoner receives in whole or in part includes the amount of time served prior to judgment; amend KRS 441.025 to allow counties to contract with the Department of Corrections to house state prisoners and operate holdover facilities; amend KRS 441.045 to require the Commonwealth to pay counties for the costs of providing health services to prisoners the county is responsible for; amend KRS 441.420 to require the Department of Corrections to pay for architectural plans and engineering services associated with any tentatively approved construction of a local correctional facility; amend KRS 441.430 to allow a regional jail authority to receive tentative approval for new regional jail construction; amend KRS 441.520 to specify the rate that a jail that receives a transferred inmate can charge the originating jail; amend KRS 441.810 to require that the jailer of each county within a regional jail authority be a member of the board; amend various sections to conform.

Civil Actions - Interpersonal protective orders, District Court, exclusive jurisdiction Civil Procedure - Interpersonal protective orders, District Court, exclusive jurisdiction Courts - Interpersonal protective orders, District Court, exclusive jurisdiction Courts, Circuit - Interpersonal protective orders, jurisdiction, removal Courts, District - Interpersonal protective orders, exclusive jurisdiction Courts, Family - Interpersonal protective orders, District Court, exclusive jurisdiction Crime Victims - Interpersonal protective orders, District Court, exclusive jurisdiction Domestic Relations - Interpersonal protective orders, District Court, exclusive jurisdiction

Amend KRS 337.010 to define "committed relationship," "family care leave," "family member," "health care provider," "same employer," and "serious health condition"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to prohibit employers from refusing to grant a qualified employee family care leave; entitle an employee to family care leave for the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child or to take care of a family member and establish parameters; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations by any person.

Education, Elementary And Secondary - Local school district, preschool programs Reports Mandated - Kentucky Department of Education, preschool expansion State Agencies - Kentucky Department of Education, local school district, preschool programs

Amend KRS 61.870 to change the definition of "resident of the Commonwealth"; amend KRS 61.872 to allow the official custodian of public records to require government-issued photo identification that includes an address from an applicant requesting to inspect records as proof that they are a resident of the Commonwealth; allow the agency to require a different form of identification or proof if the applicant does not possess photo identification; amend KRS 61.876 to conform.