Kentucky 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 19)

Page 19 of 116
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB722

Introduced
2/24/26  
Refer
2/24/26  
Amend KRS 186.230 and 186.120 to conform to gender-neutral language.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB395

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Amend KRS 156.160 to require public middle and high school curriculum to include instruction on the history of racism.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB396

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Amend KRS 2.110 to remove January 29 and June 3 as public holidays on which public offices in the Commonwealth may be closed.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB397

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 150 to define terms; require that any permit issued to take a lower Ohio River trophy catfish shall expire on May 31, 2027; prohibit the issuance or reissuance of an any lower Ohio River trophy catfish permits after that date; after the effective date of the Act, prohibit the transfer or reissuance of any lower Ohio River trophy catfish permit; prohibit the transportation of live trophy catfish except by boat while in the course of legally fishing; amend KRS 150.990 to make a violation of the prohibition on transporting live trophy catfish a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class D felony for each subsequent offense.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB398

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Report Pass
1/29/26  
Engrossed
2/3/26  
Refer
2/3/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Report Pass
3/25/26  
Refer
3/27/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Chaptered
4/12/26  
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.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB399

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
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.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB4

Introduced
1/13/26  
Refer
1/13/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Report Pass
1/28/26  
Engrossed
2/5/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Refer
3/16/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Refer
3/27/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Chaptered
4/10/26  
­Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 to establish the offense of grooming a minor; amend KRS 510.010 to define "course of conduct," "grooming behavior," and "sexual conduct"; amend various sections to conform; make technical corrections.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB40

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
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.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB407

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
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.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB408

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; establish a qualified terminally ill patient's right to voluntarily request medication to self-administer to cause death; establish conditions required to make request; permit patient to rescind request at any time; permit an attending provider to provide medication; establish requirements for attending providers to inform patients and document request; require disposal of unused medications; require report by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; establish provisions for contracts, insurance policies, and beneficiaries; prohibit applicability of provisions to ending a patient's life by lethal injection, mercy killing, or active euthanasia; establish that a health care provider is not required to provide medication to a qualified patient; permit health care providers to prohibit persons or entities from participating in a qualified patient's request during or on the premises of employment; prohibit reporting a health care provider to a licensing board for participating in a qualified patient's request; state that actions under this Act do not authorize lethal injection, mercy killing, or active euthanasia; establish that actions under this Act do not constitute suicide or homicide; create the offenses of forging or altering a request for end-of-life medications, concealing or destroying a rescession of a request for end-of-life medication, and coercing or exerting undue influence on a terminally ill patient to request or utilize end-of-life medications; create a form for a qualified patient to make a request; create a form for an interpreter for a qualified patient making a request; create a new section of Subtitle 12 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish provisions for insurance policies and beneficiaries of qualified patients; amend KRS 507.020 and 507.030 to create an affirmative defense to a charge of murder and manslaughter in the first degree; provide that the Act may be cited Rena's Law.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB409

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
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.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB41

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
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.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB410

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; allow enumerated persons to petition a District Court to issue an order prohibiting a person from purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm if the person is or has been diagnosed with or treated for a mental condition that causes or is likely to cause impairment in judgment, perception, or impulse control to an extent that presents an unreasonable risk to public health, safety, or welfare if the person were in possession or control of a firearm; establish that a violation of an order is a Class A misdemeanor; amend KRS 237.104 to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as Diego's Law.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB411

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
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.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB412

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Amend KRS 311.601 to require physicians to receive at least 3 hours of continuing medical education every 3 years related to mental health recognition and treatment.