Kentucky 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 22)
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB334
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Refer
1/21/26
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to define "boy," "equal," "female," "girl," "male," "man," "sex," and "woman"; prohibit any state or local law, regulation, ordinance, or policy from treating males or females unfairly from similiarly situated members of the opposite sex, but permit separation of the sexes if in the interest of maintaining safety, privacy, and fairness; provide a non-exhaustive list of examples of areas in which public entities may distinguish between the sexes; require any public school, public school district, state agency, department, local government, special district or any political subdivision of those entities that collects vital statistics to identify each person as either male or female; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Women's Bill of Rights.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB335
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Refer
1/21/26
Report Pass
2/10/26
Engrossed
3/25/26
Refer
3/25/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "anti-choking device"; require school cafeteria personnel and other expected users of the device to be trained if a school obtains an anti-choking device; provide immunity from civil liability for rendering emergency care or treatment with an anti-choking device or the Heimlich maneuver at a public or private school; provide that the Act may be cited as Landon's Law.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB336
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Refer
1/21/26
Amend KRS 65.016 and 337.275 to allow a local government to adopt and enforce an ordinance that requires a minimum wage at a rate higher than that found in KRS 337.275 for employers located within that government's jurisdiction.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB337
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Refer
1/21/26
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 383 to allow landlords to terminate rental agreements upon 3 days' notice when law enforcement or fire protection services are dispatched to a property more than 3 times in a 6-month period and set refund provisions.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB42
Introduced
1/7/26
Refer
1/7/26
Refer
1/14/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to declare findings; set mandated annual varsity athletic game requirements for the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, Eastern Kentucky University, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, and Western Kentucky University in various sports; ensure existing contracts of public postsecondary institutions are not violated.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB420
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
Refer
1/27/26
Propose to amend Section 145 of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide that every citizen of the United States who is at least 18 years old and who has resided in Kentucky for at least 30 days before an election shall be entitled to vote in the precinct of his or her residence; automatically restore the voting rights of persons convicted of certain felonies upon completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole and automatically restore their civil rights 5 years after completion of their imprisonment, probation, or parole; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB421
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
Refer
1/27/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to authorize participation in a public school interscholastic extracurricular activity by an at-home private school student; establish criteria for participation; require a parent, guardian, or teacher of an at-home private school student participating in a public school interscholastic activity to verify the student's academic progress; declare a public school student who does not make academic progress at a public school and withdraws and enters an at-home private school program ineligible for participation in an interscholastic activity for the remainder of the school year; provide that the Act may be cited as the Play Fair Kentucky Act.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB422
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
Refer
1/27/26
Report Pass
2/18/26
Engrossed
2/25/26
Refer
2/25/26
Refer
3/24/26
Report Pass
3/26/26
Refer
3/31/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Chaptered
4/2/26
Passed
4/2/26
Amend KRS 439.3401 to provide that a violent offender who has received a life sentence and has not been sentenced to 35 years without probation or parole or imprisonment for life without the benefit of probation or parole shall not be released on probation or parole until he or she has served at least 30 years; amend KRS 439.3406 to prohibit a person who has been convicted of a Class B felony or a person who is a violent offender who has been unanimously denied discretionary parole from qualifying for mandatory reentry supervisions; provide that the Department of Corrections shall provide an annual report on the results of the mandatory reentry supervision program to the Legislative Research Commission by February 1 of each year; amend KRS 504.150 to require a treating professional for a defendant who has received a sentence of guilty but mentally ill to file a petition for involuntary hospitalization under KRS Chapter 202A or 202B; amend KRS 532.025 to provide that if a defendant has been found guilty of intentional murder, the jury or court does not have to find any aggravating circumstance to sentence a defendant to imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole or imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole for 35 years; amend KRS 532.030 to enhance the sentence of imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole for 25 years to 35 years; amend KRS 532.110 to provide that sentences of a defendant convicted of 2 or more capital offenses, Class A felonies, Class B felonies, or a combination of those offenses or 2 or more violent offenses involving 2 or more victims shall run consecutively; amend various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 504.020 and 504.030; provide that the Act may be cited as Logan's Law.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB423
Introduced
1/16/26
Refer
1/16/26
Refer
1/27/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define "area of the racing facility" and "racing facility"; provide civil immunity from suit to racing facilities regarding nuisance and taking actions if the racing facility was lawfully constructed before the surrounding real property owner either purchased the real property or constructed any building in the area of the racing facility; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB381
Introduced
1/14/26
Refer
1/14/26
Refer
1/22/26
Amend KRS 164.507 to allow the nonremarried spouse or a child under the age of 26 of a deceased veteran free tuition at public universities, colleges, or vocational training institutions for up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction; amend KRS 164.515 to allow the spouse or a child under the age of 26 of a disabled veteran free tuition at public universities, colleges, or vocational training institutions for up to 128 credit hours of undergraduate instruction.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB356
Introduced
1/13/26
Refer
1/13/26
Refer
1/21/26
Report Pass
1/29/26
Report Pass
3/10/26
Amend KRS 132.380 to require the examination of candidates for the office of property valuation administrator to be offered by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS); require the Department of Revenue to provide KCTCS with examination questions and other relevant examination information; establish the examination period; require KCTCS to work with the department to promulgate administrative regulations for the examination registration and establishment of fees; require KCTCS to provide the Department of Revenue information from a candidate's examination for purposes of determining if the candidate passed the examination; establish a deadline for the Department of Revenue to issue a certificate of fitness and qualification to candidates who passed the examination; make technical corrections.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB598
Introduced
2/9/26
Refer
2/9/26
Refer
2/17/26
Report Pass
2/26/26
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15A to establish the Department of Family Representation and Advocacy and the Family Representation and Advocacy Commission to provide a state-sponsored and controlled system for training and appointing guardians ad litem and other counsel; amend various sections to cap guardian ad litem or counsel fees at $500; amend various other sections to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Family Representation and Advocacy Act; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2027.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB6
Introduced
2/2/26
Refer
2/2/26
Refer
2/9/26
Report Pass
2/12/26
Engrossed
2/18/26
Refer
2/18/26
Refer
3/6/26
Report Pass
3/10/26
Refer
3/31/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Chaptered
4/14/26
Passed
4/14/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 related to the quality-based graduated early care and education rating system program to establish the intent of the General Assembly related to the program; establish processes and procedures for how the program is changed by administrative regulation; require a program modernization plan and final recommendations for modernization to be created and submitted to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 199.891 to define terms; create new requirements for how the Cabinet for Health and Family Services establishes and operates the Certified Child Care Community Designation Program; delete language related to a previous 1 time requirement for the cabinet to submit recommendations and best practices to the Legislative Research Commission; establish a new January 1, 2028 submission deadline for the cabinet to make publicly available a standardized application for certification and instructions for the program; establish new requirements for applications by local governments to participate in the program; require an annual report by the Cabinet for Economic Development regarding the program; amend KRS 199.8983 to increase the membership of the Kentucky Child Care Advisory Council; establish that the council shall additionally advise the Cabinet for Health and Family Services on the operations, funding, and licensing of child-care microcenters; create new sections of KRS Chapter 199 to define terms; establish licensure for child-care microcenters; establish the Kentucky Child-Care Microcenter Program to regulate the standards and operations of child-care microcenters; establish early care and education training requirements for licensed child-care providers and certified family child-care home providers; establish that the Education and Labor Cabinet shall compile, produce, and make publicly available a monthly report providing a comprehensive snapshot of all licensed and certified child care services, Head Start services, child care services regulated by the United States Department of Defense, and state-funded public preschool services operating within the Commonwealth; establish a voluntary designation process through which any licensed or certified child-care provider may identify as a faith-based program; require the Office of State Budget Director to produce a comprehensive annual report outlining all state and federal spending on child care and early childhood education services and submit it annually to the Legislative Research Commission; establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall submit an approval request to the federal Administration for Children and Families to utilize a cost estimation model to inform payment rates beginning with the fiscal year 2028-2030 Child Care and Development Fund state plan; amend KRS 199.882 to change the definitions of "contribution" and "state match" and define "third-party administrator"; amend KRS 199.883 to establish that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall enter into a contract with a private third-party administrator to administer the Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership Program and establish duties and requirements of the third-party administrator; amend KRS 199.885 to establish the third-party administrator is responsible for issuing state fund matches out of the Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership fund; amend KRS 199.886 and 199.887 to specify how employers and employees interact directly with the third-party administrator instead of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB60
Introduced
1/7/26
Refer
1/7/26
Refer
1/14/26
Report Pass
2/5/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 512 to define terms; make criminal atmospheric pollution a Class D felony; require that a person found guilty of criminal atmospheric pollution pay a civil penalty of not less than $500,000 in addition to all other penalties authorized by law; provide that each day that a person engages in criminal atmospheric pollution constitutes a separate offense; empower all peace officers of the Commonwealth to enforce the prohibition on criminal atmospheric pollution; require an arresting officer to issue a notice to any federal agency that approved the action that those activities cannot be lawfully carried out in the Commonwealth.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB600
Introduced
2/9/26
Refer
2/9/26
Refer
2/17/26
Report Pass
3/3/26
Engrossed
3/6/26
Refer
3/6/26
Refer
3/16/26
Report Pass
3/18/26
Enrolled
3/26/26
Enrolled
3/26/26
Chaptered
4/7/26
Passed
4/7/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 68 to authorize a county to utilize a consolidated procedure in the collection of delinquent tax bills; amend KRS 134.504 to require the allowance of a consolidated procedure for the collection of delinquent taxes in the terms of a contract between the Department of Revenue and a county attorney; amend the fees a county attorney may receive in the process of litigation for the collection of a certificate of delinquency; amend KRS 91.481, 91.484, 91.487, 91.488, 91.4882, 91.4883, 91.4884, 91.4885, 91.494, 91.501, 91.504, 91.507, 91.511, 91.514, 91.517, 91.521, 91.527, 91.550, and 92.810 to make technical corrections.