Kentucky 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 26)
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB633
Introduced
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Refer
2/20/26
Amend KRS 367.3611 to define "actual knowledge," "algorithmic feed," "algorithmic recommendation system," "covered design feature," "covered minor," "covered online service," "dark pattern," "knows to be a child," "knows to be a minor," "minor," "online service," "parent," "personalized recommendation system," "publicly available information," and "user"; create a new section of KRS 367.3611 to 367.3629, the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act, to require a covered online service to configure all default privacy settings provided to a covered minor through its online service, product, or feature to the highest level of privacy; provide a covered minor and his or her parents with certain default settings and tools to protect the minor from profiling, targeted advertising for prohibited products, or the use of dark patterns to impair a covered minor's choice; prohibit the use of notifications and push alerts to a covered minor between certain days and times; amend KRS 367.3613 to conform; provide that Section 2 of the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Kid's Code.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB634
Introduced
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Refer
2/20/26
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require health plans to provide coverage for an annual mental health wellness examination provided by a mental health professional; require the coverage to be no less extensive than coverage for medical and surgical benefits, comply with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, and not be subject to any cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require limited health service benefit plans, self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the mental health wellness examination coverage requirement; state purpose of the Act; direct that provisions apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act; provide that Section 1 of the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Mental Health Wellness Act; EFFECTIVE, January 1, 2027.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB635
Introduced
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Refer
2/20/26
Amend KRS 158.070 to permit a local board of education to amend its school calendar by adding time to the school day to reach the required 1,062 hours of instructional time; for the 2025-2026 school year, allow local school districts to make up days missed by adding instructional time to student attendance days; notwithstand the requirement for the student instructional year to have 170 student attendance days; allow waiver of up to 5 student attendance days if a school district is unable to provide the required 1,062 hours of instruction by June 10, 2026; require a local board of education seeking to revise its calendar to submit a plan for approval to the Department of Education; allow instructional time made up and days waived to count as employee contracted days; provide that districts that used 10 or fewer nontraditional instruction days and choose not to use any waived days shall have the district's average daily attendance calculated by deducting 5 low attendance days in addition to the 5 days deducted under KRS 157.320(2); EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2026; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB636
Introduced
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Refer
2/20/26
Amend KRS 411.245 to establish immunity from civil liability for damage to a vehicle caused by a person removing a domestic animal that is in danger.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB637
Introduced
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Refer
2/20/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to define terms; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to develop and operate an animal abuse offender registry; require offenders to register for 2 years for a first offense and 5 years for subsequent offenses; require offenders to pay a $100 registration fee and $100 every year the offender is registered; establish that a violation of registration requirements and providing false information to the registry are Class A misdemeanors; establish the animal abuse offender registry fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 620 to require Cabinet for Health and Family Services employees to report animal abuse; amend KRS 321.188 to require veterinarians to report animal abuse.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB581
Introduced
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Refer
2/13/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 14 to provide for the issuance of jailer service cards by the Secretary of State to jailers who are currently serving or have previously served as jailers in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB582
Introduced
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Refer
2/13/26
Amend KRS 230.210 to redefine "sports wagering"; amend KRS 230.805 to change the age of access to sports wagering from 18 to 21; prohibit sports wagering licensees or service providers from offering proposition bets; amend KRS 2.015 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB583
Introduced
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Refer
2/13/26
Report Pass
3/12/26
Engrossed
3/25/26
Refer
3/25/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require school districts that elect to provide health care services through a school nurse to bill the school-based Medicaid program for medically necessary services provided to a student enrolled in Medicaid; establish requirements for third-party Medicaid billing vendors contracted by school districts; permit school nurses to receive preventative dental services training from the Department for Public Health; permit the school district to bill the school-based Medicaid program for preventative dental services that are within a school nurse's scope of practice.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB584
Introduced
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Refer
2/13/26
Report Pass
2/25/26
Engrossed
3/5/26
Refer
3/5/26
Amend KRS 218A.205 to remove the requirement of a permanent licensure ban on licensees and applicants convicted of a felony offense regarding prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance; make technical corrections.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB585
Introduced
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Refer
2/13/26
Amend KRS 336.130 to delete references prohibiting employees becoming a member of a labor or organization as a condition of employment; amend KRS 336.990 to conform; amend KRS 67A.6904, 67C.406, 70.262, 78.470, 78.480, and 345.050 to remove exceptions; amend KRS 336.1341 and 336.135 to conform; repeal KRS 65.016, 336.132, and 336.134.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB586
Introduced
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Refer
2/13/26
Report Pass
2/25/26
Engrossed
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
Amend KRS 156.502 to define "medication" and "sunscreen"; require local boards of education to adopt a policy authorizing students in kindergarten through grade 5 to carry and self administer sunscreen with parent permission and allow students in grades 6 to 12 to carry and self-administer sunscreen; require board policy to cover possession and use in various settings; amend KRS 194A.380 to define "sunscreen"; create a new section of KRS 194A.380 to 194A.383 to require youth camps to adopt a policy authorizing a child to carry and self-administer sunscreen.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB587
Introduced
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Refer
2/13/26
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow the General Assembly to provide by law a property tax exemption for the permanent residence of an owner who is a veteran with a service-connected disability; require the law to specify the amount of the exemption, the qualifications for claiming the exemption, and whether the exemption transfers to the veteran's surviving spouse; prohibit more than 1 exemption per permanent residence; disallow the exemption to be combined with an exemption under Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB588
Introduced
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Refer
2/13/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 533.010, relating to probation, to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.010 to define terms; amend KRS 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, and 532.100 to conform; repeal KRS 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 431.270, 507A.060, 532.025, 532.075, 532.130, 532.135, 532.140, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB638
Introduced
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Refer
2/20/26
Amend KRS 2.095 to add the Kentucky coffeetree to the designation of state trees.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB639
Introduced
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Refer
2/20/26
Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to define "end consumer"; allow certain USDA-exempted poultry processors to sell to end consumers on a farm, at a farmers market, or at a roadside stand.