Kentucky 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 36)
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB186
Introduced
1/7/26
Refer
1/7/26
Refer
1/14/26
Amend KRS 67.060, 83A.040, 160.180, and 262.240, to require a candidate for county commissioner, city mayor, city legislative body member, board of education member, and soil and water conservation district supervisor to be a natural born citizen of the United States and no other country and a national of only the United States in order to hold each respective office.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB187
Introduced
1/7/26
Refer
1/7/26
Refer
1/14/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to create the vaping settlement trust fund to be administered by the Office of the Attorney General; direct the deposit of certain litigation proceeds into the fund; direct the allowable use of fund moneys for certain youth prevention and cessation efforts.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB188
Introduced
1/7/26
Refer
1/7/26
Refer
1/14/26
Report Pass
1/28/26
Engrossed
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Refer
3/16/26
Report Pass
3/19/26
Enrolled
3/26/26
Enrolled
3/26/26
Chaptered
4/3/26
Passed
4/3/26
Amend KRS 508.025 to expand assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a healthcare provider in a jail, penitentiary, or local or state correctional or detention facility; amend KRS 65.1591 to add jailers, deputy jailers, and correctional officers employed by a local detention center, local correctional facility, or regional jail to the list of public safety employees eligible to participate in a peer support counseling program.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB189
Introduced
1/7/26
Refer
1/7/26
Refer
1/14/26
Report Pass
1/28/26
Engrossed
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Refer
3/16/26
Report Pass
3/18/26
Enrolled
3/24/26
Enrolled
3/24/26
Passed
3/29/26
Chaptered
4/5/26
Passed
4/5/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms; prohibit a person from remaining on any portion of a state-maintained right-of-way that is not designated for pedestrian use; provide exemptions and authorize local governmental exceptions; allow local governments to enact ordinances to authorize limited exceptions to the prohibition; allow the Transportation Cbinet to promulgate administrative regulations to define minimum standards for state-maintained rights-of-way; amend KRS 189.570 to conform.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB19
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/6/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend KRS 157.420 to preclude the Kentucky Board of Education from approving the working budget or salary schedule of a local board of education unless it incorporates a salary increase for certified and classified staff consistent with the percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U); EMERGENCY; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB221
Introduced
1/7/26
Refer
1/7/26
Refer
1/14/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to establish the Kentucky Severe Weather Alert System; specify purpose and allowable uses of the system.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB222
Introduced
1/7/26
Refer
1/7/26
Refer
1/14/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to define "light engine"; require a crew of at least 2 persons during operation of a train or light engine; amend KRS 277.990 to include penalties on railroad companies for crews of less than 2 persons.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB223
Introduced
1/7/26
Refer
1/7/26
Refer
1/14/26
Amend KRS 186.763 to prohibit a school district from operating a fully autonomous vehicle as a school bus or for transporting students; prohibit the operation of a fully autonomous vehicle if that vehicle requires an operator with a commercial driver's license; amend KRS 281.764 to conform.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB224
Introduced
1/7/26
Refer
1/7/26
Refer
1/14/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 42 to define terms; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to establish a grant database that will be a central repository for information on all available state or local government grants; require state and local agencies to report grant opportunities to the Finance and Administration Cabinet for inclusion in the grant database.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB225
Introduced
1/7/26
Refer
1/7/26
Refer
1/14/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable income tax credit for certain volunteer firefighters; declare the purpose of the credit; require annual reporting to the Legislative Research Commission to evaluate the impact of the credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide the ordering of the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow confidential tax return information to be shared with the Legislative Research Commission.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB226
Introduced
1/7/26
Refer
1/7/26
Refer
1/14/26
Report Pass
2/3/26
Amend KRS 186.162, relating to special license plates, to establish that a portion of the initial and renewal fee for a Kentucky National Guard plate is dedicated to the National Guard Association of Kentucky.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB227
Introduced
1/7/26
Refer
1/7/26
Refer
1/14/26
Report Pass
2/18/26
Engrossed
3/10/26
Refer
3/10/26
Refer
3/16/26
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to establish requirements to protect minors from AI companion platforms and social media platforms using addictive features and predatory data collection; define terms; require AI companion platforms and social media platforms to refine their age verification for users; prohibit AI companion platforms or social media platforms from maintaining accounts for children without verifiable parental consent; create a private right of action for violations by AI companion platforms or social media platforms; authorize the Attorney General to enforce violations.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB190
Introduced
1/7/26
Refer
1/7/26
Refer
1/14/26
Report Pass
2/5/26
Engrossed
2/26/26
Refer
2/26/26
Amend KRS 199.896 to establish square footage requirements for child-care centers.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB191
Introduced
1/7/26
Refer
1/7/26
Refer
1/14/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require that all public schools in Kentucky devote 1 class or instructional period for the observance of Constitution Day; establish Constitution Day program requirements; require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop and maintain a web-based resource for Constitution Day programming; provide that the Act may be cited as the Honoring Our Constitution Act.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB192
Introduced
1/7/26
Refer
1/7/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend KRS 314.011 to define "dispense" or "dispensing" if prescribed, as receiving and distributing nonscheduled legend drugs; include receiving and distributing nonscheduled legend drug samples from pharmaceutical manufacturers; define "dispense" or "dispensing" for an advanced practice registered nurse as the same as in KRS 315.010.