Kentucky 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 51)

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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB271

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to establish the abandoned home pool fund to be administered by the Kentucky Housing Corporation to purchase and improve vacant and abandoned homes for rental to eligible individuals and families; specify application process and eligibility criteria.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB272

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Amend KRS 6.661 to establish that the co-chairs of the Legislative Research Commission may employ an executive director of the Legislative Ethics Commission, as well as other necessary staff and contract personnel; require the co-chairs of the Legislative Research Commission to fix the compensation of staff and contract personnel of the Legislative Ethics Commission; establish that members of the staff of the Legislative Ethics Commission are subject to removal by the co-chairs of the Legislative Research Commission at any time; amend KRS 6.686 to allow the Legislative Ethics Commission to impose sanctions on persons who file a complaint that is determined to be frivolous, was filed for an improper purpose, or contains factual allegations lacking evidentiary support; provide that sanctions apply retroactively to January 2, 2026; RETROACTIVE, in part.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB274

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to require persons seeking to receive compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits claims to provide a signed disclosure document stating these services may be provided for free from other entities.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB273

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Report Pass
3/4/26  
Engrossed
3/17/26  
Amend KRS 317.430, relating to the Kentucky Board of Barbering, to add the executive director of the board as a nonvoting member; amend KRS 317.450 to remove language regarding good moral character and temperate habit requirements; reduce length of experience from 3 years to 1 year for certain out-of-state applicants; amend KRS 317.470 to change the title of "administrator" to "executive director"; amend KRS 317.540, relating to barber schools to reduce the number of required hours of course instruction from 1,500 to 1,200; increase the maximum number of hours allowed per day from 8 to 10 hours; make technical changes.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB262

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Amend KRS 139.470 to exempt gross receipts derived from aircraft sold and delivered in this state to a resident of another state from sales and use tax; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2026.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB263

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; permit health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense undesignated glucagon in the name of a school; permit authorized entities to receive, possess, and administer undesignated glucagon to a student during diabetic medical emergencies; permit schools to stock undesignated glucagon; provide for immunity from civil liability for any personal injury resulting from good-faith actions to use undesignated glucagon to treat diabetic medical emergencies; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to consult the American Diabetes Association when promulgating administrative regulations related to the administration of undesignated glucagon in schools.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB264

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Engrossed
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Refer
3/16/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Chaptered
4/13/26  
Amend KRS 514.040, relating to theft by deception, to establish a presumption that a person creates or reinforces a false impression when the person lists or advertises residential or commercial real property for sale, lease, or rent without legal title or authority.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB265

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Report Pass
1/14/26  
Engrossed
1/21/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Refer
3/13/26  
Report Pass
3/17/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Chaptered
4/10/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 299 to establish procedures and authorization by the commissioner of insurance for the voluntary dissolution of certain companies transacting the business of insurance upon the cooperative or assessment plan; amend KRS 304.50-010 to prohibit the commissioner from authorizing additional workers' compensation self-insured groups on and after the effective date of the Act; amend KRS 342.350 to conform.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB266

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Report Pass
2/3/26  
Engrossed
2/10/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Refer
3/16/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Enrolled
3/26/26  
Enrolled
3/26/26  
Chaptered
4/3/26  
Amend KRS 164.0401 to add a speech-language pathology or audiology license to the definition of "eligible healthcare credential" for the purpose of the Kentucky healthcare workforce investment fund.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB267

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 177 to define "acknowledgment sign" and "sponsorship agreement"; allow the Transportation Cabinet to enter into sponsorship agreements with private entities to sponsor welcome centers or rest areas on the interstate and state highway system; direct that all contributions shall be used on maintenance and upkeep of the welcome center or rest area; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a sponsorship policy and process to enter into sponsorship agreements.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB275

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Amend KRS 164.7874 to define "eligible noncertified school graduate"; amend definitions of "KEES award," "KEES award maximum," and "KEES base amount" for an eligible noncertified school graduate; amend KRS 164.7879 to establish an equivalent grade point average for eligible noncertified school graduates based on the graduate's ACT score; amend KRS 164.7881 and 164.7884 to conform.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB276

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Report Pass
1/28/26  
Engrossed
2/6/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define "backyard chicken"; allow a person to keep 6 or fewer backyard chickens on residential property in cities and certain other local governments; establish requirements and restrictions on local regulatory authority.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB277

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Amend KRS 158.850 to define terms; ban schools from selling or providing ultra-processed foods during the school day.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB254

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Report Pass
2/25/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Amend KRS 198B.050 to exempt certain temporary structures from state building code compliance if erected by or for a state or government agency, city, or municipality; require a temporary structure to be inspected and brought into compliance or removed after 6 months; exempt portable or temporary shower or toilet units from state building code compliance if intended to be used for less than 6 months; require a portable or temporary shower or toilet unit to be inspected and brought into compliance or removed after 6 months.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB5

Introduced
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
2/25/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Refer
3/11/26  
Report Pass
3/16/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Chaptered
4/9/26  
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 197 to establish the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Prison Education Program within the Department of Corrections in partnership with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) to provide inmates with job training; require KCTCS to construct a facility to house the program at Northpoint Training Center; establish convictions that preclude participation in the program; require the parties to enter into a memorandum of agreement establishing the responsibilities of each party; amend KRS 196.281 to establish entitlement to a certificate of employability upon successful completion of the program and require reporting by the department; amend KRS 335B.020 to establish that a person shall not be disqualified from public employment or obtaining an occupational license solely because of previous criminal conviction and obtaining a certificate of employment from the department shall constitute rebuttable evidence of rehabilitation and fitness for the occupation; amend KRS 355B.030 to remove a conviction of a Class A felony, Class B felony, or any other felony offense other than a conviction that would qualify the individual as a registrant as defined in KRS 17.500 as supportive of a rebuttable presumption of a connection between that conviction and a license issuance request.