Kentucky 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 62)
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB775
Introduced
2/26/26
Refer
2/26/26
Refer
3/5/26
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 6 to provide for the selection and oversight of Article V commissioners if an Article V convention is called and the Commonwealth is a participant; define terms; establish rules and procedures for appointing, recalling, or filling vacancies for delegates and alternate delegates to Article V conventions; establish duties of delegates and oath requirements; rules and procedures for adoption of instructions to the delegates for an Article V convention; create guidelines for invalidation an unauthorized vote and penalties for an unauthorized vote; establish procedures and the composition of Article V Oversight Committee membership; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB776
Introduced
2/27/26
Refer
2/27/26
Refer
3/2/26
Report Pass
3/4/26
Engrossed
3/12/26
Refer
3/12/26
Refer
3/20/26
Report Pass
3/24/26
Refer
4/1/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Chaptered
4/13/26
Passed
4/13/26
Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 313 to amend terms; require the Kentucky Board of Dentistry to affiliate with all testing qualifying examinations for licensure; require the board to purchase liability insurance for board and staff against acts performed in good faith; permit the board to designate trust and agency account funds for scholarships or education loan repayment assistance; add the National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards for recognizing licensure of specialists; require rather than permit minimum classification licensure of dental hygienists; clarify how a dental hygienist shall operate in a dental practice; amend conditions for providing dental hygienist services; amend services provided by dental assistants; amend provisions relating to radiography; allow for consent by legal representative during telehealth sessions; amend license and registration restrictions related to licensure and ownership titles; allow the Law Enforcement Committee to offer an agreed order during complaint investigations; permit the Well-being Committee to enter into contractual agreements; direct employment provisions for dental laboratories operating or doing business in Kentucky; create a new section of KRS Chapter 313 to establish controls over clinical settings by licensed dentists; prohibit establishing reimbursement rates by a dental practice entity; permit entities controlling a dental practice under a contract to continue exercising control; prohibit new or expanded entities; make technical corrections and remove outdated language; create a new section of KRS Chapter 313 the chapter may be cited as the Kentucky Dental Practice Act. .
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB840
Introduced
3/3/26
Refer
3/3/26
Refer
3/10/26
Amend KRS 216.313 to add gender-neutral language.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB841
Introduced
3/3/26
Refer
3/3/26
Refer
3/10/26
Amend KRS 56.463 to make a technical correction.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB842
Introduced
3/3/26
Refer
3/3/26
Refer
3/10/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to define terms; prohibit the use of deceptive methods when a child is being interrogated; create a new rule of evidence to limit the admissibility of statements made during the interrogation of a child in violation of statute.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB843
Introduced
3/3/26
Refer
3/3/26
Refer
3/10/26
Amend KRS 107.310, relating to community improvement districts, to define "green infrastructure", "green bond", and "social impact bond"; amend KRS 107.330 to increase the scope of community improvement districts to include public infrastructure, housing, public safety and health, and economic development tools; amend KRS 107.340 to require county judges/executive to ensure community improvement district board membership does not represent one particular interest; amend KRS 107.350 to allow community improvement districts to use green bonds and social impact bonds; amend KRS 107.380 to increase reporting requirements of community improvement districts; amend KRS 65.7043, 65.7045, and 65.7049 to allow community improvement districts to access moneys from tax increment financing levied by local governments; create new sections of KRS 107.310 to 107.500 to allow community improvement districts to request cities and counties to use special assessments imposed under KRS 91A.200 to 91A.290; allow community improvement districts to receive moneys from private partners; establish the Community Improvement District Grant Program to provide state grants for community improvement district projects and require the Department for Local Government to administer the program; create the Community Improvement District Grant Program fund to be administered by the Department for Local Government; require projects undertaken by community improvement districts to be reapproved by property owners within the boundaries of the district on a 10 year basis.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB844
Introduced
3/3/26
Refer
3/3/26
Refer
3/5/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 96 to define "municipal interlocal gas utility"; provide that a municipal interlocal gas utility is exempt from the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission and KRS Chapter 278 exempt as provided in KRS 278.495; authorize a municipal interlocal gas utility to determine its own service territory through official acts of its governing authority; allow a municipal interlocal gas utility to have the primary right to provide service in its service territory and to have the right to be the first provider for new customers in the service territory; authorize the municipal interlocal gas utility to acquire an existing natural gas system through eminent domain and specify the valuation method for the acquired plant or system; exempt a municipal interlocal gas utility from the provisions of KRS 96.5375, 96.045, and 96.538; amend KRS 65.240 to allow a public agency to acquire natural gas facilities inside or outside of its jurisdictional boundaries; amend KRS 96.5375 to allow a municipal interlocal gas utility to extend an existing natural gas system or construct a new system inside or outside its constituent cities' boundaries; specify the valuation of natural gas distribution system or plant acquired by eminent domain; define "municipal interlocal gas utility"; amend KRS 278.010 to exempt to municipal interlocal gas utilities from the definition of "utility" for the purpose of establishing the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission; define "municipal interlocal gas utility"; amend KRS 96.045 and 96.538 to conform; RETROACTIVE.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB845
Introduced
3/3/26
Refer
3/3/26
Refer
3/10/26
Amend Sections 13 and 195 and repeal Sections 211 and 242 of the Constitution of Kentucky to eliminate the power of eminent domain in the Commonwealth.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB846
Introduced
3/3/26
Refer
3/3/26
Refer
3/10/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to establish a process to recall a superintendent of a school district; amend KRS 160.350 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB847
Introduced
3/3/26
Refer
3/3/26
Refer
3/10/26
Propose to amend Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide the General Assembly the authority to exempt all or a portion of any class of property from taxation or eliminate all or a portion of any tax and the related provisions of that tax; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB883
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
Refer
3/11/26
Amend KRS 158.120 to place a districtwide enrollment cap on nonresident pupil enrollment in virtual programs; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB884
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
Refer
3/11/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to require reporting of alpha-gal syndrome; require laboratory reporting of positive test results to the Department for Public Health within 5 days of confirming the results; require the department to follow up annually on cases and report to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB885
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
Refer
3/9/26
Report Pass
3/11/26
Engrossed
3/27/26
Refer
3/27/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 317A to prohibit a licensee from performing services that go beyond the stratum germinativum layer unless practicing under the immediate supervision of a licensed physician; prohibit a licensee from performing any service regulated by another agency without the appropriate licensing for that service; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 317A to define "fixed salon" and "mobile salon"; change "limited beauty salon" to "limited facility" throughout; require any person who attempts to practice cosmetology or shampoo styling without being licensed to pay an administrative penalty to the board in an amount not to exceed $1,500 for each offense; authorize the board to investigate any and all unlicensed activity of services licensed under KRS Chapter 317A; prohibit a licensee from holding clinics if the clinics are not sponsored by a beauty specialty group for a service that require a license or permit under KRS Chapter 317A; require any person who applies for an esthetician license to have completed 750 hours of instruction in a licensed school within 5 years of submitting an application for licensure; establish licensing for mobile salons and limited facilities; exclude completion of 50 hours of esthetics or nail technology training within the last 2 years from licensure requirements for teaching esthetic practices or nail technology; establish license and renewal periods by administrative regulations promulgated by the board; establish a permit for natural hair braiding; exempt a person practicing natural hair brading from being required to have a salon license if working out of their home, a limited facility license if only working with other natural hair braiders, or obtaining cosmetology instruction hours beyond a sanitation course; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to set standards for mobile salons and limited facilities; establish a code of professional conduct for persons licensed and permitted by the board; establish the inspection criteria for fixed and mobile salons; require the board to hold hearings in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B upon the request of an unlicensed party facing penalties; require schools to follow the student-teacher ratio listed in administrative regulations; allow the board to take immediate remedial measures to help a school operate according to standards if a complaint or concern has been validated through an inspection; prohibit a licensee from failing to follow sanitation standards prescribed by administrative regulations; allow the board to investigate all complaints concerning any person that is performing regulated services without a license; establish a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,500 per violation for any person who provides regulated services without a license.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB886
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
Refer
3/11/26
Amend KRS 392.020 to provide that the dower interest in a 1/3 life estate for real estate owned during marriage shall not apply to any property acquired by a spouse by inheritance during the marriage if it is not the primary residence of the married couple.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB887
Introduced
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
Refer
3/11/26
Amend KRS 61.505 to exempt the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority from KRS Chapter 56 regarding the purchase or lease of office space necessary to operate the retirement systems; EMERGENCY.