Kentucky 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 80)

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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB346

Introduced
3/2/26  
Amend KRS 164.050 to insert gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB345

Introduced
3/2/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define "community intervener"; require the Michelle P. waiver program to cover community intervener services if approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; require the Department for Medicaid Services to promulgate administrative regulations; require the cabinet or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes in the Medicaid program as required under KRS 205.5372(1).
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB347

Introduced
3/2/26  
Amend KRS 156.808 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations governing maternity leave for certified and equivalent staff in the Office of Career and Technical Education.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB348

Introduced
3/2/26  
Amend KRS 216B.020 to exempt ophthalmology and endscopy surgical centers meeting certain criteria from the requirement to obtain a certificate of need; make technical corrections; amend KRS 216B.061 to conform.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB344

Introduced
3/2/26  
Amend KRS 74.361 to allow a fiscal court to request that the Public Service Commission order the merger of water districts or portions of water districts within its county; require the Public Service Commission to prepare a written feasibility report and study upon receiving the merger request from the fiscal court.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB43

Introduced
1/7/26  
Amend KRS 164.2807 to require that, as part of its annual report to the Legislative Research Commission, the Governor, and the Public Service Commission, the Energy Planning and Inventory Commission include a current inventory of the Commonwealth's existing electric generation and transmission resources, a forecast of changes in demand for those resources, and recommendations for how to address discrepancies between the current electric resource inventory and forecasted future demand.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB4

Introduced
1/27/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Engrossed
2/10/26  
Report Pass
2/5/26  
Engrossed
2/10/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Refer
4/1/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Refer
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Vetoed
4/13/26  
Refer
4/14/26  
Override
4/14/26  
Refer
4/14/26  
Override
4/14/26  
Enrolled
4/14/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to define "department" and "principal"; establish the principal leadership development practicum; require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop and operate the practicum and outline the required components of the practicum; allow for substitution of practicum hours for hours of instruction required by the effective instructional leadership program; begin the practicum requirements with the 2027-2028 school year; authorize the promulgation of administrative regulations for the operation of the practicum; amend KRS 156.101 to conform; amend KRS 161.207 to remove references to the principal internship program and make conforming changes to initial principal certification process; amend KRS 156.492 to remove an outdated reference; require the Kentucky Department of Education to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission by November 1, 2026, setting out the implementation plan for the practicum.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB44

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Amend KRS 95A.020 to increase the Kentucky Fire Commission to 18 members by transferring the 4 ex officio members to full member status and provide for terms of office of the non-appointive members; amend KRS 95A.262 to specify that the cancer screening reimbursements can be made from revenues allocated to the Firefighters Foundation Program fund pursuant to KRS 42.190 and 136.392; make an appropriation of $3,924,000 to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System for various projects for the commission; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB41

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Report Pass
2/25/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Amend KRS 132.017, relating to the process for a recall of a local ad valorem tax rate, to define "school nickel tax rate"; require a petition process for recalling the levy of a school nickel tax rate; remove other taxes levied by local governmental entities from the petition process requirements; require an ad valorem tax levied by a local governmental entity and a general tax rate levied by a local board of education to be voted upon by the voters if the tax rate produces more than 4% in revenues over the revenues produced by the compensating tax rate; require the suspension of the ordinance, order, resolution, or motion levying the tax rate until after the required election; allow a local governmental entity or a local board of education to cancel a required recall election by reconsidering the levy and instead levying a tax rate that produces no more than 4% in revenues over the revenues produced by the compensating tax rate; specify ballot and public notification requirements for the election; provide that if a tax rate is recalled, the compensating tax rate shall be levied; amend KRS 68.245, 75A.050, 132.018, 132.023, 132.027, and 160.470 to conform; make technical changes; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB39

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Refer
1/20/26  
Report Pass
1/22/26  
Engrossed
2/23/26  
Refer
2/23/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Report Pass
3/26/26  
Refer
3/27/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Chaptered
4/10/26  
Amend KRS 150.170 to exempt a bona fide private landowner from any fishing restrictions imposed in KRS Chapter 150 or the administrative regulations promulgated thereunder relating to creel, possession, size, or method of take; allow a private landowner to extend the same rights and privileges relating to fishing in lakes or ponds located on the landowner's property to any person in written or electronic form; allow the stocking of certain largemouth bass in private lakes and ponds without restriction; exempt a bona fide private landowner from any lake or pond stocking restrictions except with regard to prohibitions on the stocking of invasive fish.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB49

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Report Pass
1/14/26  
Engrossed
1/22/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Refer
3/17/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Refer
3/27/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Chaptered
4/10/26  
Create new sections of Subchapter 50 of KRS Chapter 224 to define terms; prohibit the disposal of covered batteries in solid waste disposal or recycling containers; require the Energy and Environment Cabinet to establish the Covered Battery Stewardship Program; provide for the purposes of the program, including fostering the creation of voluntary battery stewardship organizations; provide for the collaboration with stakeholders in establishing the Covered Battery Stewardship Program; require the cabinet to maintain on its website a list of covered battery collection sites and contact information for transporters of covered batteries; establish the registration process and requirements for voluntary battery stewardship organizations; establish minimum requirements for voluntary battery stewardship plans to be submitted to the cabinet for approval; require each voluntary battery stewardship organization to submit an annual report to the cabinet detailing its covered battery collection, recovery, and educational outreach efforts beginning June 30, 2027.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB51

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Report Pass
1/14/26  
Engrossed
1/23/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to exempt homeowners who are 65 years of age or older from any increase in the valuation of their permanent residence that is assessed after the later of the year the homeowner turned 65 or the year the homeowner acquired the property; require the exemption to be in addition to the exemption provided in Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky and notwithstanding Sections 171, 172, and 174 of the Constitution of Kentucky; apply the exemption to increases in valuation that occur after the date the amendment is ratified by the voters; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB53

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Refer
2/23/26  
Report Pass
2/25/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Amend KRS 100.275 to affirm that planning units and commissions and boards thereof may hold public hearings and accept public comments concerning the approval of subdivision plats and development plans.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB71

Introduced
1/12/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Report Pass
2/5/26  
Engrossed
2/10/26  
Refer
2/10/26  
Amend KRS 160.180 to require all local school board members to receive 6 hours of in-service finance training every 2 years.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB7

Introduced
1/13/26  
Refer
1/13/26  
Refer
1/13/26  
Report Pass
1/14/26  
Engrossed
1/20/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to define "local official"; require the Transportation Cabinet to expand issuance of renewal and duplicate operator's licenses and personal identification cards in any county in which a permanent regional licensing office is not located by establishing a system between the Transportation Cabinet and a local official to issue renewal and duplicate operator's licenses and personal identification cards for a $25 convenience fee in addition to any other applicable fees; allow counties to enter into an interlocal agreement to share personnel and equipment for issuance; require the Transportation Cabinet to report to the Legislative Research Commission annually on the number of renewal and duplicate operator's licenses and personal identification cards issued under the Act and any effect on wait times at the permanent regional licensing offices; amend KRS 186.531 to remove the 4 year identity document option; amend KRS 186.410, 186.535, and 186.579 to conform; repeal KRS 186.4101, relating to license renewal and reconciliation of 4-year and 8-year license renewal periods; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2027.