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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 57 (4-1-26) - Part 2

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Keywords: In an effort to stave off issues that may occur with long format live streams, we have split this stream into two parts. Video Start 00:00:00 Reconvene 00:50:47 Enrollment 00:52:35 Senate Message 00:54:20 Orders of the Day 00:55:05 HCR 67 00:55:41 SB 110 00:56:58 HB 568 00:58:35 HB 501 00:59:58 HB 502 01:03:25 HJR 75 01:09:17 HJR 76 01:13:30 HB 757 01:16:06 SB 198 01:18:25 HB 422 01:21:05 Appointment of Conference Committees 01:24:59 SB 189 01:25:59 SB 110 & SB 110 CCR 01:36:30 SB 110 FCCR 01:39:48 SB 100 FCCR 01:43:15 SB 27 01:48:41 SB 1 01:52:40 HB 619 01:59:50 Senate Message 02:02:04 HB 2 02:05:04 HB 503 CCR/FCCR 02:06:30 Enrollment 02:10:53 HB 500 CCR/FCCR 02:11:30 Enrollment 03:20:10 Recess 03:22:40 Reconvene 04:58:29 Senate Message 04:59:29 Appointment of Conference Committees 05:00:39 Orders of the Day continued 05:01:47 SB 50 05:02:28 Enrollment 05:13:00 HB 67 CCR/FCCR 05:15:00 SB 10 05:19:50 SB 4 CCR/FCCR 05:23:42 HB 504 CCR/FCCR 05:33:31 SJR 139 05:38:20 HB 776 05:55:05 SB 77 05:58:55 SB 30 06:04:50 SB 149 06:14:08 Recess 06:16:41 Reconvene 06:41:12 Senate Message 06:42:28 Orders of the Day 06:43:23 Enrollment 06:43:42 SB 249 06:45:14 HB 762 06:47:27 HB 10 CCR/FCCR 06:50:40 HB 490 06:54:22 HB 257 CCR/FCCR 06:57:00 Enrollment 07:00:22 HB 677 07:00:58 HB 2 CCR/FCCR 07:05:05 Senate Message 07:18:08 HB 900 CCR/FCCR 07:18:34 Citations/Resolutions 07:23:40 Enrollment 07:29:41 Recess 07:30:09 Reconvene 07:59:10 Senate Message 07:59:20 HB 619 CCR/FCCR 07:59:53 Enrollment 08:03:30 SCR 9 08:05:25 SB 8 08:09:05 Enrollment 08:12:38 Senate Message 08:13:47 HB 757 CCR/FCCR 08:15:18 Enrollment 08:21:25 HB 904 08:23:47 Senate Message 08:37:37 HB 568 CCR/FCCR 08:38:18 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 08:43:20 Recess 08:53:09 Reconvene/Enrollment 09:11:48 Recess 09:12:43 Reconvene for Day 58 09:33:45 Enrollment 09:34:46 Adjournment 09:39:58, 958, all
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Maize Bledsoe. Senator McDaniel. Representative Bowling.
  • Senator Thomas.
  • >> Good morning, Senator Thomas. >> Um, the...
  • >> Good morning, Senator Thomas. >> Good morning, Senator Thomas.
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Summary: The committee first heard from Personnel Cabinet officials on House Bill 6, which required the Kentucky Employees Health Plan to offer a qualified high-deductible health plan by the 2026 plan year. Officials said the plan was already added for 2025, described it as the lowest-premium option with higher deductibles, and explained that federal rules prevent first-dollar coverage except for limited preventive services. They said 264 members had selected the plan out of about 142,000, and noted it also allows health savings accounts. Members asked about the plan’s benefits, what “catastrophic” meant, the deductible amounts, and whether employees were aware of the option; the cabinet said it would continue to highlight the plan in communications and that the deductible is above $8,000 for individuals and above $16,000 for families. The committee then received an update from the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs on the Bowling Green veterans center. Officials said the current target is to move into the building on October 28, with first admissions about two months later, pending final fixes and certification steps for Medicare, Medicaid, and the VA. They explained that about $7 million in FY25 appropriations lapsed because of construction delays, staffing ramp-up was postponed to avoid unnecessary spending, and the unspent funds should be considered in the next budget request. Members praised the project and asked about annual operating costs; officials said the current operating budget is about $15 million, though they do not expect to spend all of it this year. The commissioner also announced the fifth annual state commanders conference in Lexington, focused on veterans issues and featuring state, federal, and advocacy leaders. State Auditor Allison Ball then outlined her office’s budget priorities. She said the office is primarily a billing agency that charges audited entities for its work, and warned that some agencies are now signaling they may refuse to pay for audits related to kinship care and the medical cannabis application process. She said the office plans to continue requesting outlier credits for unusually burdensome county audit fees, funding for the ombudsman office’s transition and expanded in-office operations, and revenue replacement for local government audits and possibly state audits and special examinations. Ball also said the office conducts about 500 audits, reviews, and examinations a year and wants to restore performance audits with seed funding, as well as add investigators to the ombudsman office to focus more on child abuse and neglect cases. Members discussed the value of performance audits, the possibility of raising certain board thresholds to account for inflation, and the need for additional capacity to handle more audits.