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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government (2-18-26)

State & Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • When explaining your vote, first cast your vote, then explain.
  • When explaining your vote, first cast your vote, then explain.
  • voting for life. voting for life.
  • legislative vote. legislative vote.
  • I vote I. to vote. I vote I. >> Senator<00:46:23.280> Rawlings.
Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:05 Attendance Roll Call: 00:10 SB 70 Discussion: 00:58 SB 70 Vote: 04:36 SB 80 Discussion: 05:16 SB 80 Vote: 31:45 SB 127 Discussion: 32:30 SB 127 Vote: 39:38 SB 154 Discussion: 41:25 SB 154 Vote: Adjournment: 47:14, 958, all
Summary: The committee first considered Senate Bill 70, which would modify the Public Pension Oversight Board by adding one House member and one Senate member, automatically placing the House and Senate chairs of state and local government on the board, adding the state treasurer, broadening who the Speaker and Senate President may appoint, and reducing the governor’s board appointments from two to one. After a brief procedural correction about a committee substitute, the bill was explained and then passed by a 9-0 favorable vote. The committee then heard Senate Bill 80, a constitutional amendment to restore voting rights to people with felony convictions after they complete imprisonment, probation, and parole, while excluding certain offenses such as election fraud, violent felonies, sex offenses, and crimes against children. The sponsor and Senator Herron argued that Kentucky’s current system is confusing and leaves the state as one of the few with lifetime disenfranchisement, while witnesses from the Sentencing Project, the League of Women Voters of Kentucky, and an advocacy group for people with lived experience supported restoration but urged a simpler, broader, automatic approach without offense-based carveouts. Committee members raised questions about implementation, clerk guidance, and how the proposal interacts with expungement and gubernatorial pardons; one senator specifically asked whether serious offenders, including child rapists, would regain voting rights under a broader version, and the witness answered yes. The bill passed with a favorable expression by an 8-1 vote. The transcript then began discussion of Senate Bill 127, also sponsored by Senator Hickden, but the exchange was cut off before the bill was fully explained or any vote was taken.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Banking & Insurance (3-4-25)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Girdler, let me explain my yes vote, please.
  • Senator Girdler, let me explain my yes vote, please.
  • Senator Girdler, let me explain my yes vote, please.
  • Senator Girdler, let me explain my yes vote, please.
  • Senator Girdler, let me explain my vote, please.
Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00 Roll Call: 00:12 HB390 Discussion: 01:05 HB390 Vote: 02:35 HB233 Discussion: 04:18 HB233 Vote: 07:12 HB423 Discussion: 08:17 HB423 Vote: 10:51, 958, all
Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 390, which would complete the Department of Transportation’s transition from the old AVIS system to CAVIS for insurance verification. Rep. Michael Meredith explained that the current insurance verification process still runs on the old system, creating a 30- to 45-day reporting delay that allows people to register vehicles by showing only an insurance card. Members voted to give the bill a favorable expression, with Chair Carpenter noting it would support real-time verification and could help reduce uninsured motorists. The committee then heard House Bill 233, a consumer protection measure aimed at post-disaster repair scams. Rep. Wade Williams said the bill expands existing protections to all contractors and tree removal companies, creates a five-day cancellation period after an insurer says some services are not covered, bars mechanic’s liens in certain consumer financial disputes while preserving them for work outside the insurance claim, and adds a $5,000 civil penalty enforced by the Attorney General. After questions about how it differed from Senate Bill 24, the bill also received favorable expression. Finally, the committee took up House Bill 423, with a committee substitute adopted at the outset to allow commercial insurers and the Department for Medicaid Services to provide more specific reasons for prior-authorization denials. Rep. Kim Moore and Cory Meadows of the Kentucky Medical Association described the bill as a long-negotiated prior-authorization reform that would create a gold-carding or exemption program for qualifying providers, reduce red tape, and speed patient care. The committee approved the substitute and then gave the bill favorable expression. At the end, Senator Yates corrected the record to be marked as voting yes on House Bill 390 and House Bill 233.
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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government (3-25-26)

State & Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, and when explaining your vote, first cast your vote, then explain. Does anyone have any guests?
  • Senator Elkins voted aye.
  • uh to vote law. uh to vote law.
  • to tally the votes.
  • vote, Chair? Yes, please. Thank you. vote, Chair? Yes, please. Thank you.
Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:10 Attendance Roll Call: 00:19 HB 10 Discussion: 02:19 HB 10 Vote: 06:24 HB 139 Discussion: 08:23 HB 139 Vote: 19:50 HB 607 Discussion: 21:29 HB 607 Vote: 25:55 HB 642 Discussion: 28:15 HB 642 Vote: 32:06 Adjournment: 33:25, 958, all
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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Banking and Insurance. (3-10-26)

Banking & Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • >> I'll play my yes vote. Yes, please. >> I'll play my yes vote. Yes, please.
  • and vote I for you. and vote I for you.
  • Just made my yes vote. Yes, sir.
  • to vote I. to vote I.
  • >> Just made my yes vote. Yes, sir. Uh Mr. >> Just made my yes vote. Yes, sir.
Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:07 Discussion SB 97 01:21 Vote SB 97 13:27 Discussion HB 3 15:12 Vote HB 3 17:15 Discussion HB 184 17:54 Vote HB 184 18:42 Discussion HB 355 19:34 Vote HB 355 39:50, 958, all
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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government (2-25-26)

State & Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator McDaniel voted yes. Senator Mills voted yes. Senator Rawlings voted yes.
  • Senator Herron voted yes. Senator Bledsoe voted yes. Senator McDaniel voted yes.
  • Senator Rawlings voted yes. Senator Tichenor voted yes. Chair Nemes voted yes.
  • Senator Herron voted yes. Senator Bledsoe voted yes. Senator McDaniel voted yes.
  • Senator Rawlings voted yes. Senator Tichenor voted yes. Chair Nemes voted yes.
Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:06 Attendance Roll Call: 00:11 SB 53 Discussion: 01:54 SB 53 Vote: 09:09 SB 192 Discussion: 10:15 SB 192 Vote: 13:42 HB 290 Discussion: 15:02 HB 290 Vote: 16:08 HB 314 Discussion: 16:45 HB 314 Vote: 19:38 Adjournment: 21:32, 958, all
Summary: The Senate State and Local Government Committee met with a quorum and considered three bills. Senate Bill 53, sponsored by Senator Thomas, addressed Fayette County planning and zoning procedures after a 2024 law was interpreted to limit public comment at certain hearings. Thomas, along with witnesses Walt Gaffield and Zachary Davis, argued the bill would clarify that residents have a right to speak for or against planning matters affecting their homes and neighborhoods. The committee voted favorably on SB 53, with all members present voting yes. The committee then took up Senate Bill 192, sponsored by Senator Bledsoe, which would allow smaller cities to use agreed-upon procedures instead of full audits under certain conditions, with standards set by professional accounting rules and oversight by the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Department of Local Government. Supporters said the bill would help small and midsize cities facing audit costs and a shortage of auditors without reducing accountability. The committee adopted a substitute and passed SB 192 unanimously, with several members explaining their support. House Bill 290, sponsored by Representative Wilson, would change how county law library funds can be used, allowing bar associations to spend money on online legal research tools rather than only books. The sponsor said some local associations have unused funds and need more practical options. The committee passed HB 290 unanimously. Finally, House Bill 314, sponsored by Representative Lockett and Senator Williams, would reorganize oversight of the Kentucky Wired network by consolidating authority and personnel into the Commonwealth Office of Technology amid concerns about KCNA’s management. The bill drew criticism from Senator McDaniel, who called Kentucky Wired a boondoggle and questioned its costs, but the committee still passed HB 314 with favorable expression 9-2 and sent it to the floor.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture (3-11-25)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Secretary please none no questions Madam Secretary please call<00:03:00.760> the [Roll call vote
  • I explain my vote.
  • I can tell you last year House Bill 315 passed out of the Senate with 38-0 votes, and it's to secure
  • With no further business, Senator Carpenter, I need to record a aye vote on House Bill 24.
  • on House Bill 24 need to record a I vote on House Bill 24 so<00:13:49.639> be<00:13:50.079>
Keywords: 00:00 – Introduction 00:20 – Attendance Roll Call 1:32 – Discussion of HB 24 03:00 – Roll Call Vote 04:00 – Discussion of HB 304 07:19 – Roll Call Vote 08:54 – Discussion of HB 186 09:46 – Roll Call Vote 11:00 – Discussion of HB 315 13:09 – Roll Call Vote, 958, all
Summary: The committee met with a quorum, heard brief announcements, and moved quickly through four House bills. House Bill 24, as amended by a committee substitute, would raise the audit threshold for conservation districts from $750,000 to $1 million and also clarify that temporary roads, highways, and structures may be built on certain easements if they are removed when work is complete. The substitute was adopted, the bill passed on a roll call vote, and a title amendment was also adopted. House Bill 304, presented by Rep. Ryan Bivens with support from the Kentucky Soybean Association, would adjust soybean checkoff language so the state checkoff could rise from one-quarter to one-half percent if the federal checkoff ever ends, keeping funding levels effectively the same and allowing the state board to continue promotion, research, and education work. Members asked about the cost impact on farmers, and sponsors said there would be no added cost because the language is intended as a backup to match the current federal rate. The bill passed unanimously with favorable expression. House Bill 186 would streamline rules for churches and nonprofits providing food to homeless shelters or people displaced by declared natural disasters, reducing regulatory barriers for safe, wholesome food service. The sponsor argued current requirements are too restrictive for simple food distribution. The bill passed. House Bill 315, with a committee substitute, would protect agricultural land from entities tied to designated hostile governments, while also allowing some land to be used or leased for research purposes; the sponsor noted the substitute reflected prior work and concerns from bankers about lien priorities, which he said he would address later on the floor. The committee substitute was adopted and the bill passed unanimously. The committee then adjourned.
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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Local Government (3-15-23)

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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Local Government (3-1-23)

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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee On State and Local Government (3-1-23)

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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Local Government (3-16-22)

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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Licensing & Occupations (3-8-22)

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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations & Revenue (3-16-22)

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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Natural Resources & Energy. (3-25-26)

Natural Resources & Energy

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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Energy. (3-19-26)

Natural Resources & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Explain my<00:26:22.000> vote.<00:26:22.680> Yes. my vote. Yes. my vote. Yes.
  • Comment on my vote, Mr. Chairman. Comment on my vote, Mr. Chairman. >> Yes.
  • I vote yes. Thank you.
  • I vote yes.
  • I vote yes. Thank you.
Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 01:00 SB 100 Discussion 02:09 SB 100 Roll Call Vote 10:50 SB 8 Discussion 11:46 SB 8 Roll Call Vote 15:44 SB 49 Discussion 16:32 SB 49 Roll Call Vote 25:43 SB 222 Discussion 28:23 SB 222 Roll Call Vote 29:48, 958, all
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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Agriculture. (3-11-26)

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • have to go to a vote. have to go to a vote.
  • So, with that we do need to move to<00:41:22.480> a<00:41:22.560> vote.
  • Uh we have a motion and a to a vote.
  • Chair, may I explain my vote >> Mr. Chair, may I explain my vote briefly? briefly? briefly?
  • >> To a vote. I'd just like to introduce my guest, if I could. >> Please. >> Please.
Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00 Attendance Roll Call: 00:15 HB 195 Discussion: 05:22 HB 195 Roll Call Vote: 16:33 SB 199 Discussion: 18:34 SB 199 Roll Call Vote: 41:25 SB 5 Discussion: 43:50 SB 5 Roll Call Vote: 46:35 HB 687 Discussion: 48:10 HB 687 Roll Call Vote: 50:15, 958, all
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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Energy. (3-5-26)

Natural Resources & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • 13<00:04:50.280> yes<00:04:50.560> votes. 13 yes votes. 13 yes votes.
  • Explain my vote.
  • Can I explain my vote? Yes.
  • Can I explain my vote? Yes. Can I explain my vote? Yes.
  • uh one no vote, and three passes. uh one no vote, and three passes. Okay. Okay.
Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:25 HB 667 Discussion 01:21 HB 667 Roll Call Vote 03:56 HB 677 Discussion 05:01 HB 677 Roll Call Vote 11:51 HB 535 Discussion 13:33 HB 535 Roll Call Vote 34:46 HJR 77 Discussion 38:33 HJR 77 Roll Call Vote 44:23, 958, all
Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 667, described by the sponsor as a cleanup measure to a 2024 solid waste law. Testimony said the bill would clarify issues involving indirect access to protected information, contractors and consultants, Open Records Act interactions, and remedies when protected material is obtained. The committee voted 13-0 to pass the bill favorably and recommended it for passage on the House floor. The committee then took up House Bill 677, which would establish Kentucky’s legal and regulatory framework for carbon dioxide geological sequestration and help the state seek EPA primacy over Class VI injection wells. Supporters said the bill was the product of 18 months of work among industry, landowner, environmental, and cabinet stakeholders, and argued it would promote economic development, protect landowners, and support carbon-capture investment and related infrastructure, especially in Western Kentucky. An amendment was adopted by voice vote, and the bill then passed favorably with committee amendment attached. Finally, the committee discussed House Bill 535 as amended by a committee substitute. The bill would authorize securitization for certain investor-owned utilities with out-of-state assets, including Kentucky Power, to refinance assets such as the Mitchell plant and certain regulatory assets, with a two-year rate freeze and PSC review for net savings. Sponsors and supporters framed it as an affordability and jobs measure that could finance new natural gas generation at Big Sandy, create several hundred construction jobs, and support long-term economic development in Eastern Kentucky. Members raised concerns about utility fees, PSC discretion, and transparency; sponsors said the proposal would not be approved without overall savings and that applications would also be reviewed by the legislature, the Attorney General, and EPIC. The committee adopted the committee substitute and then passed House Bill 535 favorably, with several members explaining their votes and some noting continued reservations for floor consideration.
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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Local Government (3-17-26)

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • All those in favor vote I. All those against vote no.
  • Vote yes.
  • Vote everyone for all your hard work. Vote yes. yes. yes.
  • Vote<00:18:44.600> I. Vote I. Vote I. All<00:18:46.280> right.
  • Vote<00:27:17.080> I. Vote I. Vote I.
Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:01 Roll Call 00:00:21 SB 141 Discussion 00:03:21 SB 141 Vote 00:10:57 HB 755 Discussion 00:13:08 HB 755 Vote 00:17:55 SB 20 Discussion 00:19:36 SB 20 Vote 00:21:53 SB 40 Discussion 00:23:31 SB 40 Vote 00:26:25 HB 851 Discussion 00:28:53 HB 851 Vote 00:31:53 Adjournment 00:33:26, 958, all
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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Local Government. (1-28-26)

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Vote yes. We have 13 aye votes and two pass votes.
  • Vote aye.
  • change my vote. change my vote.
  • >> vote I. >> vote I.
  • vote vote<00:20:15.120> I.
Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:10 Roll Call 00:00:24 HB 108 Discussion 00:03:45 HB 108 Vote 00:05:15 HB 194 Discussion 00:07:13 HB 194 Vote 00:09:45 HB 276 Discussion 00:11:53 HB 276 Vote 00:13:35 HB 290 Discussion 00:15:32 HB 290 Vote 00:18:29 HB 103 Discussion 00:20:31 HB 103 Vote 00:46:59 Adjournment 00:50:36, 958, all
Summary: The committee met for its first meeting of the session and took up several local government bills, beginning with House Bill 108 on residual waste landfills. The bill would keep current rules in place when a landfill and the related company are in the same county, but would make projects subject to local determination when the landfill and industry are in different counties. The sponsor said it only affects residual waste landfills, not solid waste landfills. There was no opposition, and the bill passed with favorable expression by a 13-aye, 2-pass vote. The committee then approved House Bill 194, as amended by a committee substitute that changed a sales threshold from 15% to 25%. The bill creates a narrow exemption allowing cigar smoking inside tightly defined cigar bars, while not changing smoke-free laws for other public places. One member explained a no vote as a local control concern, but the bill passed with favorable expression. House Bill 276, which would authorize backyard chickens and prevent local governments from banning fewer than six chickens while still allowing setback rules, also passed with favorable expression. Supporters said it would not affect homeowners associations or commercial use, while one member opposed it as a local control issue. House Bill 290, dealing with county law libraries, passed unanimously with favorable expression. The sponsor said the bill would let local bar associations use their own funds for online legal research and computers instead of only books, noting that many law libraries are underused because legal research is now mostly online and that the libraries remain open to the public. Finally, the committee took up House Bill 103 on fluoride in public water systems after adopting a committee substitute that clarified an immunity clause for water districts. Sponsors said the bill would make fluoridation a local decision rather than a state mandate and argued that newer research raises health concerns, while opponents from the dental community and Kentucky Voices for Health testified that community water fluoridation is safe, cost-effective, and important for preventing cavities, especially for low-income and Medicaid populations. The transcript cuts off during the opposition testimony, before any final committee vote on HB 103.
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KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Health Services (3-3-25) - Reupload

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Mills, explain my vote. Yes, Mr. Chairman. I'm going to vote yes.
  • So I vote yes. Senator Richardson, explain my vote.
  • So I vote yes. Senator Richardson, explain my vote.
  • So I vote yes. Senator Richardson, explain my vote.
  • So I vote yes. Senator Richardson, explain my vote.
Keywords: Discussion on SB 132 - 00:06 Vote on SB 132 - 04:41 Discussion on HB 219 - 43:49 Vote on HB 219 – 49:00 Discussion on HCR 20 – 50:08 Vote on HCR 20 – 51:28, 958, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 132, which would create conscience protections for health care professionals who object to participating in certain procedures or services on religious, moral, or ethical grounds. Senator Donald Douglas and several supporters argued the bill is a recruitment and retention tool for Kentucky’s health care workforce, emphasizing provider shortages, maldistribution, and the need to protect individual conscience rights. Supporters said the bill would not apply to emergency care, would not permit denial of care based on a patient’s identity, and would mainly protect professionals from being forced to perform procedures they believe are unethical. They also cited similar laws in six other states and said the bill would have a cause of action to give it enforcement teeth. Supportive testimony came from an emergency physician, a registered nurse, and others who described personal experiences or examples involving objections to abortion-related care, opioid prescribing, and pressure to participate in procedures that conflicted with conscience. They said conscience protections would help attract providers, preserve ethical integrity, and allow clinicians to make professional judgments without corporate or institutional coercion. In questioning, senators asked about practical examples, the scope of the bill, whether it would cover hypothetical cases involving patients of particular religions or identities, and which states have similar laws. The sponsor and supporters repeatedly said the bill is about procedures, not patients, and that it should not be read to allow discrimination against individuals. Opponents, including pediatricians and a registered nurse/minister, warned that the bill is overly broad and could allow refusals of care by not only physicians but also pharmacists, clerks, and ambulance drivers. They argued it could delay treatment, increase discrimination, and worsen access problems in rural areas, especially for contraception, Plan B, blood transfusions, and other services. Critics said existing professional ethics already require patient care and that the bill could undermine evidence-based medicine and worsen Kentucky’s provider shortage. The committee took testimony and questions; no final vote or disposition was announced in the portion provided.
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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Health Services (3-29-23)