Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees - School for the Deaf advisory board, School for the Deaf Board, transition Boards And Commissions - Kentucky School for the Deaf Board, creation, membership, duties Education, Elementary And Secondary - Kentucky School for the Deaf, superintendent, appointment Education, Vocational - Kentucky School for the Deaf, superintendent, appointment State Agencies - Department of Education, Kentucky School for the Deaf, superintendent Disabilities - Kentucky School for the Deaf Board, creation, membership, duties

Boards And Commissions - Parole Board, hearings, panels Boards And Commissions - Parole Board, parole review eligibility, 180 or more days to serve Boards And Commissions - Parole Board, term length Governor - Parole Board, extension of term Probation And Parole - Parole Board, hearings, panels Probation And Parole - Parole review eligibility, 180 or more days to serve

Boards And Commissions - Legislative Ethics Commission, monetary penalty, increase General Assembly - Legislative Ethics Commission, monetary penalty, increase Public Ethics - Legislative Ethics Commission, monetary penalty, increase

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to require a permitting authority to issue a decision on any permit application within 60 days; automatically grant any permit if a permitting authority fails to render a decision within 60 days; require any denial or conditional approval of a permit to be based on clearly established applicable laws or regulations; grant Circuit Court jurisdiction over any permitting matter; require the Circuit Court to determine whether a permitting decision by the permitting authority was based on clear and convincing evidence; require the Circuit Court to award the applicant attorney's fees and costs if the court finds against the permitting authority; allow third-party challenges to permitting decisions only if the third-party has property adjacent to property that has been granted a permit and where the third-party can demonstrate concrete and particularized harm resulting from issuance of a permit; allow an applicant to appeal any adverse decision from a third-party challenge; require a third party to pay applicant's attorney's fees and costs if the permit is finally approved following a third-party challenge; create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to grant by-right approval to housing projects which meet a planning unit's code or regulations; grant Circuit Court jurisdiction over any denial of a housing project under the section; require the Circuit Court to determine whether a denial by the planning unit was based on clear and convincing evidence; require Circuit Court to award the applicant attorney's fees and costs if the court finds against the planning unit; provide that the section does not prevent monitoring by the planning unit or affect restrictions in rules or regulations of a homeowners association, condominium association, or other property owners association; amend KRS 198B.060 to permit third-party plan review and inspections under new procedures; create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to define terms; require regulatory authorities to provide information to prospective applicants regarding requirements to apply for a permit; require a regulatory authority to inform an applicant of whether the application is complete within 3 days and include whether the regulatory authority is able to perform plan review and inspection within specified time limits; require a regulatory authority to conduct plan review within 7 days of receipt of a complete application and inspections within 5 days of any request for an inspection being made; permit an applicant to use a qualifying third-party inspector; set out circumstances under which a regulatory authority may collect fees depending on use of a third-party inspector; set out what a third-party inspector may review and set out qualifications and requirements the third-party inspector must meet; require a regulatory authority to issue a permit within 1 business day of the completion of required plan reviews and inspections associated with an otherwise complete application; state that any ordinance, rule, or regulation contrary is void and unenforceable; state that a regulatory authority may issue a stop work order if a condition of a project constitute an immediate threat to public safety and welfare; establish immunity for the regulatory authority for action of an applicant or third-party inspector.

Education, Elementary And Secondary - Refugee assistance, cost of attendance, estimation Education, Elementary And Secondary - Department of Education, data sharing for refugee report Federal Laws And Regulations - Department for Community Based Services, refugee assistance, administration Immigration - Refugee assistance, Department for Community Based Services, administration Public Assistance - Refugee assistance, Department for Community Based Services, administration Public Health - Refugee assistance, Department for Community Based Services, administration Reports Mandated - Department for Community Based Services, refugee settlement and assistance, July 1, 2027 State Agencies - Department for Community Based Services, refugee assistance, administration State Agencies - Department of Education, data sharing for refugee report

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Kentucky Department of Agriculture, medicinal hemp, regulation Agriculture - Hemp cultivators, medical hemp products, regulation Drugs And Medicines - Medicinal hemp, regulation, quality assurance, safety protocols Effective Dates, Emergency - Medicinal hemp, regulation, quality assurance, safety protocols Short Titles And Popular Names - Kentucky Medicinal Hemp Farmers Act

Budget And Financial Administration - Governor's recommended Biennial Highway Construction Plan, FY 2026-2028 Effective Dates, Emergency - Governor's recommended Biennial Highway Construction Plan, FY 2026-2028 Highways, Streets, And Bridges - Governor's recommended Biennial Highway Construction Plan, FY 2026-2028 State Agencies - Governor's recommended Biennial Highway Construction Plan, FY 2026-2028 Transportation - Governor's recommended Biennial Highway Construction Plan, FY 2026-2028

Amend KRS 30A.145 to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to prepare an all-time list each month of persons convicted of a felony, including persons whose cases are on appeal, and provide the list to the State Board of Elections; amend KRS 83A.040 to require a special election if more than the majority of the membership of a legislative body is vacated because of an election error due to no fault of any candidate or fraud; establish that members of the legislative body whose term expires shall remain in office until the contest and any appeals of the regular election are complete and final; create a new section of KRS Chapter 116 to require the State Board of Elections to compare the statewide voter registration system against the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program, or its successor program, each month to remove registered voters who are not citizens of the United States within 5 days; require the State Board of Elections to forward the name, date of birth, last known address, and voter registration record of any individual who is removed to the Attorney General; require the State Board of Elections to notify the county clerk of the county in which the voter lived of the removal; amend KRS 116.113 to specify that the Administrative Office of the Courts shall include persons convicted of a felony whose case is on appeal in the lists they send to the State Board of Elections for removal from the voter registration records; create a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to define "cast vote record"; allow county clerks to use a ballot verifier software program to produce electronic images of cast ballots and cast vote records for public inspection, as long as the records do not contain voter-identifying information; allow counties to use the software program to perform additional audits; establish that the State Board of Elections shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish uniform standards for formatting, publication, and redaction of images of ballots and cast vote records; amend KRS 117.125 to establish that no voting equipment or voting systems shall be purchased after the effective date of the Act that utilize non-human readable codes, including barcodes, QR codes, or other encrypted markings to represent or tabulate a voter's choices on the ballot; amend KRS 117.383 to require that the ballot scanner and race selected for a hand-to-eye recount by the Secretary of State shall have at least 10 votes cast; amend KRS Chapter 118.176 to establish that a person who successfully challenges the bona fides of a candidate may recover certain costs; create a new chapter of KRS Chapter 118A to establish that judicial candidates may disclose their political party, state current and past voter registration status, and communicate political values or viewpoints consistent with that party affiliation; establish that judicial candidates shall not claim to be the official nominee of a political party, use language or materials that imply nomination, designation, or endorsement by a political party, or use party symbols, slogans, or imagery in a manner that would lead someone to believe they are running in a partisan election; amend KRS 120.165 to require the county clerk and local board of elections to call a special election if a majority of the offices of a legislative body are deemed vacant; establish that a person bringing a successful election contest may recover certain costs; amend KRS 121.015 to define "executive committee of a political party"; amend KRS 121.150 to allow federal candidates to contribute to a party executive committee if the amount of the contribution is within contribution limits and if the contribution is not earmarked for any particular candidate or slate of candidates; specify that a qualified political party committee, including a state or county executive committee, may endorse, support, oppose, and make contributions or expenditures to nonpartisan candidates; EMERGENCY.

Effective Dates, Emergency - Securitization, extra-state generating assets, deferred costs, storm and environmental control costs Energy - Securitization, extra-state generating assets, deferred costs, storm and environmental control costs Environment And Conservation - Securitization, extra-state generating assets, deferred costs, storm and environmental control costs Pollution - Securitization, extra-state generating assets, deferred costs, storm and environmental control costs Public Utilities - Securitization, extra-state generating assets, financing order rate freeze for 2 years

Area Development Districts - Housing development districts, assistance, requirement Housing, Building, And Construction - Housing development districts, establishment Land Use - Housing development districts, establishment Local Government - Housing development districts, establishment Local Government - Housing Incentive Payment Program, establishment Property - Housing development districts, establishment Reports Mandated - Cabinet for Economic Development, housing development districts, report Reports Mandated - Department for Local Government, housing development districts, report State Agencies - Cabinet for Economic Development, housing development districts, promotion of program State Agencies - Department for Local Government, housing development districts, report Taxation, Property - Housing development districts, establishment Education, Elementary And Secondary - Housing development districts, participation Interlocal Cooperation - Housing development districts, establishment Special Districts - Housing development districts, participation Special Purpose Governmental Entities - Housing development districts, participation

Children And Minors - Adoptive child placement, restrictions Children And Minors - Fictive kin caregiver, child placement, restrictions Children And Minors - Foster child placement, restrictions Children And Minors - Relative caregiver, child placement, restrictions Courts - Adoptive child placement, restrictions Courts - Fictive kin caregiver, child placement, restrictions Courts - Foster child placement, restrictions Courts - Relative caregiver, child placement, restrictions Crimes And Punishments - Adoptive child placement, restrictions Crimes And Punishments - Fictive kin caregiver, child placement, restrictions Crimes And Punishments - Foster child placement, restrictions Crimes And Punishments - Relative caregiver, child placement, restrictions Public Safety - Adoptive child placement, restrictions Public Safety - Fictive kin caregiver, child placement, restrictions Public Safety - Foster child placement, restrictions Public Safety - Relative caregiver, child placement, restrictions Domestic Relations - Child placement, restricting

Health And Medical Services - Medicaid, managed care organization provider audits, requirements Health Care Professionals - Medicaid, managed care organization provider audits, requirements Medicaid - Managed care organization provider audits, requirements Reports Mandated - Department for Medicaid Services, annual report, Medicaid claims, requirement State Agencies - Department for Medicaid Services, annual report, requirement State Agencies - Department for Medicaid Services, promulgation of administrative regulations, authorization Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Department for Medicaid Services, provider audits, authorizaton

Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Adjudicative proceeding, foreign law, unenforceability Contracts - Choice of law, foreign law, unenforceability Courts - Adjudicative proceeding, foreign law, unenforceability International Trade And Relations - Foreign law, contracts, adjudications, unenforceability

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 5 to establish the Advisory Redistricting Commission, which shall be composed of members appointed by the General Assembly and members of the public at large; define terms; establish commissioner pay, conditions, powers, and duties; provide that commissioners' terms correlate with obligations of each census cycle; establish the conditions, powers, and duties of the commission; require the commission to draft redistricting plans for legislative and congressional districts, with parameters prescribed; establish standards to be followed by the commission for commissioners who develop plans; require the commission to submit its redistricting plans to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on State Government; require the General Assembly to consider the commission's plans as approved by the Interim Joint Committee on State Government; allow the General Assembly to enact or reject the plans of the commission by a date certain or to return to the commission for adjustment; provide that if the General Assembly does not enact the plans, the plans shall be returned to the commission, which may incorporate changes requested by the General Assembly, but shall not be required to incorporate changes; require the commission to submit to the General Assembly new redistricting plans for enactment at a date certain; allow General Assembly to enact its own redistricting plans after a date certain; establish a $20,000 fine upon conviction of persons attempting to influence, or commissioners accepting influence, relating to the duties of the commission; amend KRS 5.005 to remove the Secretary of State as being named as a defendant in any action challenging the constitutionality of any legislative district and replace with the Advisory Redistricting Commission; provide that the Act may be cited as the Fair Maps Act.

Amend KRS 525.010 to define "religious organization" and "religious service"; make technical corrections to existing definitions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to establish the crime of interference with a religious service as a Class A misdemeanor; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil cause of action for interference with a religious service; amend KRS 525.200 to conform.