Kentucky 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 11)

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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB302

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 200 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Diaper Access Board and its functions related to the development of a state plan for the distribution of funds from the Kentucky diaper access trust fund; establish the Kentucky diaper access trust fund and the purposes for which funds are disbursed to diaper access programs in the Commonwealth.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB285

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 132, relating to state and local property taxes, to establish a homestead exemption in an amount up to $100,000 for veterans with a 50% or greater service-connected disability; establish requirements for the exemption; allow the permanent residence of a veteran's surviving spouse to continue to receive the exemption; require the Department of Revenue to prescribe forms and an application process for the exemption; apply the exemption to state, county, city, and special district taxes; allow mobile homes, manufactured houses, recreational homes, and modular homes to qualify for the exemption; require title transfers on property receiving the exemption to be reported to the property valuation administrator; allow the exemption to apply to the value of the property that is assessable to the owner or proportioned to his or her interest when the property is jointly owned or owned through a stock or membership corporation; allow partial or full refunds if an overpayment occurs upon application of the exemption; apply to property assessed on or after January 1, 2027.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SR31

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Refer
1/13/26  
Recognize Thursday, January 29, 2026, as Suits and Sneakers Day; and honor those impacted by cancer.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB56

Introduced
1/9/26  
Refer
1/9/26  
Refer
2/9/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Engrossed
3/2/26  
Refer
3/2/26  
Refer
3/11/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to prohibit the Department for Medicaid Services, any Medicaid managed care organization contracted by the department, and the Medicaid state pharmacy benefit manager from denying coverage for a nonopioid analgesic in favor of opioid analgesic or establishing more restrictive or more extensive utilization controls for nonopioid analgesics than the least restrictive or extensive utilization controls for any opioid or narcotic analgesic; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid to seek federal approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes to the Medicaid program as required under KRS 205.5372(1).
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB207

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Amend KRS 141.019, relating to income tax, to define "professional membership dues" and "union dues"; allow a deduction from gross income for union dues and professional membership dues paid for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, but before January 1, 2031, and require the Department of Revenue to annually report information about this deduction to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the department to report on the exclusion.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB135

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Amend KRS 304.17-316 to define "breast examination"; provide for annual mammogram coverage for persons ages 40 to 49 years; eliminate cost sharing for any covered breast examination; provide for construction of section; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define terms; require health benefit plans to provide coverage of preventive screenings for the detection of breast cancer for certain individuals; establish requirements for coverage; provide for construction of section; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured state postsecondary education institution group health plans and the state employee health plan to comply with breast examination coverage requirements; apply sections to health insurance policies, plans, certificates, and contracts issued, renewed, or delivered on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB213

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
1/29/26  
Engrossed
2/19/26  
Refer
2/19/26  
Refer
3/16/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Refer
3/20/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Chaptered
4/10/26  
Amend KRS 70.292, 70.293, and 95.022, regarding city and county programs to reemploy retired police officers without incurring employer retirement contributions, to reduce the required service of the officer or sheriff before retirement from 20 years to 15 years and to allow retired officers to take health insurance coverage through the employing city or county; amend KRS 61.702 and 78.5536 to conform.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB170

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Amend KRS 446.350 to define terms; outline appropriate relief if a government substantially burdens a person's sincerely held religious belief; apply to laws adopted before or after the effective date; include severability clause; waive sovereign and governmental immunity.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB226

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Amend KRS 186.162, relating to special license plates, to establish that a portion of the initial and renewal fee for a Kentucky National Guard plate is dedicated to the National Guard Association of Kentucky.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB92

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/25/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 310 to enact and enter into the Dietitian Licensure Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; establish participation requirements; recognize licensure privilege and establish requirements; set requirements for transferring a home state license; designate home state licensure for active members of the military; establish penalties and adverse actions against a licensee; establish a joint government agency, create membership rules, establish voting requirements, and permit the government agency to establish rules and perform duties; require the compact commission to create a data system and outline the requirements; permit the executive and judicial branches within each state to enforce the compact; establish dispute resolution and outline termination procedures.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB143

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
1/28/26  
Engrossed
2/3/26  
Amend KRS 395.140 to establish that a fiduciary bond shall be subscribed to before a notary; remove the requirement that the bond be attested by the clerk of the court; and make technical changes.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB58

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Engrossed
2/19/26  
Refer
2/19/26  
Refer
3/16/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Chaptered
4/10/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms related to automated license plate readers; restrict use of automated license plate readers; establish limitations on use and sale of data captured by automated license plate readers; provide that captured license plate data may be retained longer than 90 days only if it is being used in a criminal or insurance investigation or has become subject to a preservation of evidence notification; require law enforcement agencies to adopt and make public a written policy governing use of automated license plate readers; provide that any recorded images or data captured by an automated license plate reader may be made available to the National Insurance Crime Bureau or its successor organization; require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a permit process for installation of automated license plate readers on highway rights-of-way and to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 189.990 to establish penalty for violation.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB103

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
1/28/26  
Engrossed
2/6/26  
Amend KRS 211.190 to make water fluoridation programs optional; allow the governing bodies of water systems subject to regulation by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to decide whether they participate in water fluoridation programs; provide that a water fluoridation program in place on the effective date of the Act continues until action is taken by its governing body to end its participation; provide that any decision regarding participation in a water fluoridation program made by the governing body of a water system shall be binding on all water systems it supplies; provide that a governing body, a member or employee of a governing body, or any public or private entity that may be held liable for the actions of a governing body that makes any decision regarding its participation in an optional water fluoridation program shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for acts carried out reasonably and in good faith regarding its decision of whether to participate in the water fluoridation program.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB80

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to declare legislative intent; define "federal firearm restriction"; provide that if a federal firearm restriction is repealed or declared unconstitutional, the Commonwealth shall not enact or enforce a law, rule, or regulation that mirrors, replaces, or imposes a restriction similar to that federal firearm restriction; prohibit prosecutions, fines, or other penalties for activities that were regulated or prohibited by a federal firearm restriction that is repealed or declared unconstitutional; prohibit specified persons and organizations from enforcing repealed or unconstitutional federal firearm restrictions; create a civil cause of action against a person or organization that violates the prohibitions; waive sovereign, governmental, and qualified immunity; provide penalties for any person who violates the prohibition on enforcing a repealed or unconstitutional federal firearm restriction; allow manufacturers of firearms or federally licensed firearms dealers to manufacture, sell, or possess firearms and accessories no longer restricted under federal law.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB144

Introduced
1/7/26  
Refer
1/7/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
1/28/26  
Engrossed
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
3/16/26  
Report Pass
3/24/26  
Refer
3/31/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Chaptered
4/13/26  
Amend KRS 186A.295 to exclude the cost of parts and labor to make cosmetic repairs to a motor vehicle from the cost of repair calculation for the required surrender of the certificate of title for a motor vehicle or trailer that has been destroyed; require a motor vehicle that is exempt from title surrender to be issued a salvage title; amend KRS 186A.190 and 186A.520 to conform.