Kentucky 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 19)
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SR3
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/6/26
Passed
1/6/26
Extend an invitation to the pastors of Frankfort churches to open sessions of the 2026 Regular Session with prayer.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB27
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/6/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend KRS 141.019 to establish an individual income tax exclusion for amounts contributed to a Kentucky Saves account for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, but before January 1, 2031; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the parameters for the Kentucky Saves exclusion and to establish the Kentucky Saves tax credit; define terms; require the Department of Revenue to report annually on the exclusion and tax credit; amend KRS 141.0205 to provide ordering of the tax credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the exclusion and tax credit.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB32
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/6/26
Failed
2/18/26
Amend KRS 369.130 to add and modify various definitions; create a new section of KRS 369.130 to 369.139 to prohibit the Commonwealth of Kentucky and governing authorities from issuing, recognizing as legal tender, accepting or requiring as payment, or participating in any test of central bank digital currency; create new sections of KRS 369.130 to 369.139 and KRS Chapter 393 to prohibit ownership of digital asset mining businesses by prohibited foreign parties; provide for enforcement by Attorney General and penalties for violation of prohibited foreign party prohibition; establish distribution of proceeds if digital asset mining business property is escheated due to a violation; amend KRS 45.345 to conform; amend KRS 42.500 to make technical corrections; permit the State Investment Commission to invest up to 10% of excess funds in bullion; prohibit State Investment Commission from investing in central bank digital currency; amend KRS 42.525 to make technical corrections; authorize the State Investment Commission to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out and effectuate certain authorized investments; establish Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 286 and create new sections thereof to regulate virtual currency kiosks; establish definitions; provide for enforcement by the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions; establish license requirements for virtual currency kiosks; require regulatory filings to be submitted to a nationwide licensing system registry; establish initial and renewal application processes and requirements, reporting, surety bond and tangible net worth, and change of control requirements for virtual currency kiosk operators; require the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to establish format, document submission, fee, and trade practice requirements for virtual currency kiosk operators; establish record retention requirements for persons required to be licensed as virtual currency kiosk operators; establish trade practice requirements relating to protection of resident assets, virtual currency kiosk transactions, prohibited practices, and fraud and information security compliance procedures; authorize the commissioner to conduct investigations and examinations; provide for the confidentiality of certain documents provided to the commissioner; authorize the commissioner to share, disclose, and report information and take other actions to assist in the commissioner's duties; require the commissioner to submit an annual licensing report to the Legislative Research Commission; establish due process requirements for adverse actions taken by the commissioner against licensees and other persons; establish requirements for the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license; authorize the commissioner to enter cease and desist orders and emergency orders; authorize the commissioner to order civil penalties against persons that violate the subtitle; create a new section of KRS Chapter 41 to define terms; recognize gold specie and silver specie as legal tender in Kentucky; provide for use of gold specie and silver specie as legal tender; require the State Treasurer to promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to designate or establish a bullion depository and authorize 1 or more electronic payment systems to facilitate electronic payment transactions; establish requirements for system participants, transaction information, and bullion deposits; require the State Treasurer to submit an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission and to implement the system within 1 year; provide that Section 32 of the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Transactional Gold and Silver Act; require the commissioner of the Department of Financial Institutions to promulgate any required emergency and ordinary administrative regulations on or before January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE, in part, March 31, 2027.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SR7
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/6/26
Refer
1/12/26
Condemn political violence and affirm the peaceful exercise of democracy in the Commonwealth.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB34
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/6/26
Refer
1/13/26
Report Pass
1/20/26
Engrossed
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
Amend KRS 61.315 to include additional cancers which, when they are the cause of death of a firefighter, would make the firefighter eligible for death benefits; make a technical correction.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB17
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/6/26
Refer
1/20/26
Report Pass
1/22/26
Engrossed
1/28/26
Refer
1/28/26
Refer
3/16/26
Report Pass
3/18/26
Enrolled
3/27/26
Enrolled
3/27/26
Chaptered
4/8/26
Passed
4/8/26
Amend KRS 620.500 to add the Kentucky CASA Network to the definition of "association"; amend KRS 620.505 to decrease the minimum number of local CASA board members from 15 to 12; remove the provision that local CASA programs are required to comply with National CASA Association Standards for programs make technical corrections; remove "cabinet" and replace with "the Department for Community Based Services" relating to employees who are prohibited from becoming volunteers or employees of the court-appointed special advocate program; amend KRS 620.537 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 620.055 to conform.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB24
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/6/26
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define "agency," "owner," "recorded images," and "traffic control signal monitoring system"; establish a civil penalty of $50 if a motor vehicle is recorded failing to obey the instructions of a traffic control device; set forth forms and procedures; outline defenses for citations for failing to obey a traffic control device; mandate that the Transportation Cabinet shall suspend the registration of the motor vehicle when a person refuses to pay the civil penalty and does not appear to contest the citation; mandate that civil penalties shall not result in points against the driving record of the operator of the motor vehicle in violation; amend KRS 189.231 and 189.990 to conform.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB31
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/6/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate October 14 of each year as Charlie Kirk Day.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB30
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/6/26
Refer
1/12/26
Report Pass
1/14/26
Engrossed
1/27/26
Refer
1/27/26
Refer
3/10/26
Report Pass
3/24/26
Refer
4/1/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Chaptered
4/13/26
Passed
4/13/26
Amend KRS 190.058 to establish the motor vehicle commission fund; direct all license fees collected under KRS Chapter 190 to be deposited into the fund; set forth uses of the fund; provide that fund amounts not expended at the end of a fiscal year not lapse but instead be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB27
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/6/26
Refer
1/12/26
Report Pass
1/21/26
Engrossed
1/27/26
Refer
1/27/26
Refer
3/5/26
Report Pass
3/24/26
Refer
4/1/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Chaptered
4/13/26
Passed
4/13/26
Amend KRS 72.450 to allow a coroner who is in possession of an unclaimed dead body to have the body buried or cremated; direct that the decision between burial or cremation be made by the governmental entity bearing the expense; require a coroner to be consulted before a government entity decides if an unclaimed dead body is required to be buried or cremated; establish that if Jewish descent is known, that the Chabad of the Bluegrass, or any successor entity, be contacted by the appropriate government entity to inquire if the Chabad of the Bluegrass wants to pay for the burial expense, or if known to be a member of a religious community, the appropriate government entity contact any such religious community that has expressed, in writing, a willingness to the local county coroner that it will pay for, or otherwise provide, the burial expense of the community's members.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB29
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/6/26
Refer
1/13/26
Amend KRS 337.415 to define "crime," "immediate family," and "victim"; prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with the prosecution of the crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a private right of action for improper discharge, discrimination, retaliation, or failure to maintain confidentiality; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations by an employer.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB20
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/6/26
Refer
1/13/26
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for in vitro fertilization, intrauterine insemination, and any other assisted reproductive technology; establish minimum requirements for the coverage; suspend the coverage requirement's application to qualified health plans if the state would be required to make cost defrayal payments; amend KRS 304.17A-099 to conform; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured employer plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution and the state employee health plan to comply with the assisted reproductive technology coverage requirement; direct that certain provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SR12
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/6/26
Refer
1/12/26
Passed
4/15/26
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of James Allen Ewing.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB23
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/6/26
Refer
1/13/26
Create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to define terms; establish privacy protections for a woman seeking reproductive health care outside of the Commonwealth; establish protections for any person or entity assisting a woman seeking reproductive health care outside of the Commonwealth; establish a civil cause of action for violations; waive sovereign immunity protections of the Commonwealth.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SR14
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/6/26
Refer
1/12/26
Passed
1/13/26
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of David Delvin Drake.