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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SR19

Introduced
1/6/26  
Refer
1/6/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Leigh Caroline Reed.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SR16

Introduced
1/6/26  
Refer
1/6/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of C. Ronald Wise.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB15

Introduced
1/6/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to define terms; require any person seeking compensation for assisting with veterans' benefits to be accredited by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; provide that the Act may be cited as the Veterans' Benefits Accreditation Act.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SR4

Introduced
1/6/26  
Refer
1/6/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Minnesota State House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB28

Introduced
1/6/26  
Refer
1/6/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Report Pass
1/14/26  
Engrossed
1/21/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Repeal and reenact KRS 189.292 to define "mobile electronic device"; prohibit the use of a mobile electronic device while operating a motor vehicle; establish exceptions; amend KRS 189.294 to define "mobile electronic device"; amend KRS 189.990 to establish penalties for violation of KRS 189.292 and 189.294; require that money from fines be deposited into the traumatic brain injury trust fund, the Kentucky trauma care system fund, and the veterans' program trust fund; provide that a courtesy warning and not a uniform citation shall be issued by a peace officer until October 31, 2026; provide that the Act may be cited as the Phone-Down Kentucky Act.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB31

Introduced
1/6/26  
Refer
1/6/26  
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; prohibit persons who own 50 or more single-family rental homes in the Commonwealth of Kentucky from purchasing additional single-family homes in the Commonwealth of Kentucky except for use by the person as a residence; limit the purchase restriction to single-family homes that have been advertised for sale for less than 90 days or less than 30 days if the purchaser qualifies as a small business; exempt nonprofit corporations from prohibition on the purchase of single-family homes; provide that a violation is also a violation of KRS 367.170; provide for joinder of certain parties with joint and several liability in enforcement actions.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB16

Introduced
1/6/26  
Refer
1/6/26  
Amend KRS 205.520 to establish that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to provide Medicaid eligibility for all residents of the Commonwealth who may be eligible under federal law; amend KRS 205.6312 to require the establishment of cost-sharing requirements in the Medicaid program to the extent required under federal law; require the Governor to commission an independent third-party analysis of the current Medicaid expansion; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes the Medicaid program as required under KRS 205.5372(1).
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SJR11

Introduced
1/6/26  
Refer
1/6/26  
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 7 in Perry County as the Jean Ritchie Memorial Highway.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB11

Introduced
1/6/26  
Refer
1/6/26  
Refer
1/14/26  
Report Pass
1/15/26  
Report Pass
2/25/26  
Engrossed
3/10/26  
Refer
3/10/26  
Refer
3/11/26  
Report Pass
3/17/26  
Enrolled
3/20/26  
Enrolled
3/20/26  
Chaptered
3/23/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to define terms; the residential safe room rebate program; establish the residential safe room rebate fund to provide rebates to residents of this state for the construction or installation of a residential safe room; establish an application process by which the Division of Emergency Management awards rebates; require the division to promulgate administrative regulations; require the division to report annually to the Legislative Research Commission about the residential safe room rebate program.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SR8

Introduced
1/6/26  
Refer
1/6/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Urge appropriate legislative committees, state agencies, and educational authorities to explore opportunities to formally honor and educate the public about the lives and contributions of great Kentuckians.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB29

Introduced
1/6/26  
Refer
1/6/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Report Pass
1/14/26  
Engrossed
1/22/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Refer
3/27/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Chaptered
4/10/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 109 to prohibit the imposition of fees or permitting requirements on a solid waste management facility that is handling solid waste that was generated outside of the county or waste management district where the solid waste management facility is located, by the county or waste management district where solid waste was generated.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB11

Introduced
1/6/26  
Refer
1/6/26  
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 160 to establish a process for the creation of new independent school districts from a persistently underperforming school district; define terms; establish the process for a local legislative body where a persistently underperforming school district is located to place the question of creating new independent districts and local boards of education on the ballot; specify the requirements for the questions and the board of education provisional election; establish the initial terms of office for the interim board of education; establish the transition of authorities from the originating district board of education to the boards of both the altered originating district and the new independent district; require the Kentucky Department of Education to calculate assets and liabilities of the originating district for division to the new independent districts; authorize the originating district to maintain control and use of assets until the scheduled transfer to the new independent districts and authorize the continued payments of debts; establish a negotiation process between the originating district and the new independent districts to resolve the division of the originating district's assets and liabilities; establish a deadline for the negotiation to conclude; provide a process for resolution of disagreements; establish a deadline for the transfer of all assets and debts; authorize the originating district to continue to assess and collect taxes for all districts until the close of the tax year in which the new independent districts are fully operational; provide for the distribution of collected taxes during the transition period; require the county judge/executive to call the newly elected interim boards of new independent districts to meet; allow the interim board to request assistance from the Kentucky Department of Education; establish the transition process for new independent districts to become fully functional; allow the interim board to submit a waiver request for a statute or administrative regulation to the Kentucky Board of Education; authorize the interim board to enter into service contracts with another school district during the transition; establish a process for the interim board to vote to terminate the establishment of the new independent district due to financial nonviability during the transition; establish the transition from an interim board to a fully functional board of the new independent district; require the continued collection of taxes restricted to the payment of debt or interest; waive the requirement for school-based decision making for the first year of operations of the new independent district; require the interim board of the new independent district to develop a transition plan and establish the requirements of the plan; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157, relating to state formula funding calculations, to establish a projection model for the first year of full operations of the new independent district and the altered originating district.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HR2

Introduced
1/6/26  
Refer
1/6/26  
Refer
1/6/26  
Adopt the Rules of Procedure for the 2026 Regular Session of the House of Representatives.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB14

Introduced
1/6/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define "full-time position" and "qualifying employee"; permit a qualifying employee paid leave of absence of up to 30 days for the birth of a child; require leave of more than 1 child during a singular pregnancy to be taken concurrently; require the employee to use the leave within 1 year of the child's birth; require the employee to use the leave as a continuous 30-day block or as a 20-day block with the remainder to be used intermittently as full days; require the employee to request advance approval before using the leave; require the employee to use the paid leave before other types of accrued leave; require compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act; specify that any other type of leave not specified does not qualify for paid maternity leave; prohibit an employee from converting the unused balance of paid maternity leave to other types of paid leave, benefits, or compensation; require any administrative regulation in conflict with this Act to be amended, withdrawn, or repealed within 90 days of the effective date of the Act.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SCR9

Introduced
1/6/26  
Refer
1/6/26  
Refer
1/12/26  
Report Pass
1/14/26  
Engrossed
1/22/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Refer
2/25/26  
Report Pass
2/26/26  
Refer
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Chaptered
4/13/26  
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to procure a vendor to conduct a feasibility study for an Accountable Communities for Health Medicaid delivery model pilot project; require the results of the study to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by November 1, 2026; strongly encourage the Legislative Research Commission to begin the procurement process immediately upon the adoption of this Resolution; establish that a pilot project resulting from the feasibility study shall be known as the 20 by 30 Accountable Care Pilot Project.