Kentucky 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 32)

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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB896

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; establish laboratory and testing standards and procedures; exempt designated persons from prosecution or discipline, including attorneys who represent those affiliated with regulated adult-use products; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 260.8635 as a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to establish procedures for transporting intermediate hemp-derived cannabinoid products; amend KRS 217.039 to establish rules and procedures for the sale of retail hemp, intermediate hemp-derived cannabinoid products, and cannabis-infused beverages; amend KRS 243.030 to reduce the fee for an annual cannabis-infused beverage retail package license from $2,000 to $500; amend KRS 260.862 to allow the Department of Agriculture to prescribe rules for the sale of cannabis floral material by a licensed cultivator or handler; amend KRS 138.870, 218A.010, 218B.010, 218B.015, 241.010, 260.852, and 260.858 to conform; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB880

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 313 to adopt the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact; declare the intent and purpose of the compact; define terms; establish conditions under which an individual can practice in a remote state; authorize a home state to impose adverse action against an individual's license issued by the home state; authorize a member state's licensing authority to issue subpoenas for hearings and investigations as well as cease and desist orders to restrict, suspend, or revoke an individual's privilege to practice in the state; establish the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact Commission; provide immunity from suit and liability for members, officers, executive director, employees, and representatives of the commission who act in accordance with the provisions of the compact; authorize the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of state government to enforce the provisions of the compact; establish rulemaking procedures; authorize the commission to attempt to resolve disputes related to the compact that arise among member states and between member and nonmember states; require provisions of the compact to become effective on the date the compact is enacted into law in the fifth compact state; establish withdrawal provisions for a member state that wishes to withdraw from the compact; provide for severability for any provision in the compact that is contrary to the constitution of any member state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB918

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Amend KRS 15.519 to make game wardens employed by the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources subject to the same requirements for entering or accessing private open land as other law enforcement officers; amend KRS 150.090 to conform; amend KRS 235.310 to make boating enforcement officers employed by the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources subject to the same requirements for entering or accessing private open land as other law enforcement officers.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HJR93

Introduced
3/3/26  
Refer
3/3/26  
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of KY 353 in Fayette County as the James "Jim" Mahan Memorial Highway.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB920

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Amend KRS 91A.080 to exempt large group health insurance policies newly offered on or after January 1, 2027, from the local government license fee or tax imposed upon insurance companies.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB937

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms; provide that the provisions of the Act do not preempt local governments from adopting more stringent local requirements regarding high intensity technological infrastructure (HITI) siting, construction, and operation; provide for HITI siting requirements in jurisdictions that have adopted planning and zoning and those that have not; require the identities of HITI project owners and operators be disclosed and for limitations on confidentiality agreements relating to HITI projects; establish minimum requirements for required community impact reports, site review plans, and community benefits packages for HITI siting; require public notice to be provided to persons located within 1 mile of the proposed HITI project boundary; provide for the consideration of conditions to mitigate incompatibilities between the proposed use of a HITI site and its zoned use; require that any material expansion of a HITI project have prior written approval by conditional use permit amendment; require that HITI project siting and construction applicants attest that design and operations of the HITI project shall comply with all federal and state requirements and industry standards; provide that appeals from actions shall be taken in accordance with applicable law governing appeals from conditional use and planning commission decisions.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB889

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Refer
3/9/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Engrossed
3/24/26  
Amend KRS 196.026, relating to organizational units of the Department of Corrections, to establish the Division of Central Kentucky Medical Correctional Complex within the Department of Corrections Office of Adult Institutions.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB925

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Amend KRS 278.704 to make technical corrections.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB903

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Amend KRS 317.410 to define "direct supervision" and "shop training program"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 317 to establish a shop training program and establish program requirements; amend KRS 317.420 to exempt individuals who participate in the shop training program from KRS Chapter 317; amend KRS 317.450 to require the Kentucky Board of Barbering to issue an apprentice license to a person who has completed 1,200 hours in a shop training program; require 9 months of participation in a shop training program.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB915

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Amend KRS 625.080 to allow a parent to request a jury trial for a termination of parental rights determination; require jurors to take an oath of confidentiality under penalty of contempt of court; allow jury to make findings of fact and recommendations to the court.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB890

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Create a new section of Subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the high-growth loan program and high-growth loan fund to be administered by the Cabinet for Economic Development; Define terms; specify the program requirements and eligible uses of fund moneys.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB912

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to include construction of specified terms in the title of an act of the General Assembly.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HJR101

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the bridge located on Kentucky Route 9 in Carter County as the S/SGT David W. Harris Memorial Bridge.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB897

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Amend KRS 224A.112 to specify the reference to investor-owned water utility systems for the purpose of infrastructure revolving fund eligibility.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB882

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Amend KRS 158.150 to permit a teacher to remove from the classroom a student that violates a school behavior policy and is disruptive to the classroom environment and education process; require teacher and principal or assistant principal agreement before student may return to the classroom on the same school day as removal.