Kentucky 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 63)
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB308
Introduced
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/20/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to provide that any person who has been convicted of, pled guilty to, or entered an Alford plea to a sex crime in which the victim was under the age of 12 shall undergo medroxyprogesterone acetate treatment; provide that treatment shall begin no later than 1 month before the person is released from custody; provide that treatment shall continue until the person is released from probation, parole, or postincarceration supervision; provide that the person shall be evaluated by a licensed physician prior to treatment to determine if the person is an appropriate candidate for treatment; provide that the Department of Corrections shall administer the treatment; authorize the Department of Corrections to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the requirements.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HCR23
Introduced
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
2/4/26
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Property Taxation Task Force to study, review, and provide policy recommendations on how to address local property taxation increases; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2026 legislative interim; outline task force membership; require the task force to submit its findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB316
Introduced
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/20/26
Repeal and reenact KRS 65.870 to allow local governments to enact ordinances regulating firearms, ammunition, components of firearms and ammunition, and firearms accessories; amend KRS 65.1591 and 237.115 to conform.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB321
Introduced
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/20/26
Amend KRS 199.894 to define terms; apply definitions to Section 2 of the Act; amend KRS 199.8982 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services allow certified family child-care home providers and licensed type II child-care centers to participate in the Child Care Assistance Program and establish requirements related to a provider's children in the program and other nonrelative children of the provider that are served in the program.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB320
Introduced
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/20/26
Report Pass
1/21/26
Engrossed
1/29/26
Refer
1/29/26
Amend KRS 529.110 to enhance the penalty for promoting human trafficking to a Class B felony unless the victim is a minor, in which case it is a Class A felony.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB329
Introduced
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/20/26
Amend KRS 620.030 to establish record keeping and process requirements for reports of alleged child dependency, neglect, or abuse.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB326
Introduced
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/20/26
Create a new section of KRS 227.200 to 227.400 to require an owner, seller, or lessor to have functional smoke detectors in all existing single-family and multifamily residential units; require a seller or lessor to verify compliance in an affidavit prior to transfer or tenancy of property; direct that seller or landlord may be subject to a civil penalty for violation; exempt real estate licensees from liability.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB313
Introduced
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/20/26
Report Pass
2/5/26
Engrossed
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Refer
3/18/26
Report Pass
3/25/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Chaptered
4/13/26
Passed
4/13/26
Amend KRS 69.010 to change the time period that a city has to provide for the sale of a new franchise before the expiration of the current utility franchise from 18 months to 6 months.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB72
Introduced
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
2/6/26
Report Pass
2/11/26
Engrossed
2/17/26
Refer
2/17/26
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against health care professionals who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant health care professionals the right not to participate in services that violate their conscience; exempt health care professionals from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit hiring or licensing authorities from reprimanding health care professionals; require hiring or licensing authorities to provide complaints it has received to health care professionals; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Health Care Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HJR25
Introduced
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/20/26
Report Pass
2/5/26
Engrossed
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Declare Kentucky to be a Food is Medicine state and direct state agencies to advance Food is Medicine initiatives.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB323
Introduced
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/20/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define "public agency," "harassment," "obscene," and "social media platform"; prohibit a public agency, or individual acting on behalf of a public agency, from disabling, deleting, blocking, hiding, or otherwise preventing a person or entity from commenting on a social media platform designated by the public agency to communicate government business or on an account of an individual with the authority to speak on behalf of the public agency acting on its behalf on his or her personal account; permit a public agency, or individual acting on behalf of a public agency, to disable or delete comments that are libelous or slanderous, obscene, would be considered harassment, or would pose an imminent threat to public safety as determined by a court; allow a person or entity to bring forth an action against a public agency, or an individual acting on behalf of a public agency, for any violation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define "official electronic school communication"; prohibit a public school, school district, or individual acting in his or her capacity on behalf of a public school or school district from directly or indirectly publishing an official electronic school communication to advocate for or against a political topic, party, candidate, or question; prohibit a public school, school district, or individual acting in his or her official capacity on behalf of a public school or school district from restricting lawful public commentary on a political topic, party, or question if the public school, school district, or person acting in his or her official capacity on behalf of a public school or school district directly or indirectly publishes such commentary on an official electronic school communication.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB322
Introduced
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/20/26
Amend KRS 199.8982 to establish an exemption from the state certification requirements for a child-care provider on a military installation or military facility that is licensed or certified as a family child-care provider by the United States Department of Defense, any branch of the United States Armed Forces, the National Guard, or reserve component thereof.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB305
Introduced
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/20/26
Report Pass
2/4/26
Engrossed
2/12/26
Refer
2/12/26
Refer
3/11/26
Report Pass
3/26/26
Refer
3/31/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Chaptered
4/13/26
Passed
4/13/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 29A to establish that a person present at any part of a grand jury proceeding shall not knowingly record the proceeding or disclose any information gathered while present during a proceeding; amend KRS 29A.990 to establish the penalty for knowingly recording or disclosing information gathered at a grand jury proceeding as a Class A misdemeanor unless the person is a public servant as defined in KRS 519.010, in which case it is a Class D felony; amend KRS 500.050 to provide that a misdemeanor violation of knowingly recording or disclosing information gathered at a grand jury proceeding shall be prosecuted within 10 years after the act is committed.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HJR24
Introduced
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/13/26
Report Pass
1/15/26
Engrossed
1/21/26
Refer
1/21/26
Refer
3/24/26
Report Pass
3/25/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Chaptered
4/14/26
Passed
4/14/26
Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to withdraw the 1115(a) demonstration waiver application that was submitted on June 25, 2025, to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement a mandatory community engagement program; EMERGENCY
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB311
Introduced
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/20/26
Report Pass
3/10/26
Engrossed
3/17/26
Refer
3/17/26
Refer
3/24/26
Report Pass
4/1/26
Refer
4/14/26
Enrolled
4/15/26
Enrolled
4/15/26
Passed
4/23/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require each railroad company to destroy or remove obstructive vegetation at intersections with public roads or highways; direct the Transportation Cabinet or local government to remove obstructive vegetation if the railroad company fails to do so after receiving written notice from the cabinet or local government; establish procedures for reimbursement by the railroad company for the vegetation removal.