Kentucky 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 7)

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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB231

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; prohibit a health care professional from furnishing medical debt to a consumer reporting agency; require a contract between a health care professional and collection entity to include a provision prohibiting the reporting of medical debt to a consumer reporting agency; provide that medical debt that is reported in violation of the section is void and unenforceable; make a violation of the section an unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice in violation of KRS 367.170; establish remedies for a violation of the section; provide that section shall not be construed to limit or restrict any powers, duties, remedies, or penalties available; direct that provisions apply to contracts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SR25

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Refer
1/13/26  
Honor Donna Sue Baker for her service to her community and the Commonwealth.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB275

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Amend KRS 164.7874 to define "eligible noncertified school graduate"; amend definitions of "KEES award," "KEES award maximum," and "KEES base amount" for an eligible noncertified school graduate; amend KRS 164.7879 to establish an equivalent grade point average for eligible noncertified school graduates based on the graduate's ACT score; amend KRS 164.7881 and 164.7884 to conform.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB257

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Report Pass
2/4/26  
Engrossed
2/18/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Refer
3/31/26  
Refer
4/1/26  
Refer
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Chaptered
4/13/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; permit local school districts to develop and implement a local accountability system; require data publication on the local accountability system; require the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to provide technical assistance in the development of local accountability; permit KDE to incentivize local accountability; set the time frame for requiring local accountability in all local school districts; authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate necessary administrative regulations; amend KRS 158.6453 to update terminology regarding academic standards; remove specific writing and editing and mechanics as required summative assessments; require KDE to incorporate a writing program into academic standards and professional development; require school-based decision making councils to adopt a writing program policy and publish it on the school's website; remove requirement for KDE to establish recommendations on using preliminary assessment data to identify students for advanced coursework; amend KRS 158.6455 to add individual student growth metric and student engagement as state indicators in the accountability system, remove quality of school climate and safety as state indicator, remove "status" and "change" metrics from state accountability system; amend KRS 158.6459, 164.7874, and 157.069 to conform.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB252

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Amend KRS 61.702 and 78.5536 to provide full hospital and medical insurance benefits for a member, their spouse, and their dependents if the member becomes disabled in line of duty with a hazardous disability; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB282

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Report Pass
2/24/26  
Engrossed
3/3/26  
Amend KRS 189.920 to allow wreckers to be equipped with a flashing, rotating, or oscillating blue light, to be used only when the wrecker is stationary and while removing a vehicle or debris from the highway; prohibit a wrecker from using a blue light when towing a vehicle; this Act may be cited as Troy's Law.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB234

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Amend KRS 337.327 to require employers to keep copies of a veterans' benefits and services document in a conspicuous and accessible place.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB233

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Propose to amend Section 172B of the Constitution of Kentucky to expand the freeze on an assessment or reassessment moratorium to include the development of property and to remove the 5-year expiration date for the moratorium; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB242

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to exempt from taxation a portion of the assessed value of real property maintained as the permanent residence of an owner who is a veteran or first responder; require an owner to meet the disability requirements under Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky; allow real property maintained as the permanent residence of the surviving spouse of a veteran or first responder to receive an exemption based on the qualifiers of the veteran or first responder prior to his or her death; allow the General Assembly to set qualification requirements by law; prohibit a property from receiving more than 1 exemption under this new section of the Constitution of Kentucky; allow the exemption to be in addition to the exemption provided in Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky; provide that the exemptions supersede contrary provisions of Sections 171, 172, and 174 of the Constitution of Kentucky; apply the exemptions to property assessed on or after January 1, 2028; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SR28

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Refer
1/13/26  
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charles William "Mickey" Kennedy.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB243

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Amend KRS 156.160 to require any course meeting the health requirement for high school graduation include information on direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to organ donation.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB269

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to allow the Freedom Flag to be flown as a Flag of Remembrance each September 11.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB272

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Amend KRS 6.661 to establish that the co-chairs of the Legislative Research Commission may employ an executive director of the Legislative Ethics Commission, as well as other necessary staff and contract personnel; require the co-chairs of the Legislative Research Commission to fix the compensation of staff and contract personnel of the Legislative Ethics Commission; establish that members of the staff of the Legislative Ethics Commission are subject to removal by the co-chairs of the Legislative Research Commission at any time; amend KRS 6.686 to allow the Legislative Ethics Commission to impose sanctions on persons who file a complaint that is determined to be frivolous, was filed for an improper purpose, or contains factual allegations lacking evidentiary support; provide that sanctions apply retroactively to January 2, 2026; RETROACTIVE, in part.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB95

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Amend KRS 156.153 to permit schools to use non-school bus passenger vehicles designed for 10, instead of 9, or fewer passengers; limit statewide driver qualification, training, and drug testing requirements to drivers of non-school bus passenger vehicles along regular bus routes; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB256

Introduced
1/8/26  
Refer
1/8/26  
Amend KRS 23A.080 to allow appeals to be taken to the Circuit Court by the state in criminal cases from an adverse decision or ruling of the District Court.