Kentucky 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 72)
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SR80
Introduced
2/5/26
Refer
2/5/26
Refer
2/9/26
Passed
4/15/26
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jeremiah Parsons.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB573
Introduced
2/5/26
Refer
2/5/26
Refer
2/12/26
Amend KRS 121.015 to define "executive committee of a political party"; amend KRS 121.150 to specify that a qualified political party committee, including a state or county executive committee, may endorse, support, oppose, and make contributions or expenditures to nonpartisan candidates.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB165
Introduced
2/5/26
Refer
2/5/26
Amend KRS 157.320 to define "eligible child" and "teaming partner"; amend KRS 157.3175 to require each local school district to provide preschool to 4 year olds who reside in a household with an income at or below 160% of the poverty level until the end of the 2033-2034 school year, and beginning with the 2034-2035 school year require each local school district to provide preschool to each eligible child; provide requirements for program guidelines; require the Kentucky Department of Education to establish and maintain a statewide unified data system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to require local school districts to maintain certification from the Head Start director that Head Start is fully utilized; provide penalties; require local school districts to prepare and submit preschool expansion plans to the deparment; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations regarding preschool expansion; require the department to submit a report the the Legislative Research Commission annually regarding preschool expansion.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SR79
Introduced
2/5/26
Refer
2/5/26
Refer
2/9/26
Passed
2/12/26
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Joseph Hardin McFarland.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB164
Introduced
2/5/26
Refer
2/5/26
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make possession of a personal use quantity of cannabis exempt from civil or criminal penalty; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "cannabis," "personal use quantity of cannabis," and "cannabis accessory"; redefine "marijuana"; amend KRS 218A.1422, regarding cannabis possession, to conform; amend KRS 218A.1423, regarding cannabis cultivation, to conform; amend KRS 218A.500, regarding drug paraphernalia, to exempt personal use cannabis accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421, regarding cannabis trafficking, to exempt personal use quantities; amend KRS 138.872 to exclude personal use quantities from the cannabis stamp tax; amend KRS 218A.276, 218A.410, and 533.030 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis and to apply expungement retroactively; RETROACTIVE, in part.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HCR57
Introduced
2/5/26
Refer
2/5/26
Refer
2/18/26
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Economic Development Incentive Modernization Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding Kentucky's current economic develop inititiatives, incentives, and related policies and their effectiveness in relation to competitor states, marketing campaigns and targeted sector updates that competitor states have implemented in recent years and their effectivesness, and actions and policies Kentucky should consider in order to improve Kentucky's economic develop initiatives and incentives; establish membership; direct the task force to meet during the 2026 Interim and submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2026.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB567
Introduced
2/5/26
Refer
2/5/26
Refer
2/12/26
Report Pass
2/26/26
Engrossed
3/16/26
Refer
3/16/26
Refer
3/24/26
Report Pass
3/26/26
Refer
4/1/26
Amend KRS 61.870 to change the definition of "resident of the Commonwealth"; amend KRS 61.872 to allow the official custodian of public records to require government-issued photo identification that includes an address from an applicant requesting to inspect records as proof that they are a resident of the Commonwealth; allow the agency to require a different form of identification or proof if the applicant does not possess photo identification; amend KRS 61.876 to conform.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB569
Introduced
2/5/26
Refer
2/5/26
Refer
2/12/26
Report Pass
3/11/26
Engrossed
3/18/26
Refer
3/18/26
Amend KRS 26A.020 to establish that any person may submit an affidavit to the Attorney General asserting that an assigned judge cannot impartially preside in a pending action; authorize the Attorney General to determine if the impartiality of the judge may reasonably be questioned; authorize the Attorney General to submit the affidavit to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who shall determine whether to appoint a special judge.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HR58
Introduced
2/5/26
Refer
2/5/26
Refer
2/6/26
Passed
2/6/26
Recognize February 6, 2026, as National Wear Red Day in Kentucky to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease and women's health.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky Senate Bill SB169
Introduced
2/5/26
Refer
2/5/26
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to exempt disabled United States Armed Forces veterans and unremarried surviving spouses of United States Armed Forces service members killed in action while performing active military duty from property taxation of property owned and maintained as a primary residence and a primary motor vehicle owned and maintained as their primary vehicle after calendar year 2027; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB574
Introduced
2/5/26
Refer
2/5/26
Refer
2/12/26
Amend KRS 157.320 to define "eligible child" and "teaming partner"; amend KRS 157.3175 to require each local school district to provide preschool to 4 year olds who reside in a household with an income at or below 160% of the poverty level until the end of the 2033-2034 school year, and beginning with the 2034-2035 school year require each local school district to provide preschool to each eligible child; provide requirements for program guidelines; require the Kentucky Department of Education to establish and maintain a statewide unified data system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 157 to require local school districts to maintain certification from the Head Start director that Head Start is fully utilized; provide penalties; require local school districts to prepare and submit preschool expansion plans to the deparment; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations regarding preschool expansion; require the department to submit a report the the Legislative Research Commission annually regarding preschool expansion.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB575
Introduced
2/5/26
Refer
2/5/26
Refer
2/12/26
Amend KRS 140.090, relating to the inheritance tax, to increase the funeral expense deduction for decedents with date of death on or after August 1, 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB570
Introduced
2/5/26
Refer
2/5/26
Refer
2/12/26
Amend KRS 118A.020 to establish that Justices of the Supreme Court shall be elected on a statewide basis; EFFECTIVE January 2, 2029.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB582
Introduced
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Refer
2/13/26
Amend KRS 230.210 to redefine "sports wagering"; amend KRS 230.805 to change the age of access to sports wagering from 18 to 21; prohibit sports wagering licensees or service providers from offering proposition bets; amend KRS 2.015 to conform.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky House Bill HB577
Introduced
2/6/26
Refer
2/6/26
Refer
2/10/26
Report Pass
2/12/26
Engrossed
2/19/26
Refer
2/19/26
Refer
3/16/26
Report Pass
3/26/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Enrolled
4/1/26
Chaptered
4/13/26
Passed
4/13/26
Amend KRS 154.12-300, 154.12-305, and 154.12-300 to change the Kentucky Innovation and Commercialization Center program to the Kentucky Entrepreneurship and Innovation Hub Program; amend KRS 154.12-300 to define terms; amend KRS 154.12-305 to add goals of supporting entrepreneur-led economic development and attracting workforce talent, investors, and start-up companies to the program; amend KRS 154.12-310 to make conforming changes; amend KRS 164.6011 to include definitions of "early-stage company" and "high-growth company" in the Kentucky Innovation Act; amend KRS 164.6019 to provide that moneys received in the Kentucky enterprise fund may be subject to restrictions imposed by the contributing entity and subject to approval by the Cabinet for Economic Development; amend KRS 164.6021 to make conforming changes and add the purpose of the Kentucky enterprise fund is to attract, recruit, and support early-stage and high-growth companies to locate, relocate, or establish a presence in the Commonwealth; amend KRS 164.6023 to allow companies based outside of Kentucky to be eligible by becoming a Kentucky-based company within 180 days after certification authorizing funding; amend KRS 154.20-234 to allow a pass-through entity to qualify for participation in the Angel Investor Program; make conforming changes.