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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SR100

Introduced
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Recognize Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Day at the State Capitol on March 5, 2026.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SJR99

Introduced
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 40 in Martin County as the Destiney Brewer Memorial Highway for DUI Awareness.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB643

Introduced
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Refer
2/23/26  
Report Pass
3/11/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow school districts to implement a wearable panic alert system; establish system criteria; require the Department of Education to provide a list of approved wearable panic alert systems; require the Center for School Safety to establish the Wearable Panic Alert Grant Program; amend KRS 158.446 to allow the Center for School Safety to distribute wearable panic alert grants using funds appropriated in the biennial budget to support school safety; provide that the Act may be cited as Alyssa's Law.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB199

Introduced
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Refer
2/27/26  
Report Pass
3/3/26  
Engrossed
3/6/26  
Refer
3/6/26  
Refer
3/9/26  
Report Pass
3/11/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
Enrolled
3/19/26  
Enrolled
3/19/26  
Vetoed
3/31/26  
Refer
3/31/26  
Override
3/31/26  
Refer
4/1/26  
Override
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Chaptered
4/1/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to establish that any pesticide registered with the Department of Agriculture, with an EPA approved label for use pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is deemed sufficient warning for the purposes of an action concerning duty to warn; amend KRS 217.544 to conform.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB642

Introduced
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Refer
2/23/26  
Report Pass
3/12/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Refer
3/19/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Report Pass
3/25/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Chaptered
4/7/26  
Amend KRS 161.520 to remove the requirement for dependent children over the age of 18 to have their mental or physical condition approved by a majority of a medical review committee to receive survivor benefits; amend KRS 161.605 to raise the minimum amount a retired reemployed member may earn per day from $170 to $200, remove the provision for returning to work 1 month earlier if the member forfeits 1 month of their retirement benefit, reinstate the pension waiver program and prohibit members returning to work under its provisions from returning to work as administrators, and make technical changes; amend KRS 161.608 to clarify that the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) will acknowledge a member's earliest participation date in another state administered retirement system to determine benefit tier; amend KRS 161.620 to allow a member who is a parent to apply for and manage payments to a disabled child without necessity of a court order or other legal authority; amend KRS 161.635 and 161.636 to allow TRS to offer index fund investment options to university and nonuniversity members, to annuitize the investment return on the supplemental benefit applied to the index funds not to exceed 6.1% if there is no COLA in a given year or 4.6% if there is a COLA in the given year, allow TRS to promulgate administrative regulations to establish procedures for disbursements from the supplemental benefit component, and establish that neither the TRS board or staff shall be liable for any losses or claims due to a member's election of an index fund and state that members have the sole responsibility for their investment decisions.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB201

Introduced
2/13/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and Medicaid managed care organizations to cover evaluation and management services; prohibit the department or managed care organizations from limiting coverage for evaluation and management services to fewer than 2 units per provider, per recipient, per date of service; 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 in the Medicaid program as required under KRS 205.5372(1).
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB644

Introduced
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Refer
2/23/26  
Report Pass
3/10/26  
Engrossed
3/19/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to create the Kentucky General Assembly Medal of Distinction and establish the award criteria and selection process.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SR101

Introduced
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Recognize February 21, 2026, as Historic St. Paul A.M.E. Church National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Day in the Commonwealth.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HJR71

Introduced
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 160 in Letcher County as the Private Andrew Kuracka Memorial Highway.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB205

Introduced
2/17/26  
Amend KRS 117.045 to increase election officer pay to $120 per election day served.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB651

Introduced
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Refer
2/24/26  
Report Pass
3/3/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Refer
3/6/26  
Report Pass
3/31/26  
Refer
3/31/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Chaptered
4/13/26  
Amend KRS 224A.320 to require that eligible funding recipients for the Kentucky Water and Wastewater Assistance for Troubled or Economically Restrained Systems (WWATERS) Program meet 3 or more of the specified eligibility criteria instead of 1; exclude projects that expand the utility service of funding applicants from the definition of "eligible project"; require that a funding application include a detailed budget for all proposed project expenses; allow the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board to evaluate and score funding applications for proposed projects in phases; require that approved eligible funding recipients adopt best management practices that would address the performance deficiencies that made the applicant eligible for funding; remove the funding evaluation criteria categories of current accounts payable turnover ratio and current days' sales in accounts receivable ratio; remove the requirement from the evaluation criteria that the applicant's receipt of a notice of violation of drinking water or other water quality standards occur in the past year; add to the funding eligibility criteria that the funding applicant can demonstrate that the amount of stormwater inflow and groundwater infiltration entering the funding applicant's system seriously impairs its effectiveness; add to the funding evaluation criteria that the funding applicant previously received funding through the program for a prior phase of the proposed project; add to the funding evaluation criteria that the funding applicant can demonstrate that the estimated costs are comparable to actual costs incurred for similar projects; add to the funding evaluation criteria that a licensed professional engineer signed an attestation of the application's veracity; require that in the evaluation of the funding applications, the board separately score and individually rank all eligible projects, with additional consideration given to projects that provide or restore safe water or wastewater utility service; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB50

Introduced
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Report Pass
2/19/26  
Engrossed
3/5/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Report Pass
3/25/26  
Refer
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Chaptered
4/13/26  
Amend KRS 391.010 to specify the share of the surviving spouse in real property in an intestate estate; amend KRS 392.020 to identify surplus personalty and surplus real estate and the share of the surviving spouse to surplus personalty and surplus real estate in an intestate estate; amend KRS 394.300 to set the period of time a county clerk is required to hold a recorded will and to whom the will shall be returned upon expiration of the time period; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 395 to establish requirements for appointment as a fiduciary, confidentiality protections of assets of an estate, and when a hearing for appointment may be waived; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 395 to establish a written declaration under penalty of perjury in lieu of a sworn oath when accepted by the court; amend KRS 395.130 to establish that no bond shall be required of a personal representative unless a surety bond is ordered by the court or required by statute; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 395 to set the requirements for filing an inventory, including penalties for failure to timely comply with the statutory requirements; amend KRS 395.255 to require the clerk of the court to report to the judge on a monthly basis all filings that are not timely filed; amend KRS 395.380, 395.390, and 395.400 to change requirements for the appointment of a public administrator or guardian; remove the sheriff as a public administrator; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 395 to establish procedures to dispense with administration of testate and intestate estates; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 395 to establish procedures for the filing of periodic and final settlements; amend KRS 395.990 to increase the penalty from $10 to $100 for a fiduciary failing to file an inventory or account; amend KRS 199.520 to deem a child of adoption to be a child of the petitioners for purposes of inheritance and succession if the child was adopted and resided with the petitioners prior to the age of 18; amend KRS 140.070 and 140.080 to identify Class A and Class B beneficiaries for purposes of inheritance tax and provide exemptions; amend KRS 64.012 to establish a flat fee of $33 for the recording of a will or other probate document or a court-ordered name change with the county clerk; amend KRS 142.010 to establish a tax of $4 for each recorded will to be collected by the clerk of the court and paid to the county clerk; amend KRS 401.040 to authorize the clerk of the court to collect the fee on behalf of the county clerk for filing a name change order; create a new section of KRS Chapter 186A to set a procedure for the transfer of a motor vehicle upon death; amend KRS 138.470 to include the transfer on death of a motor vehicle as an exemption from the tax imposed by KRS 138.460; create new sections of KRS Chapter 394 to enact the Uniform Electronic Wills Act; define terms; establish the applicability of electronic wills; address the effect of a will electronically executed in another jurisdiction; establish requirements for executing and revoking an electronic will; address records that are not executed in compliance with the requirements for an electronic will; provide requirements for an electronic will to be self-proving; allow for certified paper copies of an electronic will; create new sections of KRS Chapter 394 to enact the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act; define terms; establish that a nontestamentary estate planning document or a signature on a nontestamentary estate planning document may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form; provide that an electronic record of a document satisfies a requirement for a nontestamentary estate planning document to be in writing; establish notarization, acknowledgment, and verification requirements; create new sections of KRS Chapter 386 to enact the Kentucky Qualified Dispositions in Trust Act; define terms; establish requirements for qualified affidavit; prohibit claims by creditors against property subject to a qualified disposition to a qualified trust except under limited circumstances; provide that limitations on actions by creditors do not apply to past due child support, past due maintenance to a spouse or former spouse, or a written agreement, judgment, or order of a court for division of marital property of a spouse or former spouse; limit powers and rights of transferor to those conferred by the qualified trust; establish rules for avoiding a qualified disposition to a qualified trust; address rights of trustee and beneficiary when a qualified disposition has been avoided; provide that a spendthrift provision acts as a restriction on the transferor's beneficial interest in the trust under law other than bankruptcy law; enumerate persons who may not act as a qualified trustee; allow a transferor to appoint trust advisors; provide for the appointment of a successor trustee in certain circumstances; provide that the inclusion of certain provisions in the qualified trust instrument does not deem the trust to be revocable; specify application to trusts and dispositions of property on or after effective date of Act; establish a new subchapter of KRS Chapter 386B and create new sections to enact the Uniform Directed Trust Act; define terms; establish that the Act does not apply to powers of appointment; subject trust directors to same rules, liabilities, and fiduciary duties as trustees; enumerate powers of trust director and responsibilities of trustee in a trust under direction; provide for liability of trust director for breach of trust; time limitation for breach of trust action; require communication of information between trustees and trust directors; establish a new subchapter of KRS Chapter 386B and create new sections to enact the Uniform Trust Decanting Act; define terms; applicability of provisions; require fiduciaries to act in accordance with fiduciary duties in exercising trust decanting power; specify notice requirements prior to exercise of the decanting power; address authority to represent and bind or another person under a first-trust instrument; allow court intervention in disputes regarding the exercise of the decanting power; require an exercise of the decanting power to be made in a record signed by an authorized fiduciary; allow an authorized fiduciary with expanded distributive discretion over the principal of a first trust to exercise decanting power over the principal of the first trust; specify trust provisions and actions permissible when property is decanted to a second trust by such a fiduciary; allow an authorized fiduciary with limited distributive discretion over the principal of a first trust to exercising decanting power over the principal of the first trust; specify trust provisions and actions permissible when property is decanted to a second trust by such a fiduciary; establish rules for decanting to a special needs trust; establish rules to protect charitable trust interests; provide for limitations on decanting power through restrictions in a first-trust instrument; prohibit decanting to a second trust to increase fiduciary compensation unless beneficiaries of the second trust agree to the increase or it is approved by a court; address fiduciary compensation and liability in a second-trust instrument; provide for limitations on authority of authorized fiduciary to exercise decanting power to modify provisions relating to removal or replacement of the fiduciary; set limitations for exercise of the decanting power with respect to transfers of property affecting tax liability; specify requirements for duration of a second trust; allow authorized fiduciary to exercise decanting power regardless of whether the fiduciary could have made or would have been compelled to make a discretionary distribution under discretionary distribution standard of the first trust; provide for circumstances where decanting power is effective even if second trust does not comply in part with the provisions of the Act; provide for decanting powers to an animal trust; establish rules for disposition of later-discovered property; provide that obligations enforceable against first trust are enforceable to same extent against second trust; require provisions to be applied and construed so as to promote uniformity among states; conform to federal requirements related to electronic signatures and records; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; repeal KRS 395.635, relating to certification of list of delinquent fiduciaries; repeal KRS 386B.8-080, relating to a settlor's power to direct a trust; repeal KRS 386.175, relating to second trusts; establish short titles.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB650

Introduced
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to name and designate the musical composition "A Mighty Long Way" as the official state musical composition.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SR108

Introduced
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Refer
2/19/26  
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Dr. Thomas "Tom" Shelton.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB652

Introduced
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Refer
2/24/26  
Report Pass
3/10/26  
Engrossed
3/18/26  
Refer
3/18/26  
Refer
3/24/26  
Report Pass
3/26/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Vetoed
4/13/26  
Refer
4/14/26  
Override
4/14/26  
Refer
4/14/26  
Override
4/14/26  
Enrolled
4/14/26  
Enrolled
4/14/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Amend KRS 158.4433 to move the school mapping data program to the Kentucky 911 Services Board, specify responsibility for mapping data accuracy walk-through; amend KRS 65.7629 and 158.442 to conform; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.