Kentucky 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 84)

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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SR42

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/20/26  
Honor Ale-8-One on its 100th anniversary.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB407

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Amend KRS 216B.040 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services conduct public hearings on certificate of need applications as requested by applicants and by holders of certificates of need and licenses; amend KRS 216B.062 to require a final decision within 90 days; amend KRS 216B.085 to require that only the applicant may request a public hearing; require that notice of the public hearing be given only to the applicant; require that only the applicant have the right to be represented by counsel and to present evidence and arguments at the public hearing; require that the cabinet notify only the applicant of the decision and that the decision is final unless a request for reconsideration is filed by only the applicant; amend KRS 216B.090 to permit only the applicant to request a hearing for purposes of reconsideration of the cabinet; amend KRS 216B.095 to delete notice of a cabinet decision regarding a request for a nonsubstantive review to any affected party; amend KRS 216B.115 to permit an appeal to the Franklin Circuit Court by the applicant of any final decision of the cabinet regarding an application to be made.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB390

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Amend KRS 161.030 to specify the Education Professional Standards Board has authority only over educators hired by public schools; amend KRS 199.894 to define "learning pod" and exclude learning pods from the definition of "child-care center" and "family child-care home"; amend KRS 194A.381 to exclude learning pods from certain youth camp requirements.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB98

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Report Pass
2/10/26  
Engrossed
2/26/26  
Refer
2/26/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Report Pass
3/24/26  
Refer
4/15/26  
Enrolled
4/15/26  
Enrolled
4/15/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to establish requirements for projects using structural steel welding, such as hiring a certified welder and meeting national welding standards; define terms; exempt welding projects performed or requested on the premises of a homeowner or farmer; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HR33

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Recognize January 29, 2026, as Suits and Sneakers Day.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB395

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Amend KRS 156.160 to require public middle and high school curriculum to include instruction on the history of racism.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB393

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Refer
1/23/26  
Report Pass
1/29/26  
Engrossed
2/4/26  
Refer
2/4/26  
Refer
3/16/26  
Report Pass
3/18/26  
Enrolled
3/26/26  
Enrolled
3/26/26  
Chaptered
4/7/26  
Amend KRS 194A.601 to require the dementia services coordinator to prepare an annual report on the operations of the Office of Dementia Services and the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Council and a progress report on the Kentucky Alzheimer's and Related Dementias State Plan to submit to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 194A.603 to increase the membership of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Council from 15 to 16 by increasing the individual unpaid caregiver members by 1; change the council's annual reporting date to December 1 from July 1; require the council to develop and implement annual year-long initiative advancing a key area of the state plan; direct the council to create a provider toolkit on early detection and diagnosis as its first year-long initiative beginning December 1, 2026 to be distributed to stakeholders.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB399

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Amend KRS 510.040, 510.070, and 510.110 to provide that rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and sexual abuse in the first degree shall be capital offenses when the victim is under 12 years old; amend KRS 532.025 to conform.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB409

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Amend KRS 216B.015 to redefine "capital expenditure minimum" and define "major medical equipment expenditure minimum"; amend KRS 216B.061 to modify conditions under which a person is prohibited from taking actions without a certificate of need.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB394

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Amend KRS 65.013 to create a cause of action for violations of the use of tax dollars to advocate for or against public questions on the ballot or to lobby or participate in executive agency lobbying; establish time limitation to commence suit and appropriate venue; provide damages recoverable per violation; allow for a class action; prohibit persons held civilly liable from holding a position of public trust or profit for 10 years; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to establish a criminal penalty and a prohibition against holding a position of public trust or profit for 10 years for individuals found guilty of a violation.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB413

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Propose to amend Sections 71 and 82 of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish limits on the number of terms for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor to a maximum of 2 terms and a total of 8 years served in office; provide that an individual is ineligible as Lieutenant Governor if he or she is ineligible to become Governor; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB417

Introduced
1/15/26  
Refer
1/15/26  
Create a new section of KRS 247.940 to 247.978 to define "participating lender"; authorize the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation to establish, administer, and fund a Farmland Preservation Loan Program and enter into a loan participation agreement with a qualified participating lender to purchase interests in promissory notes to allow a borrower to purchase or improve an agricultural property located within the Commonwealth; authorize the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the Farmland Preservation Loan Program.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HR34

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Recognize January 22, 2026, as Kentucky Arts Day.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB426

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable qualified rent payment credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, but before January 1, 2031, in the amount of 25% of the qualified rent payments made during the taxable year, not to exceed $1,000; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow reporting by the Department of Revenue.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB419

Introduced
1/16/26  
Refer
1/16/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Report Pass
2/3/26  
Engrossed
2/6/26  
Refer
2/6/26  
Refer
3/16/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Refer
3/31/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Enrolled
4/1/26  
Chaptered
4/13/26  
Amend KRS 95A.020 to increase the Kentucky Fire Commission to 18 members by transferring the 4 ex officio members to full member status; provide for terms of office of the members not subject to gubernatorial appointment; amend KRS 95A.262 to specify that any reimbursement to the Kentucky Career and Technical College System for administrative activities is subject to the 5% reimbursement cap in KRS 94A.240; specify that cancer screening reimbursements can be made from revenues allocated to the Firefighters Foundation Program fund pursuant to KRS 42.190 and 136.392.