Kentucky 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 87)

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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB429

Introduced
1/20/26  
Refer
1/20/26  
Create a new section of KRS 438.305 to 438.350 to require a retailer to verify that a recipient of a shipment or delivery of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products is at least 21 years old; require visual examination or use of age verification technology to verify the recipient's identity at delivery; establish penalties for a retailer or common or private carrier in violation; establish penalties for a consumer who intentionally causes an unlawful delivery; require products to be returned to the retailer if the common or private carrier cannot complete delivery.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB433

Introduced
1/20/26  
Refer
1/20/26  
Amend KRS 199.570 to allow the names of adopted parents and deceased biological parents to appear on a new birth certificate issued upon adoption if it is requested by the court, adopted parents, or adopted child; direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to create a birth certificate form that complies with this section through the promulgation of administrative regulations.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SB108

Introduced
1/20/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to require employers that mandate employee immunization to allow exceptions based on religious belief or medical contraindication; provide sample form for employee affirmation; establish which health care providers can support a medical exemption; require notice of exemptions; establish civil cause of action for violations and a claim under workers' compensation; amend KRS 344.030 to define term; amend KRS 344.040 to make it an unlawful practice for employers to require immunizations as a condition of employment from employees who hold sincere religious beliefs against immunization or for whom immunization would be harmful to his or her health; make technical corrections.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB432

Introduced
1/20/26  
Refer
1/20/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/3/26  
Engrossed
2/12/26  
Refer
2/12/26  
Amend KRS 45A.380 to allow the purchase of used vehicles and used equipment through noncompetitive negotiation if the agency pays no more than 75% of the manufacturer's suggested retail price for new same or similar vehicles or equipment for the used vehicle or equipment; amend KRS 424.260 to allow local agencies to purchase used vehicles and equipment negotiation if the agency pays no more than 75% of the manufacturer's suggested retail price for new same or similar vehicles or equipment without making a newspaper advertisement for bids.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SR45

Introduced
1/20/26  
Refer
1/20/26  
Refer
1/22/26  
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Val A. "Bud" Lederer.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB436

Introduced
1/20/26  
Refer
1/20/26  
Refer
1/28/26  
Report Pass
2/10/26  
Engrossed
2/13/26  
Refer
2/13/26  
Refer
3/16/26  
Report Pass
3/19/26  
Enrolled
3/26/26  
Enrolled
3/26/26  
Chaptered
4/7/26  
Amend KRS 148.021 to allow PGA HOPE program graduates and 1 guest to use golf courses at state parks for golf cart rental fees only.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SR47

Introduced
1/20/26  
Refer
1/20/26  
Reaffirm the authority of locally elected school boards.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB453

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Amend KRS 304.17A-164 to define terms; prohibit insurers and administrators from requiring insureds to pay cost sharing for a prescription drug that is greater than the cash price; require insurers and administrators to count the amount paid for a covered prescription drug towards the insured's cost-sharing if certain requirements are met; establish requirements for insurers, administrators, and pharmacies for submission of cash price paid by an insured; exempt a state employee health plan from counting certain third-party payments towards the insured's cost-sharing; provide for construction of cost-sharing requirements; amend KRS 304.17C-125, 304.38A-115, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to apply cost-sharing requirements to limited health plans, self-insured state postsecondary education institution employer group health plans, and the state employee health plan; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to require pharmacies to comply with cost-sharing requirements; provide that cost-sharing requirements apply to health plans issued or renewed on or after effective date; EFFECTIVE, January 1, 2027.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB466

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Amend KRS 214.034 to delete hepatitis B from the list of required immunizations for children; prohibit additional immunizations from being required by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services without the approval of the General Assembly; delete requirement for hepatitis B immunization for sixth grade school attendance.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB459

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Refer
1/29/26  
Report Pass
2/11/26  
Engrossed
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Refer
3/6/26  
Report Pass
3/10/26  
Refer
3/19/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Enrolled
3/31/26  
Chaptered
4/10/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 335B to require the licensing authorities of healthcare occupations to collect workforce participation data during the annual, biennial, or triennial licensure renewal process; prohibit the collection of a licensee's Social Security number; allow licensees to decline to allow the sharing of his or her data; require licensing authorities to report collected data to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; create a new section of KRS 335.300 to 335.399 to authorize the board to grant licensure to an applicant who holds an active license from another state to practice as an independent marriage and family therapist; create a new section of KRS Chapter 335.300 to 335.399 to require the board to notify an applicant of any technical error in any licensure, permit, renewal, or reinstatement application within 1 week of its discovery; provide the applicant 2 weeks to correct the error; require the board to review the correction within 1 week of the submitted correction; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2028.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB465

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 258 to define terms; establish a process for dogs and cats that have been retired from use for research and testing in an animal testing facility to be made available for adoption; prohibit the use of state funds that directly support painful experiments as defined by federal law and administered by the United States Department of Agriculture; require animal testing facilities that receive state funds to publicly publish an annual report on their website including the total animals and dogs and cats being tested yearly, active research, all testing projects that use animals, the total amount and source of funding for the project, and efforts used to reduce animal testing.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB455

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Refer
1/29/26  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
Engrossed
2/24/26  
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; restrict the use of artificial intelligence by certain licensed professionals in therapy and psychotherapy services; prohibit licensed professionals from using artificial intelligence to assist in providing supplementary support in therapy or psychotherapy services where the client's therapeutic session is recorded; provide exceptions; prohibit advertising or offering therapy or psychotherapy services unless the therapy or psychotherapy services are conducted by a licensed professional; limit how a licensed professional may use artificial intelligence; require all records between a licensed professional and a patient to be confidential; grant enforcement authority to the relevant board; exclude religious counseling, peer support, and self-help materials; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB457

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Amend KRS 164.096 to require each public postsecondary education institution to provide the Council on Postsecondary Education its annual operating budget by August 1 of each fiscal year; require each institution to provide the council a quarterly budget-to-actual report within thirty (30) days following the end of each fiscal quarter; require each institution to provide financial information relevant to the Council's review of the institution's annual operating budget or quarterly budget-to-actual report upon the request of the council; amend KRS 164.013 to require the council's president to consult with the boards of regents and boards of trustees in their respective presidential selection and evaluation processes.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB447

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require coverage for emergency ground ambulance services; establish minimum allowable reimbursement for out-of-network emergency ground ambulance services; establish requirements for reimbursement of out-of-network ground ambulance providers; prohibit balance billing by out-of-network ground ambulance providers; establish construction clause in the event of conflicts; amend KRS 18A.225 to require the state employee health plan to comply with emergency ground ambulance coverage and payment requirements; provide that Act applies to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
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Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB451

Introduced
1/21/26  
Refer
1/21/26  
Amend KRS 141.0401 to exempt entities doing business in Kentucky with gross receipts of less than $100,000 from paying the limited liability entity tax for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027.