Kentucky House Bill 401

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-01-23 - to Health Services (H)
Pending: House Health Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 218B.010 to add additional qualifying medical conditions for the use of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 218B.025 to exempt medicinal cannabis resulting from at-home cultivation activities from possession limits and from the requirement that medicinal cannabis be kept in the original container received from a dispensary; amend KRS 218B.030 to conform; amend KRS 218B.035 to permit the use or consumption of medicinal cannabis by smoking while located on private property owned by the cardholder; amend KRS 218B.140 to remove the requirement that raw plant material packaged or sold in the state be marked or labeled as "not intended for consumption by smoking"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218B to permit registered qualified patients who are at least 18 years of age and designated caregivers to possess, cultivate, and harvest up to 3 mature medicinal cannabis plants and 3 seedlings on private property owned by the cardholder.

AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis.

Rep. Alan Gentry [D]	Rep. Joshua Watkins [D]	Rep. Chad Aull [D]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]
Rep. Adrielle Camuel [D]	Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton [D]	Rep. Anne Donworth [D]	Rep. Daniel Grossberg [D]
Rep. Erika Hancock [D]	Rep. Nima Kulkarni [D]	Rep. Matthew Lehman [D]	Rep. Rachel Roarx [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-01-23	House	to Health Services (H)
2026-01-15	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2026-01-15	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb401.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb401/orig_bill.pdf