Kentucky House Bill 878

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Introduced on March 4 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-03-11 - to Judiciary (H)
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 416 abolishing the power of eminent domain within the Commonwealth; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to remove powers granted to entities to exercise the power of eminent domain; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to remove references to the power of eminent domain; repeal various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to remove powers of eminent domain and references to that power; make technical corrections.

AN ACT relating to the abolition of eminent domain.

Rep. T.J. Roberts [R]

Rep. Candy Massaroni [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-11	House	to Judiciary (H)
2026-03-04	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2026-03-04	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb878.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb878/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/26RS/hb878/LM.pdf