| KY | SB133 | Pass | Amend KRS 65A.030 to increase the fiscal reporting levels of special purpose governmental entities; allow entities conducting yearly audits to move to an audit every 4 years if the entity receives 2 sequential audit reports with unqualified opinions ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-27
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 199) |
| KY | SB197 | Pass | Create a new section of Subchapter 32 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish a tiered county system for eligible companies to receive incentives under the Kentucky Business Investment Program; amends KRS 154.32-010 to define "tier"; amends KRS 154.32-020 an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-27
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 202) |
| KY | HB311 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require each railroad company to destroy or remove obstructive vegetation at intersections with public roads or highways; direct the Transportation Cabinet or local government to remove obstructive vegetatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-23
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 195) |
| KY | SB66 | Pass | Amend KRS 189A.010 to expand the list of controlled substances to include clonazepam, cyclobenzaprine, and fentanyl; amend KRS 189A.105 to provide a person shall be informed at the time blood test is requested that the fact of a refusal to submit to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-23
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 193) |
| KY | SB70 | Veto | Amend KRS 7A.220 to amend the membership and membership qualifications of the Public Pension Oversight Board by adding the chairs or vice chairs of the Senate State & Local Government Standing Committee and House State Government Standing Committee t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-23
delivered to Secretary of State |
| KY | SJR74 | Veto | Direct the Legislative Research Commission and state agencies to collaborate to create a state fiscal map of substance use disorder programs and funding sources; require the Legislative Research Commission to post the state fiscal map on its website ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-23
delivered to Secretary of State |
| KY | HB727 | Pass | Amend KRS 161.028 to authorize the Education Professional Standards Board to use proceeds from certification fees for the development and maintenance of the Kentucky Educator Placement Service System (KEPS); amend KRS 160.152 to require KEPS to allow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-23
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 196) |
| KY | SB324 | Pass | Amend KRS 141.383 and 154.61-020 to allow that any unallocated portion of the $75 million credit cap be carried forward for utilization in subsequent calendar years for high-impact motion pictures or entertainment productions; amend KRS 154.12-280 to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-23
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 194) |
| KY | HB826 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to require no less than 85% of general fund appropriations to the Office of Adult Education to be used for programs fulfilling the adult education mission and goals of the office; amend KRS 151B.403 to require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-23
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 197) |
| KY | HJR81 | Pass | Authorize the Office of State Budget Director to release a portion of the moneys previously appropriated for the Kentucky Water and Wastewater Assistance for Troubled or Economically Restrained Systems Program; EMERGENCY.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-20
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 190) |
| KY | SB214 | Pass | Amend KRS 246.055 to authorize the Department of Agriculture to accept nonfederal funds and grants from any source, public or private, that benefit the Department's programs; EMERGENCY.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-17
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 187) |
| KY | SR8 | Pass | Urge appropriate legislative committees, state agencies, and educational authorities to explore opportunities to formally honor and educate the public about the lives and contributions of great Kentuckians.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HB94 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 164.2951 to require the Council on Postsecondary Education to develop, implement, and maintain statewide transfer pathways available between the public postsecondary education institutions in selected baccalaureate programs; require the cou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB145 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 64 to allow the State Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Attorney General to employ persons exempt from approval requirements of the classified service as de...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB52 | Engross
Sine Die | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit public agencies from denying permits or licenses for reasons not specified by law; implement a 30-day time frame for ruling on applications for a permit or license if no time frame is otherwise specif...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB356 | Intro
Sine Die | Amend KRS 132.380 to require the examination of candidates for the office of property valuation administrator to be offered by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS); require the Department of Revenue to provide KCTCS with examin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SJR54 | Engross
Sine Die | Direct the Department for Libraries and Archives and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to cooperate in exploring ways to increase enrollment in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Program; direct the department and the cabinet to submit a rep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB407 | Intro
Sine Die | 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 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HCR36 | Intro
Sine Die | Establish the Child Welfare and Family Court Reform Task Force; establish duties and membership; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2026 Interim of the General Assembly and submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission by Dece...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB498 | Intro
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to establish the Adult Workforce Diploma Pilot Program; define terms; establish the Adult Workforce Diploma Pilot Program fund; establish eligibility criteria for the program; direct the Education and Labor Cab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB147 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 213.136 to establish processes and procedures for requesing vital statistics records from the state or county registrar; amend KRS 213.141 to increase the fee for a certified copy of a vital statistic record to $10; establish fee exceptions...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SJR75 | Engross
Sine Die | Direct the Public Service Commission to open 1 or more administrative cases to investigate and identify measures to improve the affordability of utility service for low- and fixed-income individuals; direct that the PSC report to the Legislative Rese...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB567 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 61.870 to change the definition of "resident of the Commonwealth"; amend KRS 61.872 to allow the official custodian of public records to require government-issued photo identification that includes an address from an applicant requesting to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB160 | Engross
Sine Die | Amend KRS 199.896 to establish standards and factors for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to consider in determining whether to issue a plan of correction, directed plan of correction or suspension or revocation of a child-care license in r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HB658 | Engross
Sine Die | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 281A to require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate emergency and ordinary administrative regulations to extend the allowable time length a limited CDL in accordance with the maximum length allowed under 49 C....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | SB8 | Pass | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to establish the membership of the Public Service Commission; provide for the appointment, confirmation, and replacement of commissioners; establish the qualifications of the commissioners; provide for the elect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 185) |
| KY | HCR113 | Intro
Sine Die | Establish the Rural Health Transformation Task Force; establish duties and membership; require the task force to meet at least monthly during the 2026 Interim of the General Assembly and submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission by Decem...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
To House Appropriations and Revenue Committee |
| KY | HR139 | Pass | Urge the Council on Postsecondary Education and the Kentucky Department of Education, in partnership with the Secretary of State and other education entities, to develop strategies and a timeline for improving Kentucky students’ knowledge and under...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
adopted by voice vote |
| KY | HB142 | Pass | Amend KRS 150.170 to require the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to issue a minimum of 5 deer destruction permits to any landowner, spouse, dependent child, or their designee whose lands or personal property have been damaged by wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 174) |
| KY | HB139 | Pass | Amend KRS 116.112 to allow the State Board of Elections to enter into intergovernmental agreements with other governmental agencies to exchange data to assist in investigating violations of election offenses; amend KRS 117.125 to require voting syste...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 175) |
| KY | SB59 | Pass | Amend KRS 65.013 to define terms; expand the prohibition on using tax dollars to advocate for or against a public question on the ballot to prohibit using any resources, and to explicitly apply prohibition to school districts, regional educational co...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 155) |
| KY | HJR24 | Pass | Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to withdraw the 1115(a) demonstration waiver application that was submitted on June 25, 2025, to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement a mandatory community engagement pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 151) |
| KY | HB312 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define "provisional license" and "standard license"; authorize the Department of Kentucky State Police (KSP) to issue provisional licenses to carry concealed firearms and other deadly weapons to persons who ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 173) |
| KY | SB77 | Pass | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms; establish the ibogaine research and intellectual property fund to be administered by the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of allowing the department to enter a public-private partnersh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 158) |
| KY | HB355 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS 324A.010 to 324A.100 to require actions against a certified or licensed real property appraiser to be brought within 1 year; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 324A to change "real estate appraisal" to "real property ap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 172) |
| KY | HB2 | Pass | Amend KRS 205.5371 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to condition eligibility for enrollment or continued enrollment in the Medicaid program on demonstrated community engagement as required under federal law; require the cabinet t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 179) |
| KY | HB379 | Pass | Amend KRS 164.001 to remove the definition of "committee," "P-16 council," and "remedial education"; amend KRS 164.013 to conform; amend KRS 164.0211 to attach the Board of Student Body Presidents to the Council on Postsecondary Education for adminis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 171) |
| KY | HB503 | Pass | The Legislative Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, General Provisions; detail Part III, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 166) |
| KY | HB10 | Pass | Amend KRS 15.020 to define "entity of the executive branch"; require the Attorney General, in consultation with the Finance and Administration Cabinet, to review and approve or disapprove any settlement of pending or threatened litigation within 180 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 178) |
| KY | HB501 | Pass | The Transportation Cabinet Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, Funds Transfer; detail Part IV, Transportation Cabinet Budget Summary; APPROPRIATION.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 167) |
| KY | HB504 | Pass | The Judicial Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 183) |
| KY | HB480 | Pass | Amend KRS 45A.035 to require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish policies regarding timely payments, partial payments, reimbursement, and payment resolution process; create a new section of KRS...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 147) |
| KY | SB4 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to define "department" and "principal"; establish the principal leadership development practicum; require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop and operate the practicum and outline the required compo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 154) |
| KY | HB500 | Pass | The State/Executive Branch Budget: Details Part I, Operating Budget; details Part II, Capital Projects Budget; details Part III, General Provisions; details Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; details Part V, Funds Tra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 168) |
| KY | HB506 | Pass | Amend KRS 15.460 to allow Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources game wardens to receive annual supplements from the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund; remove the requirement that a game warden's annual training stipend be paid from...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 148) |
| KY | SB173 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; establish an annual Medicaid state plan and Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program state plan legislative review process; EMERGENCY.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 159) |
| KY | HB6 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 related to the quality-based graduated early care and education rating system program to establish the intent of the General Assembly related to the program; establish processes and procedures for how the progr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 146) |
| KY | HB669 | Pass | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 605 to establish requirements that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall determine for all children in the care and custody of the cabinet whether each child is receiving or eligible for earned federal b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 162) |
| KY | SB65 | Pass | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify an administrative regulation relating to the Medicaid outpatient pharmacy program, after that administrative regulation was found deficient during the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly; nul...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 156) |
| KY | HB757 | Pass | Amend KRS 139.340 to redefine the sales and use tax nexus standard for remote retailers and marketplace providers to include a sales volume threshold only; amend KRS 131.383 and 141.044 to allow the Department of Revenue to refund an estimated tax pa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-14
delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 161) |
