Kentucky 2026 Regular Session All Bills

Page 1 of 116
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB916

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Amend KRS 132.4851 to exempt motor vehicles assessed under KRS 132.485 from state property taxes beginning on or after January 1, 2027; amend KRS 132.020 to conform.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HCR103

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Refer
3/11/26  
Establish the Health Care Workforce Task Force to identify strategies to increase the number of health care providers while maintaining high quality standards of care; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit a report with recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committees on Health Services and Education by December 1, 2026.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB891

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Amend KRS 134.810 to require the proration of motor vehicle property taxes when a motor vehicle is transferred between private parties; set requirements for the proration; require any overpayments created from the proration requirements to be refunded without written request; apply to motor vehicle transfers occurring on or after January 1, 2027.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB874

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Amend KRS 116.055 to permit a registered independent to vote in the primary of 1 party for each primary opened by that party; require that an independent be registered as an independent on December 31 immediately preceding the primary; amend KRS 117.125 to require that electronic voting machines be reprogrammed to allow a registered independent to vote for a party's candidates in a primary; amend KRS 118.125 to prohibit a primary candidate from being a registered independent; EFFECTIVE December 1, 2027.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB879

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Amend KRS 387.510 to amend definitions; amend KRS 387.710 relating to filing of inventory by conservators, to provide that a limited conservator or conservator shall file a verified report and financial account annually, unless the limited conservator or conservator is the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, in which case the verified report and financial account shall be filed biennially; require the limited conservator or conservator to include in a verified report filed with the court whether the conservator or limited conservator delegated power to any other person; amend KRS 387.740 relating to emergency powers of the court, to provide that the authority of a limited guardian or conservator appointed on an emergency basis shall be time limited; amend various sections of KRS to conform.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB888

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to prohibit any local government from entering into any future collective bargaining agreement; grandfather existing collective bargaining rights; amend KRS 160.160, relating to local boards of education, to prohibit any board of education from entering into any future collective bargaining agreement; grandfather existing collective bargaining rights; amend KRS 304.48-250 and 304.50-055 to make technical changes; amend various other sections to remove references to collective bargaining; repeal various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Protection Act; EMERGENCY.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HR112

Introduced
3/4/26  
Recognize August 21, 2026, as Senior Citizens Day in Kentucky.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB924

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program fund; require the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to administer the fund; require the authority to disburse funds for student loan repayment to recruit and retain eligible public service employees that live and work in Kentucky; specify terms and process; establish criteria for the program and applicant evaluation for awards; appropriate $30,000,000 from the budget reserve trust fund account for initial implementation of the student loan forgiveness program; appropriate $30,000,000 from the general fund for support of the student loan forgiveness program; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY, EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HCR114

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Recognize the importance of having a physician present in every emergency department and the critical need for improving rural health care.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HJR106

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Authorize Kentucky State University to submit a proposal for a new Doctor of Philosophy in Aquaculture and Aquatic Science program; direct the Council on Postsecondary Education to review and approve a proposal for that program that includes a certification that the program will not require additional general fund appropriations
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HB928

Introduced
3/4/26  
Refer
3/4/26  
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 7 to establish a Special Committee on Sexual Misconduct; direct the appointment of members; require investigation, hearings, and report of complaints submitted by employees of the Legislative Research Commission, another member of the General Assembly, and the public; require report of recommended punitive actions to Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and members of the General Assembly.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SR143

Introduced
3/5/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Refer
3/6/26  
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Michael Mingey.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SR147

Introduced
3/5/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Refer
3/6/26  
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Brigadier General Billy Brandon Morgan.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill HR115

Introduced
3/5/26  
Encourage United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents to refrain from entering places of worship, schools, and hospitals for enforcement actions of United States immigration law.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Senate Bill SR146

Introduced
3/5/26  
Refer
3/5/26  
Refer
3/6/26  
Adjourn in honor of Kentucky's rural electric cooperative utility workers who worked to restore power during and after the deadly tornado on May 16, 2025.