Kentucky

Amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, 344.080, 344.100, and 344.110 to add protections against discrimination based on weight.

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.

Amend KRS 160.180 to require that members of a local board of education not be ineligible for employment in the school district pursuant to KRS 160.380(5); create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require candidates or nominees for membership on a local board to hold a certificate issued by the Kentucky Department of Education certifying that the candidate or nominee is eligible for membership on the board to appear on the ballot, be certified as a write-in candidate, or be appointed; require individuals applying for a certificate to submit to and pay for a national and state criminal background check, submit a CA/N check and provide other supporting documentation to establish eligibility; provide that records collected pursuant to this section shall be used for the sole purpose of determining a candidate's qualification and shall be exempt from KRS 61.870 to 61.884; direct the department to issue a certificate to individuals that apply for a certificate and are eligible for membership on a board of education; amend KRS 160.190 to remove the requirement that evidence of twelfth grade completion be filed with an application for appointment to the membership on a board of education and instead require that appointed members hold a certificate of qualification issued by the department; amend KRS 117.265 to require a certificate of qualification issued by the department to be filed with a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to direct the Kentucky Board of Education to adopt a code of ethics for members of boards of education; establish a complaint investigation and resolution process for allegations of violations of the code of ethics; require a determination by the Kentucky Board of Education of clear and convincing evidence that a violation occurred to issue a written public reprimand; require written public reprimands to be entered into the minutes of the next local board of education meeting; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate necessary administrative regulations; provide that existing members shall not be subject to removal on the basis of ineligibility for employment in a school district during their current terms; provide that Sections 1 to 4 of this Act take effect on January 1, 2027.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 17 to define terms; require the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to establish and maintain a domestic violence offender registry; limit the registry to persistent domestic violence offenders; require registrants to pay a $150 registration fee.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to create the Promise Program to provide scholarships to eligible students of a teacher preparation program; define terms; specify the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority may provide promise awards to eligible students; require 5 years of qualified teaching service; require repayment if services are not rendered; specify that failure to meet repayment obligations shall be cause for revocation of a teaching certificate.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers to provide earned paid sick leave to employees; provide that employees earn paid sick leave upon the date of hire and can use the leave after being employed for 90 days; set forth allowable uses of accrued earned paid sick leave; designate how notice of need to use earned paid sick leave is provided by employees; amend KRS 337.990 to establish the penalty for employers that fail to follow earned paid sick leave requirements.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to define terms; establish the Kentucky FLOW Program and specify eligible participants, activities, and uses of funds; establish the Kentucky FLOW Program fund; appropriate $1,347,500 in each fiscal year from the General Fund to the Kentucky FLOW Program fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY, effective, July 1, 2026.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable Kentucky working credit equal to 30% of the federal earned income credit allowed for the taxable year; a taxpayer's modified gross income to be in excess of the amount eligible for the family size tax credit allowed in KRS 141.066(limit the credit to $2,000 per taxable year; make credit effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, but before January 1, 2031; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the credit.

Amend KRS 218A.205 to remove the requirement of a permanent licensure ban on licensees and applicants convicted of a felony offense regarding prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance; make technical corrections.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to define various terms; prohibit an administrative regulation setting an environmental requirement under KRS Chapter 39E, 109, 146, 151, 211, 224, or 350 from being more stringent or extensive in scope than any federal law or regulation regarding the same or a similar topic; require any administrative regulation setting an environmental requirement to be based upon the best available science and the weight of scientific evidence; establish exemptions.

Amend KRS 218A.010 to define "cychlorphine"; amend KRS 218A.1410 to prohibit the importing of cychlorphine with the intent to sell or distribute cychlorphine; amend KRS 218A.1412 to prohibit trafficking of cychlorphine; amend KRS 218A.14141 to prohibit unlawfully selling or distributing cychlorphine while misrepresenting the identity of the substance; amend KRS 218A.142 to prohibit aggravated trafficking of cychlorphine; amend KRS 500.080 to define "cychlorphine" and "fentanyl"; amend KRS 507.030 to expand the elements of manslaughter in the first degree to include selling cychlorphine to another person and the injection, ingestion, inhalation, or introduction of that substance causes the death of that person; amend KRS 507.040 to expand the elements of manslaughter in the second degree to include distributing cychlorphine to another person without remuneration and the injection, ingestion, inhalation, or introduction of that substance causes the death of that person; amend KRS 520.050 to enhance the penalty of promoting contraband if the dangerous contraband is cychlorphine; amend KRS 532.100 to conform.

Recognize August 21, 2026, as Senior Citizens Day in Kentucky.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define "business entity," "pedestrian area," and "personal delivery device"; establish where a personal delivery device may be used; establish the requirements for a personal delivery device; set forth when a personal delivery device shall not be used; require that a business entity operating a personal delivery device have at least $100,000 in general liability coverage; establish that local governments shall not impose any tax or fee on a personal delivery device or business entity operating it; amend KRS 186.010 and 189.010 to conform.

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for prosthetic devices and orthotic devices when medically necessary for certain purposes; establish minimum requirements for the required coverage; prohibit any limitation or requirements with respect to out-of-network coverage unless the limitation or requirement is not more restrictive than the restrictions or requirements applicable to out-of-network coverage for medical or surgical benefits; require the commissioner of insurance to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission regarding implementation of the required coverage; require insurers to provide data requested by the commissioner for purposes of completing the report; require the commissioner to promulgate any necessary administrative regulations; amend KRS 164.2871 and 18A.225 to require self-insured group health plans offered by the governing board of state postsecondary education institutions and the state employee health plan to comply with prosthetic and orthotic device coverage requirements; provide that the Act applies to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2027; EFFECTIVE, January 1, 2027.

Amend KRS 83A.040 to increase the term of office for city legislative body members in cities with populations of 12,000 or more to terms of 4 years; provide guidance for the transition of the members who will have longer terms of office after the effective date of the Act.

Amend KRS 148.056, relating to the Department of Parks, to add gender-neutral language.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define "primary forest products"; allow the transportation of primary forest products on state-maintained highways within 100 miles of their point of origin at increased weight limits of 90,000 pounds for dual rear axle trucks and 100,000 pounds for tri-axle trucks; specify that the increased weight limits do not apply on the interstate highway system or on any road with a posted bridge weight limit; amend KRS 189.990 to set penalties for violations.

Amend KRS 246.285 to add gender-neutral language.

Amend KRS 147A.090 to make technical changes.

Amend KRS 243.100 to make a technical correction.

Amend KRS 13A.230 to make a technical correction.

Amend KRS 315.010 to define terms; amend KRS 315.020 to require a terminal distributor to designate a responsible practitioner for each permitted location; require the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy to promulgate administrative regulations to establish criteria for a responsible practitioner; permit the board to enter agreements with other states, federal agencies, and entities to exchange information concerning permitting and inspection of pharmacies and terminal distributors; amend KRS 315.035 and 315.0351 to update the name of an approved accreditation agency to National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Digital Pharmacy Accreditation Program; permit the board to consider previous permit compliance and violations of permit applicants; amend KRS 315.121 to require the board to retain jurisdiction to investigate and to take disciplinary action for acts or omissions committed while a person was licensed, permitted, or certified even if the person is no longer licensed, permitted, or certified; amend KRS 315.131 to permit the board to extend temporary emergency suspensions of a license, certificate, or permit for 60 to 180 days; amend KRS 315.191 to prohibit the board from regulating other professions; amend KRS 315.220 to permit the board to enter all licensed or permitted facilities and any facility suspected of operating as a pharmacy, terminal distributor, wholesaler, or manufacturer; establish inspection criteria; permit the board to investigate any location at which it has reasonable cause to suspect a violation is being committed; require cooperation with investigations; create new sections of KRS Chapter 315 to require that on or after January 1, 2027, a permit is required to operate as a terminal distributor of prescription drugs; establish permit requirements for terminal distributors; establish requirements for internet business; allow the board to consider previous permit compliance and violations of permit applicants; allow temporary permit transfer; establish permit exclusions; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the permit process; establish compounding requirements and prohibitions; require reporting of a serious adverse event to the board within 5 business days; require the board to report violations and inspections to a responsible practitioners' licensing board; require the board to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission on its inspection and investigation findings by August 1 of each year; permit the board to take action to restrain or enjoin; amend KRS 315.990 to add penalties; amend KRS 194A.800, 217.215, 217.913, and 315.205 to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as Jimmie's Law; EMERGENCY.

Amend KRS 246.040 to make gender-neutral references.

Create a new section of KRS 217.015 to 217.215 to define "small farms"; exempt small farms and home-based processors from any state and any city, county, urban-county government, consolidated local government, unified local government, or charter county government and any health department thereof from any rule, administrative regulation, certification, or licensing requirement that is not required by federal law; repeal KRS 217.136, relating to home-based food processors.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 91A to define terms; require 100% of the wages of an employee associated with the corporate office to be apportioned to the local government where the corporate office is located; exclude wages for work performed at a satellite office; require 100% of the wages of an employee assigned to a state government office to be apportioned to the local government where the state government office is located; allow a refund claim for occupational license fees paid for work physically performed outside of the local government's jurisdiction; establish requirements for refunds; apply the apportionment and refund requirements to incentive agreements entered into on or after January 1, 2001; amend KRS 67.780 to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Economic Development Incentive Retention Act.