Kentucky
2026 Regular Session·1,718 bills·Adjourned April 15, 2026
Track legislation moving through Kentucky. Browse 1,718 bills and resolutions during the 2026 Regular Session, each with a plain-language summary, current status from introduction to enactment, sponsors, and voting history.
Bills
Amend KRS 501.080 relating to intoxication as a defense to make technical corrections.
Amend KRS 501.080 relating to intoxication as a defense to make technical corrections.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to define terms; establish a nonrefundable income tax credit for an employer that hires an eligible employee who holds a certificate of employability; provide that the credit is equal to the amount of wages paid to the eligible employee subject to certain limitations; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the credit.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to define terms; establish a nonrefundable income tax credit for an employer that hires an eligible employee who holds a certificate of employability; provide that the credit is equal to the amount of wages paid to the eligible employee subject to certain limitations; 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 454.185 to make technical corrections.
Create a new section of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to define "data center"; provide that the requirements of the section only apply to data centers constructed on agricultural land; require a data center owner to file a decommissioning plan with the Energy and Environment Cabinet prior to operating the data center; provide for the minimum requirements of the decommissioning plan, including requiring a surety bond or similar security to guarantee the decommissioning of the data center; amend KRS 154.20-229 to require that a qualified data center project that has been preliminarily approved for a certificate of exemption under KRS 139.499 include in its memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority requirements to engage with local government officials to regularly review and adopt practices to improve energy and water use efficiency.
Create a new section of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to define "data center"; provide that the requirements of the section only apply to data centers constructed on agricultural land; require a data center owner to file a decommissioning plan with the Energy and Environment Cabinet prior to operating the data center; provide for the minimum requirements of the decommissioning plan, including requiring a surety bond or similar security to guarantee the decommissioning of the data center; amend KRS 154.20-229 to require that a qualified data center project that has been preliminarily approved for a certificate of exemption under KRS 139.499 include in its memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority requirements to engage with local government officials to regularly review and adopt practices to improve energy and water use efficiency.
Amend KRS 186.230 and 186.120 to conform to gender-neutral language.
Amend KRS 186.230 and 186.120 to conform to gender-neutral language.
Create a new section of KRS 157.200 to 157.290 to define terms; require a school district to install and maintain a video and audio surveillance system in every self-contained special education classroom; require a public school to notify a parent of each child in the classroom of the system and the parent's rights within 5 days; permit parents of recorded students access to system footage; require reasonable redaction and segregation to protect student privacy; designate a retention schedule for system footage; require school districts to notify the parents of each student present for an injury in a self-contained special education classroom; amend KRS 157.200 to define "parent" and amend the definition of "special education."
Create a new section of KRS 157.200 to 157.290 to define terms; require a school district to install and maintain a video and audio surveillance system in every self-contained special education classroom; require a public school to notify a parent of each child in the classroom of the system and the parent's rights within 5 days; permit parents of recorded students access to system footage; require reasonable redaction and segregation to protect student privacy; designate a retention schedule for system footage; require school districts to notify the parents of each student present for an injury in a self-contained special education classroom; amend KRS 157.200 to define "parent" and amend the definition of "special education."
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Garland A. Davis.
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Garland A. Davis.
Amend KRS 247.210 to add gender-neutral language.
Amend KRS 278.506, relating to the transportation of natural gas, to make a technical correction.
Amend KRS 278.506, relating to the transportation of natural gas, to make a technical correction.
Establish and create new sections of KRS Chapter 426A to define terms; establish requirements for recognition of a Canadian money judgment and a foreign-country money judgment in this state, including supporting documents and service of process; establish a period of limitations for recognition of a foreign-country judgment; establish a relationship between a Canadian money judgment and a foreign-country money judgment; provide for uniformity of interpretation; establish that Sections 1 to 11 of the Act may be cited as the Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act; establish that Sections 12 to 23 of the Act may be cited as the Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
Establish and create new sections of KRS Chapter 426A to define terms; establish requirements for recognition of a Canadian money judgment and a foreign-country money judgment in this state, including supporting documents and service of process; establish a period of limitations for recognition of a foreign-country judgment; establish a relationship between a Canadian money judgment and a foreign-country money judgment; provide for uniformity of interpretation; establish that Sections 1 to 11 of the Act may be cited as the Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act; establish that Sections 12 to 23 of the Act may be cited as the Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.
Amend KRS 278.040 to make a technical correction.
Amend KRS 353.812 to make technical corrections.
Amend KRS 278.040 to make a technical correction.
Amend KRS 278.040 to make a technical correction.
Amend KRS 304.17A-163 to modify the definition of "health plan"; require insurers, health plans, private review agents, and pharmacy benefit managers to disclose certain information about step therapy protocols on their website and ensure that the electronic process for requesting and transmitting prior authorization for a drug includes the ability for prescribing providers to electronically transmit a complete request for a step therapy exception; require coverage for a prescription drug on the date the provider submits a step therapy exception request; provide that requirements apply to Medicaid and KCHIP benefits to the extent authorized by federal law; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes in the Medicaid program as required under KRS 205.5372(1); provide that the Act applies to policies, certificates, contracts, and plans issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.
Amend KRS 304.17A-163 to modify the definition of "health plan"; require insurers, health plans, private review agents, and pharmacy benefit managers to disclose certain information about step therapy protocols on their website and ensure that the electronic process for requesting and transmitting prior authorization for a drug includes the ability for prescribing providers to electronically transmit a complete request for a step therapy exception; require coverage for a prescription drug on the date the provider submits a step therapy exception request; provide that requirements apply to Medicaid and KCHIP benefits to the extent authorized by federal law; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid Services to seek federal approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes in the Medicaid program as required under KRS 205.5372(1); provide that the Act applies to policies, certificates, contracts, and plans issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act.
Amend KRS 224.10-220 to technical corrections.
Amend KRS 141.071 and 141.072 to sunset the option to contribute to a political party from an individual's tax liability, effective for taxable years beginning January 1, 2026; amend KRS 121.180 and 121.230 to make conforming changes, repeal KRS 141.073, relating to rules and regulations for the administration of KRS 141.071 and 141.072.
Amend KRS 141.071 and 141.072 to sunset the option to contribute to a political party from an individual's tax liability, effective for taxable years beginning January 1, 2026; amend KRS 121.180 and 121.230 to make conforming changes, repeal KRS 141.073, relating to rules and regulations for the administration of KRS 141.071 and 141.072.
Propose to amend Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude in all circumstances; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Propose to amend Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude in all circumstances; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Amend KRS 205.5365 to make a technical correction.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define "safe storage depository" and require an owner or custodian of a firearm to store the firearm in a safe storage depository or render the firearm incapable of being fired using a gun-locking device; require an owner or other person lawfully in possession of a firearm or any person who sells ammunition to report the loss or theft of the firearm or ammunition to a law enforcement agency; amend KRS 237.990 to establish penalties for violations.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define "safe storage depository" and require an owner or custodian of a firearm to store the firearm in a safe storage depository or render the firearm incapable of being fired using a gun-locking device; require an owner or other person lawfully in possession of a firearm or any person who sells ammunition to report the loss or theft of the firearm or ammunition to a law enforcement agency; amend KRS 237.990 to establish penalties for violations.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a cause of action for a person who was wrongfully convicted of a felony in the Commonwealth; specify amounts of damages that may be awarded to claimants; establish the wrongful conviction compensation fund.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a cause of action for a person who was wrongfully convicted of a felony in the Commonwealth; specify amounts of damages that may be awarded to claimants; establish the wrongful conviction compensation fund.
Amend KRS 205.558 to add gender-neutral language.
Amend KRS 205.558 to add gender-neutral language.
Amend KRS 278.050 to remove the requirement that an appointment to the Public Service Commission made more than 90 days prior to a regular session of the General Assembly be confirmed by an interim joint committee.
Amend KRS 278.050 to remove the requirement that an appointment to the Public Service Commission made more than 90 days prior to a regular session of the General Assembly be confirmed by an interim joint committee.
Amend KRS 350.600 to clarify that the cabinet promulgates administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A and make grammatical and technical corrections.
Amend KRS 350.600 to clarify that the cabinet promulgates administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A and make grammatical and technical corrections.
Amend KRS 353.812, relating to natural resources and energy, to make technical corrections.
Amend KRS 353.812, relating to natural resources and energy, to make technical corrections.
Amend KRS 350.475, relating to surface mining and natural resources, make technical corrections.
Amend KRS 350.475, relating to surface mining and natural resources, make technical corrections.