Kentucky

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to require the Transportation Cabinet conduct a quality assurance check 6 months after each highway pavement marking or other highway paint application; require the Transportation Cabinet repair or reapply the highway pavement markings within 30 days of a failed quality assurance check.

Confirm the reappointment of William Jones to the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance Authority for a term expiring December 31, 2029.

Amend KRS 217.035 to remove meat or a meat product containing cultured animal tissue from the list of foods deemed misbranded; amend KRS 217.175 to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or exchange of meat or a meat product containing cultured animal tissue.

Confirm the appointment of Victoria Grooms to the Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents for a term expiring June 30, 2026.

Confirm the appointment of Steven Olt to the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation for a term expiring June 26, 2029.

Confirm the appointment of Nicholas Pace to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2026.

Confirm thee appointment of Jonathan Rabinowitz as a member and chair of the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation.

Confirm the reappointment of Mark Kleiner to the Kentucky Lottery Corporation Board of Directors for a term expiring November 28, 2029.

Confirm the reappointment of Hope Jones to the Board of Nursing for a term expiring June 30, 2029.

Confirm the reappointment of Wilton Currie Milliken to the Western Kentucky University Board of Regents for a term expiring June 30, 2031.

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 council to publish on its website a list of the available transfer pathways; require participating postsecondary education institutions to accept transfer credit, earned or accepted at the prior institution within pathways as general education or program-specific general education credit before applying credit as elective; require the council to provide written notification to public postsecondary education institutions and coordinate credit transfer discussions upon receiving notification of an institution seeking to make changes to curricula impacting lower-division courses.

Confirm the appointment of James P. Gray II to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees for a term expiring June 30, 2031.

Amend KRS 189A.010 to provide that a person who is convicted of a fourth or subsequent violation of this section shall be prohibited from purchasing alcohol for his or her period of license suspension and for 2 years after; make technical corrections; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189A to require that any ignition interlock license or hardship license issued to a person who has been convicted of a fourth or subsequent offense of driving under the influence contain the language "No Alcohol Sale" and a prominent red stripe; create a new section of KRS Chapter 507 to provide that any person who is convicted of an offense in which a death resulted from the person's operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence shall be prohibited from purchasing alcohol during any period of supervision and for 2 years following any period of supervision; require the defendant to surrender his or her license; require the court to notify the Transportation Cabinet; create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to require that any operator's license issued to a person convicted of a fourth or subsequent offense of driving under the influence or of an offense in which a death resulted from the person's operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence contain the language "No Alcohol Sale" and a prominent red stripe; create a new section of KRS Chapter 244 to prohibit the sale or distribution of alcohol to any person who is prohibited from purchasing alcohol issued to a person convicted of a fourth or subsequent offense of driving under the influence or of an offense in which a death resulted from the person's operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15A to establish the Department of Family Representation and Advocacy and the Family Representation and Advocacy Commission to provide a state-sponsored and controlled system for training and appointing guardians ad litem and other counsel; amend various sections to cap guardian ad litem or counsel fees at $500; amend various other sections to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Family Representation and Advocacy Act; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2027.

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 deemed necessary or advisable to make and carry out policy; permit the State Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Secretary of State, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Attorney General to increase, by administrative order, the salary of any classified employee with status up to the midpoint of the grade of the employee's classification.

Confirm the appointment of Dr. Kenny Burdine to the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation for a term expiring June 26, 2029.

Confirm the reappointment of Justin Kyle Mitchell to the Education Professional Standards Board for a term expiring June 30, 2028.

Confirm the appointment of Jai Y. Bokey to the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education for a term expiring December 31, 2030.

Confirm the appointment of Elaine Wilson to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees for a term expiring June 30, 2027.

Confirm the reappointment of Lanola Parsons to the Crime Victims Compensation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2029.

Confirm the appointment of Ken Hunt to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Board of Regents for a term expiring September 2, 2030.

Adjourn the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly sine die.

Confirm the appointment of John Hollenbach to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees for a term expiring April 14, 2031.

Amend KRS 75.040 to establish conditions under which a fire protection district or volunteer fire department district may exceed the maximum established tax rate; create a new section of KRS Chapter 75 to establish the procedure by which a fire protection district or volunteer fire department district may exceed the maximum tax rate set in KRS 75.040 by requiring a public hearing and notification to the public; establish the methods by which the public may recall the portion of the levy that increases the tax beyond the previous year's rate; exempt the rates from the provisions of KRS 132.023; amend KRS 75A.050 to establish conditions under which a fire district may exceed the maximum established tax rate; create a new section of KRS Chapter 75A to establish the procedure by which a fire district may exceed the maximum tax rate set out in KRS 75A.050 by requiring a public hearing and notification to the public; establish the methods by which the public may recall the portion of the levy that increases the tax beyond the previous year's rate; exempt the rates from the provisions of KRS 132.023; amend KRS 75.015 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.

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 December 1, 2026.