Kentucky Bills

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 14, 2026

HB 123: AN ACT relating to criminal histories of job applicants.

Create a new section of KRS 344.030 to 344.110 to prohibit employers from considering or requiring disclosure of prior criminal history as part of the initial job application; provide that the Act may be cited as the Ban the Box - The Criminal Record Employment Discrimination Act.

Topics ✓ Criminal Justice ✓ Labor & Employment

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 14, 2026

HB 137: AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation.

Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to provide homeowners who are 65 years of age or older with an exemption from any increase in the valuation of their permanent residence that is assessed after the later of the year the homeowner turned 65 or the year the homeowner acquired the property; require the exemption to be in addition to the exemption provided in Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky and notwithstanding Sections 171, 172, and 174 of the Constitution of Kentucky; apply the exemption to increases in valuation that occur after the date the amendment is ratified by the voters; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 14, 2026

HB 114: AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions for baby and personal care products.

Amend KRS 139.010, relating to the sales and use taxes, to define terms; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of baby bottles, baby wipes, breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, breast pump kits, diapers, incontinence products, and menstrual discharge collection devices; apply to sales or purchases made on or after August 1, 2026, but before August 1, 2030; require the Department of Revenue to report annually to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue the total exemptions claimed for the previous fiscal year; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report to the Legislative Research Commission.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 14, 2026

HB 73: AN ACT relating to interest on medical debt.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 360 to define "medical debt"; establish a maximum interest rate of 3% on medical debt; amend KRS 360.020 to expand the civil penalty for excessive interest on medical debt; amend KRS 360.040 to establish a maximum interest rate of 3% on judgments rendered in an action to collect medical debt; make technical amendments; amend KRS 216B.250 to conform.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 14, 2026

HB 124: AN ACT relating to a living wage.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require any employer doing business in Kentucky that receives governmental incentives or subsidies to pay its employees a living wage.

Topics ✓ Labor & Employment

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 14, 2026

HB 77: AN ACT relating to ex parte orders.

Create a new section of KRS 237.060 to 237.090 to prohibit ex parte orders that restrict the ability of a person to possess firearms and ammunition, firearm accessories, holsters, or firearm storage devices; amend KRS 403.730 and 456.040 to prohibit emergency protective orders and temporary interpersonal protective orders that restrict the ability of a person to possess firearms and ammunition, firearm accessories, holsters, or firearm storage devices; provide that the Act may be cited as the Red Flag Repeal Act of 2026.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 14, 2026

HB 110: AN ACT relating to adoption.

Amend KRS 199.470 to prohibit an unmarried couple from jointly adopting any child; amend KRS 199.520 to provide that an adoption of a child shall not terminate the legal relationship between the adopted child and the biological parent when the adopting parent is the legally married spouse of the biological parent.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 14, 2026

HB 71: AN ACT relating to the presession filing of bills.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 6 to allow members and members-elect of the General Assembly to prefile bills and resolutions for introduction at the next succeeding regular legislative session; require the prefiled bills and resolutions to be published on the Legislative Research Commission's website.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 14, 2026

HB 38: AN ACT relating to alcohol licensure.

Amend KRS 243.042 to authorize a qualified historic site licensee to sell alcoholic beverages by the package in a jurisdiction that has authorized the sale of distilled spirits and wine by the package; amend KRS 243.238 to allow a qualified historic site license to be added to the list of approved licenses that are eligible for obtaining a special permit to sell limited barrel picks; amend KRS 243.110 to conform.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 14, 2026

HB 39: AN ACT relating to pari-mutuel wagering.

Amend KRS 230.210 to redefine "pari-mutuel wagering" to place amounts wagered in 1 or more pari-mutuel pools from which winning wagers are paid out in proportion to the individual winning wagers; allow statutory and Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation pari-mutuel pool deductions and adjustments; make pari-mutuel pools available to all patrons on equitable terms, with no advantages given to a particular patron or class of patron.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 14, 2026

HB 42: AN ACT relating to intercollegiate athletics in the Commonwealth.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to declare findings; set mandated annual varsity athletic game requirements for the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, Eastern Kentucky University, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, and Western Kentucky University in various sports; ensure existing contracts of public postsecondary institutions are not violated.

in committee · Kentucky · House Jan 14, 2026

HCR 9: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to reinstate the able-bodied adults without dependents time limits exemption for veterans under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Urge the United States Congress to reinstate veterans' exempt status from the able-bodied adults without dependents work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

Topics ✓ Veterans

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