Kentucky
General Assembly

02/19/26	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
02/20/26	to Agriculture (S)
02/24/26	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/25/26	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 26 2026
02/26/26	3rd reading, passed 38-0 received in House to Committee on Committees (H)
03/24/26	to Agriculture (H)
03/25/26	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
03/26/26	2nd reading, to Rules floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed
03/31/26	floor amendments (3), (4-title), (5) and (6-title) filed posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 01 2026

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	N. Kulkarni
Summary	Establish Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension Service as a co-administrator of the Kentucky Urban Youth Agriculture Initiative.
Index Headings	Agriculture - Education, youth, urban agriculture, promotion Children And Minors - Education, youth, urban agriculture, promotion Counties, Urban - Education, youth, urban agriculture, promotion Education, Elementary And Secondary - Urban agriculture, promotion Universities And Colleges - Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension Service, urban agriculture, promotion Universities And Colleges - University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service, urban agriculture, youth education, promotion

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	N. Kulkarni
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 214/GA

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor	J. Nemes
Summary	Retain original provisions; create a new section of KRS 344.010 to 344.025 to define terms; establish standards for determinations of impairments; amend KRS 344.010 to define "major life activities," "regarded as having such an impairment," and "transitory impairment"; amend KRS 344.020 to provide for execution of the policies embodied in the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008; amend KRS 344.030 to provide that "qualified individual with a disability" is to be interpreted consistently with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 2008; amend KRS 344.190 to remove the adjudicative powers of the Human Rights Commission regarding matters related to employment and public accommodations; amend KRS 344.200 to provide that an aggrieved individual may file a civil action for a discriminatory practice other than a housing practice without first filing a complaint with the Human Rights Commission; allow respondents in complaints before the commission 20 days to file a written response; allow the commission to file a civil action within 180 days of receipt of a complaint if it determines there is probable cause to believe a respondent has engaged in an unlawful practice; require the commission to issue a notice dismissing the complaint without prejudice if it declines or fails to file an action or determines there is no probable cause that a violation has occurred; establish that relief for an aggrieved party in a complaint filed by the commission shall not exceed the remedies in KRS 344.450; require orders dismissing complaints with the commission to be made without prejudice; allow an aggrieved individual to file a civil action for the same grievance while a complaint is either pending with or has been dismissed by the Human Rights Commission; establish that the filing of a complaint before the commission does not toll the statute of limitations for the filing of a civil action; establish that the statute of limitations for an action filed by the commission on behalf of a private party who has not previously filed an action for that grievance is 3 years as established under KRS 413.115; establish that a civil action for a grievance may only be filed by either the private party or the commission but not both; allow for a private party or the commission to intervene as a third party in a civil action filed by the other; limit remedies to those established out in KRS 344.450; establish that all matters of fact are to be triable by jury; allow a private party with an complaint already filed with or pending before the commission to bring a civil action for the same grievance within 1 year of the effective date of this Act; amend KRS 344.320 to allow local human rights commissions to receive, initiate, and investigate violations of local laws, compel attendance of witnesses and production of evidence by subpoena, hire employees, and accept funding for financing; repeal and reenact KRS 344.340 to establish procedures for local commissions' investigation of claims and filing of civil actions on behalf of aggrieved parties; amend KRS 344.635 to allow a party to a complaint for a discriminatory housing charge with the Human Rights Commission to demand a trial by jury if a civil action is elected in lieu of administrative hearing; repeal KRS 344.210, 344.230, 344.240, and 344.270, related to adjudicative functions of the Human Rights Commission; amend KRS 344.660 and 344.675 to conform.
Index Headings	Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Human Rights Commission, adjudicative functions, removal Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees - Human Rights Commission, adjudicative functions, removal Civil Actions - Discriminatory practices, filing of action, procedure Civil Actions - Discriminatory practices, statute of limitations Civil Procedure - Discriminatory practices, filing of action, parties Civil Procedure - Discriminatory practices, statute of limitations Civil Rights - Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, incorporation Disabilities - Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, incorporation Juries And Jurors - Civil action, discriminatory practices, triable by jury Local Government - Human Rights Commission, local commissions, adjudicative functions, removal State Agencies - Human Rights Commission, adjudicative functions, removal

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor	J. Nemes
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 214/GA

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 5
Sponsor	J. Decker
Summary	Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 196.026, relating to organizational units of the Department of Corrections, to establish the Division of Central Kentucky Medical Correctional Complex within the Department of Corrections Office of Adult Institutions; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Corrections And Correctional Facilities, State - Department of Corrections, Division of Central Kentucky Medical Effective Dates, Emergency - Department of Corrections, Division of Central Kentucky Medical Reorganization - Department of Corrections, Division of Central Kentucky Medical State Agencies - Department of Corrections, Division of Central Kentucky Medical

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 6
Sponsor	J. Decker
Summary	Make title amendment; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - SB 214/GA Effective Dates, Emergency - Department of Corrections, Division of Central Kentucky Medical