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Abandoned home pool fund, establishment, July 1, 2026

Adult performance in view of a minor, prohibition

Affordability, low-and fixed-income individuals, Public Service Commission, study

Affordable housing, expenditures of state or federal funds, limitation

Affordable housing loan pool fund, establishment, July 1, 2026

Alcohol and drug counseling, behavioral health multi-specialty groups, providers

Alcoholic beverages, licensing and taxation, omnibus bill

Article V Convention to amend U.S. Constitution, selection and oversight of delegates

Auditor of Public Accounts, audit expenses

Autism spectrum disorder trust fund, tax checkoff

Biennial Highway Construction Plan, FY 2026-2028

Board of Nursing, licensing

Board of Pharmacy, prescription drug safety, regulation, enforcement

Budget reserve trust fund, Governor's authorization for SNAP funding

Budget reserve trust fund, supplemental appropriations

Cannabis-infused beverages, licenses

Center of Excellence in Rural Health, dental loan repayment and grants, July 1, 2026

Certified rehabilitation credit, application rounds, allocation of credit cap

Child-care center licensee standards, establishment

Chip seal pavement, county roads, July 1, 2026

Claims against the Commonwealth, appropriation of funds

Colorectal cancer screenings, coverage requirement

Commercial driver licenses, limited CDL, allowable usage period increase

Community engagement waiver application, withdrawl, requirement

Constables, certification for peace officer powers

Controlled Substances Prescribing Council, membership, modification

Coroners, emergency response districts, creation, July 1, 2026

Court facilities, construction, duties, July 1, 2026

Damage resulting from riot, local government liability

Department for Medicaid Services, administrative regulation nullification, pharmacy program

Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, administrative regulation nullification, product licenses

Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, licensing

Department of Education, menstrual products, distribution in schools, appropriation

Department of Education, public school reporting requirements, July 1, 2026

Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, commissioners, qualifications, requirements

Department of Workers' Claims, reorganization

Depredating wildlife, lands or personal property, damage

Election procedures, requirements, deadlines

Elections, campaign finance, procedures, deadline

Eminent domain, procedures, establishment

Endowed research fund, appropriation

Energy Planning and Inventory Commission, board, executive director, duties, authority

Environmental covenants, amendments, required signatories, exceptions, procedure

Fire protection entities, board of trustees, membership, residency requirement

Firearms and ammunition manufacturers and sellers, civil liability, protections

Firearms, comprehensive regulation

Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program, eligible use

Governor's recommended Biennial Highway Construction Plan, FY 2026-2028

Hemp products and cannabis, Department for Public Health, regulation

Homelessness prevention fund, July 1, 2026

Housing development fund, modification, July 1, 2026

Ibogaine research and intellectual property fund, establishment

Income tax, treatment of qualified tips, qualified overtime compensation

Inheritance and estate tax, time of payment and discount

Jailers, jail canteen account

Juvenile services fund, Department of Juvenile Justice, emergency, July 1, 2026

KEES base and supplemental awards, increase in amounts awarded, July 1, 2026

Kentucky Access fund, use of funds

Kentucky Board of Education, budget and salary schedule approval, requirement, July 1, 2026

Kentucky Board of Education, membership, partisan election, expiration of appointees, terms

Kentucky Communications Network Authority, board, staff, reorganization

Kentucky Community and Technical College System, Kentucky Fire Commission, appropriation

Kentucky economic development incentive programs, tiered county system, establishment

Kentucky Fire Commission, cancer screening reimbursements, funding source

Kentucky Fire Commission, membership

Kentucky FLOW Program, establishment

Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, math and science teacher scholarship pilot program

Kentucky Historic Preservation and Main Street Program fund, creation

Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, administrative fee

Kentucky Public Pensions Authority, cost-of-living adjustment for retirees

Kentucky Public Pensions Authority, exemption from KRS Chapter 56 for office space purchase/lease

Kentucky Public Pensions Authority, health benefits for line of duty hazardous disability retirees

Kentucky Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program fund, establishment, July 1, 2026

Kentucky Qualification System, implementation

Kentucky River Authority, water withdrawal fees taxation, prohibition

Kentucky State Police, security service billing requirement

Kentucky Talent Recruitment Grant Program

Kentucky WWATERS program, eligibility, funding, conditions

Local school districts, disaster relief student attendance days, allowance

Medicaid and KCHIP state plan, annual legislative review, establishment

Medicaid, community engagement waiver application, withdrawal, requirement

Medicaid reform

Medical treatment, discrimination, acts of conscience

Medications for opioid and and other substance use disorders, prescriptions, administration

Medicinal hemp, regulation, quality assurance, safety protocols

Mental health parity, requirements

Money transfers to capital project allotment account, authorization reduction

Motor fuel tax, county and city revenue sharing, formula

Motor fuel tax, revision

New tire fee, extension

Nonfederal funds and grants, authorization to accept, Department of Agriculture

Non-school bus passenger vehicle, maximum passenger limit, 10 passengers including driver

Non-school bus passenger vehicles, driver qualifications, local policy for activity transportation

Operator's license, vison testing upon renewal. requirement, modification

Outdoor light fixtures, shielding

Parole Board, membership

Personnel Board, assessments for operation

Physician shortages, health care, medically underserved areas, collaboration, July 1, 2026

Postsecondary education working group, membership

Postsecondary institution, capital construction funds, sale or disposal or property

Premium cigars taxation

Public education, diversity, equity and inclusion activities, omnibus bill

Public postsecondary education institutions, faculty removal

Public Service Commission, fuel adjustment charge

Public Service Commission, membership, authority, administrative attachment

Public transit funding, public transportation contribution credit; appropriation

Racing facilities, nuisance and taking actions, civil immunity from suit

Recovery residence, regulation, inspections, occupancy limits, notice to adjacent owners

Recyclers, licensing

Regional marketing and matching funds program, tourism regions

Regulated electric utilities, fuel adjustment clause, recovery period, extension

Resource viability and energy affordability, eastern Kentucky, study

Riverport authorities, organization

Rural building and job creation revolving fund, establishment

Rural hospital operations and facilities revolving loan fund, funding

Sales and use tax, holiday, eligible property, first weekend in August

School bus stop cameras, placement and use

School consolidation nickel, establishment

School district employee and qualified school volunteer electronic communication with students

School district employees, supplemental one-time payment

School mapping data program

School tax rate levy requirements

Securitization, extra-state generating assets, deferred costs, storm and environmental control costs

Sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts, civil remedies, creation

Social studies academic standards, appropriation of funds, July 1, 2026

State Budget Director, tax expenditure report

State child-care certification exemption, military property with licensure, establishment

Strengthen Kentucky Homes Program, 1 time financial grants, approved contractors

Student attendance days, school calendar amendment, waiver

Supplemental payment for KERS and SPRS retirees, appropriation

Tax revenue sharing, modified distribution ratios

Teachers' retirement, service credit, optional makeup days, religious holidays

Therapy or psychotherapy, artificial intelligence, restrictions

Title of acts of the General Assembly, emergency inclusion, effect

Tobacco, vapor products

Undesignated glucagon, storage and administration in schools

Urgent needs school assistance, reimbursement of funds

Virtual program, nonresident pupil enrollment, restrictions

Women Veterans Appreciation Day, June 12, designation

Workforce Pell Grants, workforce training

WWATERS Program, Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, release of funds


Last updated: 3/9/2026 7:15 PM (EDT)