Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make possession of a personal use quantity of cannabis exempt from civil or criminal penalty.

Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to guarantee the right of an individual 21 years of age or older to possess, use, buy, or sell 1 ounce or less of cannabis and to cultivate, harvest, and store up to 5 cannabis plants for personal use; grant the General Assembly control over the production, processing, and sale of cannabis and cannabis-derived products; designate the ballot question; direct the Secretary of State to publish the proposed amendment in a newspaper of general circulation; direct the Secretary of State to certify the proposed amendment to the county clerk of each county.

KRS 218B.010 to add podiatrist to the definition of "medicinal cannabis practitioner"

AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis. This bill would allow for smoking, expanded permissible conditions and home grow. This is a new bill filed by Rep. Gentry from Louisville, but sue to the makeup of the House and the statement made around any move towards expansion by majority members, this is unlikely to move at this time.

Rep. Moser, Chair House Health Committee
AN ACT relating to medicinal hemp products and declaring an emergency: Establish quality assurance and safety protocols for medicinal hemp cultivation, handling, processing, and marketing; amend KRS 260.862 to grant the Kentucky Department of Agriculture the authority to promulgate administrative regulations related to quality assurance and safety protocols of cultivation, handling, processing, or marketing of medicinal hemp products and to require medicinal hemp product cultivators and processors to follow federal good manufacturing, packaging, labeling, or holding practices.

HB59 HEALTHCARE BILLING PRACTICES (HODGSON, JOHN; Baker, Shane; Banta, Kim; Bivens, Ryan; Bratcher, Steve; Callaway, Emily; Calloway, Josh; Decker, Jennifer; Grossberg, Daniel; Jackson, Kevin; Johnson, DJ; Lockett, Matt; Massaroni, Candy; McCool, Bobby; Proctor, Marianne; Roberts, T.J.) AN ACT relating to health care billing practices. Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 216B.250 as a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; require health facilities and other health care providers to provide itemized health care statements in certain circumstances; specify the contents of the health care statements; require that health care statements contain information about price classifications and claims made with third-party payors; prohibit health facilities and providers from charging for the health care statements; establish means by which patients may request a health care statement to be furnished; require health facilities and providers to make public postings and have appropriate staff available to respond to questions and resolve disputes; make conforming amendments; prohibit health facilities and other providers from requesting or accepting a total payment for health care services that exceeds an agreed-upon price or the amount the facility or provider is entitled to receive under state or federal law; authorize the Attorney General to enforce certain state and federal laws regulating health care prices; allow a violation to be cured for good-faith errors; establish causes of action and penalties for violation of health care billing requirements; authorize the Attorney General to enforce health care billing requirements; specify that remedies and penalties are cumulative; authorize the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations to effectuate or aid in the effectuation of health care billing requirements; amend KRS 304.14-410, 304.32-1551, 214.556, 216B.990, and 216B.300 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2027.   

RECENT STATUS 1/14/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Banking & Insurance (H) 1/7/2026 - Introduced  

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HB482👁️‍🗨️
HEMP DERIVED VAPOR PRODUCTS (DOSSETT, MYRON; Donworth, Anne) AN ACT relating to hemp-derived vapor products. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 438 to define "hemp-derived vapor product," "retailer," and "vapor product"; require a retailer to verify that a recipient of a shipment or delivery of hemp-derived vapor products is at least 21 years old; require visual examination or use of age verification technology to verify the recipient's identity at delivery; establish penalties for a retailer or common or private carrier in violation; establish penalties for a consumer who intentionally causes an unlawful delivery; require products to be returned to the retailer if the common or private carrier cannot complete delivery.  RECENT STATUS 2/2/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) 1/23/2026 - Introduced

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HB612👁️‍🗨️
REGULATED SUBSTANCES (KOCH, MATTHEW) AN ACT relating to regulated substances and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to define terms; impose a 4% state retail regulatory license fee on all alcoholic beverage sales to consumers by alcoholic beverage retailers; establish procedures and duties of retailers; establish KRS Chapter 243A and create new sections thereof to impose state wholesale regulatory license fees on alcoholic beverages, state retail regulatory license fees on kratom, hemp-derived, and cannabinoid products, and penalties for violations; set out regulatory license fee rates, deductions for timely filing and payment, and licensee duties; amend KRS 211.285 to fund the alcohol wellness and responsibility education fund with 0.5% of the collected state retail regulatory license fees; amend KRS 241.010 to define "state or national conference" and redefine "alcoholic beverages"; amend KRS 241.069 to delete outdated language; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 243 to establish state license fees for new and existing license types; limit licensee discipline to only the specific license in question; establish a souvenir package license for distillers; authorize distillers, small farm wineries, and microbreweries to allow leashed dogs on their premises; allow caterers and special temporary auction licensees at state and national conferences; modify the privileges for various licensees, including a limited golf course, wholesaler, Class B distiller, and special agent or solicitor; allow a qualified historic site to sell alcoholic beverages by the package under a limited nonquota package license; add references to the new tax structure and statutes; modify requirements for public notice of a license application; sunset existing excise, wholesale, and other taxes on July 1, 2027, as they relate to alcoholic beverages; repeal and reenact KRS 243.075, relating to local regulatory license fees, to allow any moist or wet city or county to impose the fee; authorize audits of each city's or county's regulatory license fee fund by the Auditor of Public Accounts for the most recent 10 years; describe audit penalties for cities and counties that fail to substantially comply; establish the regulatory license fee audit fund; direct cities and counties to reduce the regulatory license fee to 3% within 4 years; limit future cities and counties to a 1% regulatory license fee; amend KRS 244.080 to permanently prohibit a retail license from using a premises if the licensee sold to minors at that premises 3 or more times in 24 months; amend KRS 244.585 to establish limitations for agreements between distributors and breweries or microbreweries; amend KRS 131.250, 139.010, 243.045, 243.430, 243.790, 243.850, and 243.990 to conform; EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2027; EMERGENCY.   

RECENT STATUS 2/18/2026 - (H) Referred to Committee House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) 2/10/2026 - Introduced   

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SB137👁️‍🗨️

PROVISIONAL LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE (MEREDITH, STEPHEN) AN ACT relating to a provisional license to practice medicine. Amend KRS 311.571 to allow and specify requirements for a physician licensed to practice medicine in another country to obtain a provisional license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth; specify requirements for a provisional license to convert to a regular license; add conditions for the Board of Medical Licensure to revoke a provisional license; make technical changes.   

RECENT STATUS 2/2/2026 - (S) Referred to Committee Senate Health Services (S) 1/29/2026 - Introduced 

SB164❆

CANNABIS (CLEMONS , GARY; Neal, Gerald A.) AN ACT relating to cannabis. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make possession of a personal use quantity of cannabis exempt from civil or criminal penalty; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "cannabis," "personal use quantity of cannabis," and "cannabis accessory"; redefine "marijuana"; amend KRS 218A.1422, regarding cannabis possession, to conform; amend KRS 218A.1423, regarding cannabis cultivation, to conform; amend KRS 218A.500, regarding drug paraphernalia, to exempt personal use cannabis accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421, regarding cannabis trafficking, to exempt personal use quantities; amend KRS 138.872 to exclude personal use quantities from the cannabis stamp tax; amend KRS 218A.276, 218A.410, and 533.030 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis and to apply expungement retroactively; RETROACTIVE, in part. 

RECENT STATUS 2/5/2026 - Introduced  

SB168❆
AMEND CONSTITUTION RELATING TO POSSESSION OF CANNABIS (CLEMONS , GARY; Herron, Keturah; Neal, Gerald A.) AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the possession of cannabis. Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to guarantee the right of an individual 21 years of age or older to possess, use, buy, or sell 1 ounce or less of cannabis and to cultivate, harvest, and store up to 5 cannabis plants for personal use; grant the General Assembly control over the production, processing, and sale of cannabis and cannabis-derived products; designate the ballot question; direct the Secretary of State to publish the proposed amendment in a newspaper of general circulation; direct the Secretary of State to certify the proposed amendment to the county clerk of each county.   

RECENT STATUS 2/5/2026 - Introduced   NEWS STORIES 2/11/2026 - Kentucky senator files bills to reform marijuana laws 2/10/2026 - Louisville lawmaker files 2 bills aimed at cannabis reform 

SB204👁️‍🗨️
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN (CARROLL, DANNY) AN ACT relating to the protection of children. Amend KRS 508.090 to define "controlled substance" and "abuse or neglect"; amend KRS 508.100 and 508.110 to conform; amend KRS 508.120 to enhance the penalty of abuse in the third degree if the victim is under 13 years old and suffered serious physical injury as a result of ingesting or inhaling a controlled substance; amend KRS 15.440 to require law enforcement agencies to possess a policies and procedures manual related to pediatric ingestion or inhalation of controlled substances; amend KRS 620.055 to allow the child fatality and near fatality review panel to compel the attendance of members from an investigating agency to discuss cases in closed session; amend various sections to require continuing education on pediatric ingestion or inhalation of controlled substances for certain professionals; amend KRS 620.050 to allow medical professionals to administer comprehensive urine drug screens on children when they suspect abuse or neglect; amend various sections to conform.  RECENT STATUS 2/17/2026 - Introduced