2026 General Assembly

The Kentucky House of Representatives approved an amended version of House Bill 500 on Thursday, advancing a $31.56 billion two-year state budget following several weeks…

UPDATE: Senate Bill 9 passed the full Senate on Tuesday and now heads to the House for Consideration. As Kentucky seeks to grow its economy…

UPDATE: House Bill 6 passed the House on Tuesday, February 17 and now moves to the Senate for consideration. New legislation introduced in Frankfort seeks…

The House Committee on Families and Children on Thursday advanced House Bill 6 and House Joint Resolution 50, legislation aimed at strengthening Kentucky’s child care…

UPDATE: Senate Bill 4 unanimously passed the full Senate on Monday and now moves to the House for consideration. The Senate Education Committee unanimously advanced…

New child care legislation introduced during the 2026 session seeks to strengthen Kentucky’s child care system for working families, local communities, and employers. Ahead of…

This week, Senate President Robert Stivers filed legislation continuing work to strengthen research at Kentucky’s public universities and support long-term economic competitiveness. The legislation would…

House budget leaders filed House Bill 500 this week, marking the first formal step in the General Assembly’s work on Kentucky’s next two-year state budget….

UPDATE: House Bill 306 passed the House on Tuesday, January 27, by a vote of 83-7. The bill moves to the Senate for consideration. At…

With the 2026 session of the Kentucky General Assembly underway, Representative Michael Meredith sat down with The Bottom Line to discuss House Bill 306, aimed…