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Week In Review: January 12 - January 16
Kentucky lawmakers are pushing for a higher minimum wage
Kentucky's General Assembly is focused on the budget during this session. Some lawmakers are pushing for an increase in the minimum wage for workers in the Commonwealth.
WEKU
Just nine days into KY General Assembly, there are dozens of K-12 school bills
Just nine days into the 2026 General Assembly, there have been at least 67 bills already filed that would affect Kentucky’s elementary and secondary school students.
Lexington Herald-Leader
Kentucky advances ‘grow your own’ teacher pipeline and student transport fixes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky lawmakers are advancing plans to help more students become teachers.
Spectrum News
NKY legislators propose Senate Bill 91 to standardize property tax forms statewide
GOP State Sen. Steve Rawlings (R-Burlington) introduced a bill on Jan. 8 that aims to standardize property tax forms in Kentucky.
LINK NKY
Allowing local officials to renew KY driver’s licenses breezes through Senate
The Kentucky Senate gave near unanimous approval to allowing officials such as sheriffs and county clerks to renew driver’s licenses in counties without regional offices, sending Senate Bill 7 to the House for consideration.
Kentucky Lantern
Lawmaker files bill to improve consistency across DUI cases
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – State Senator Brandon Storm, R-London, has filed Senate Bill (SB) 66 as part of a broader effort to ensure Kentucky’s impaired driving laws remain clear, enforceable and focused on public safety.
Kentucky Today
Tate refiles human growth, development education bill
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – A Republican lawmaker has filed a bill adding human growth and development instruction to Kentucky's school curriculum.
Kentucky Today
Is this the year Kentucky reins in governor pardons? Lawmaker will try
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Another year, another push by state Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ryland Heights, to pass legislation adding limitations to a Kentucky governor's pardon powers.
Louisville Courier-Journal
Proposed KY grant program would pay for nuclear permitting, application fees
A proposal in the Kentucky General Assembly aims to jumpstart nuclear development in the Bluegrass State.
Lexington Herald-Leader
‘Pretty simple mathematics:’ Bill filed to redo gas tax, up revenue for KY roads
A Kentucky legislator filed a bill Wednesday that would overhaul the formula for taxing gas in Kentucky and increase some motor vehicle fees.
Lexington Herald-Leader
Kentucky police would be required to work with ICE under GOP-backed bills
Though carrying out immigration law typically falls to federal officers, some Kentucky lawmakers want to see local law enforcement enter agreements in order to aid U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement across the commonwealth.
Lexington Herald-Leader
Kentucky lawmaker files bill to restrict drag performances
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky lawmaker has renewed efforts to restrict drag performances.
WHAS TV
Kentucky senators again signal support to limit governors’ pardon powers around elections
FRANKFORT — A Northern Kentucky Republican senator has again introduced a bill to limit pardon powers of Kentucky governors around election time.
Kentucky Lantern
KY pharmacists could get Medicaid reimbursement for routine services under Republican bill
FRANKFORT — A Republican senator wants Kentucky pharmacists to get Medicaid reimbursement for routine services like flu tests, medication therapy management and more.
Kentucky Lantern
5 bills target immigrants early in Kentucky legislative session
Immigration has been at the center of the national conversation since President Donald Trump resumed office in January 2025.
Louisville Courier-Journal
No more texting or TikTok. Distracted drivers to be fined under new bill
Phones down, Kentucky. A bill filed on the first day of this year's General Assembly looks to expand the state's texting-while-driving ban.
Louisville Courier-Journal
Three bills expected to be filed by GOP lawmakers to address KY’s housing needs
Three bills expected to be filed in the Kentucky legislature all aim to increase affordable housing options, the Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky said Tuesday.
Lexington Herald-Leader
Driver’s license renewals could return to KY county offices under Senate bill
A Republican state lawmaker wants to return driver’s license renewal services to Kentucky’s local county offices.
Lexington Herald-Leader
KY environmentalists, GOP lawmakers have shared focus this year: AI data centers
The GOP supermajority in Frankfort and Kentucky’s environmental advocacy groups don’t always see eye-to-eye, but this legislative session, lawmakers and green activists are focused on the same issue: artificial intelligence and the opportunities and risks data centers pose to the commonwealth.
Lexington Herald-Leader
Lawmaker’s bill takes aim at FCPS budget issues. There’s more to come.
A Lexington lawmaker has filed a bill in response to Fayette County Schools’ thwarted attempt to raise the occupational license tax in 2025.
Lexington Herald-Leader
Kentucky lawmaker proposes criminal charges for adults who groom children
FRANKFORT — Adults who groom children for sex would be subject to criminal charges under a bill proposed in the Kentucky General Assembly, closing a legal gap that let certain perpetrators go unpunished.
Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky GOP bills would require locals to work with ICE, ban sanctuary policies
As federal immigration policies spark protests across the country, Kentucky GOP lawmakers filed at least five bills designed to encourage or require more local and state participation in immigration enforcement.
WFPL
Republicans push for Kentucky constitutional amendment to limit homestead tax
One of several GOP bills to limit property taxes on elderly homeowners with a constitutional amendment has cleared a Kentucky Senate committee.
WFPL
Proposed bills could ban immigrants from holding public office in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Controversial bills are already being filed as the Kentucky Legislative Session reaches day six, including two that could disqualify a specific group from holding public office.
WLKY Louisville
Louisville lawmaker files bill to set retention limits on data collected by license plate readers
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Jefferson County lawmaker recently filed legislation to set retention limits on data collected by automated license plate readers.
WLKY Louisville
Kentucky GOP lawmakers offer plans to improve housing supply, combat homelessness
Several Republican legislators are drafting bills to increase the housing supply and combat homelessness in Kentucky.
WFPL
Senate GOP pushes bill to move driver’s license renewals back to Kentucky counties
Republicans in the Kentucky Senate gave priority status to a bill that could return driver’s license renewals back to county offices, citing long wait times at regional offices.
WEKU
Effort grows for statewide tenant rights law in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Where Kentuckians live could determine whether their landlord is legally required to provide them a safe place to live.
Spectrum News
Kentucky could participate in federal tax scholarship program
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A state lawmaker wants Kentucky to join President Donald Trump’s federal tax scholarship program.
Spectrum News
After a year of disasters, Kentucky lawmakers pitch a range of answers
In the first days of Kentucky's 2026 legislative session, lawmakers filed at least a half-dozen bills related to disaster resilience ? with the potential to reshape how the state prepares for, responds to and recovers from the region's intensifying pattern of severe weather.
Louisville Courier-Journal
KY bills take aim at driver's licensing offices after year of headaches
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Two bills pending before the Kentucky legislature would make significant changes to how driver's licenses are distributed in the Bluegrass State, a year after a flurry of issues were reported at licensing offices around the commonwealth.
Louisville Courier-Journal
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