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Kentucky House opens session, receives committee reports and introduces dozens of bills
Summary
The Kentucky House convened in Frankfort and heard committee reports from Banking & Insurance and the Committee on Committees before the clerk read a long list of newly introduced bills covering health, education, utilities and other areas; members approved the journal and scheduled the next session for Jan. 15, 2026.
The Kentucky House of Representatives convened in Frankfort on Jan. 14, 2026, opened with an invocation and pledge, and then moved quickly into procedural business as the clerk reported committee actions and read a long slate of new bills.
“The Banking and Insurance Committee has met and reported the following,” the clerk said, reporting that several measures should pass, including listings read as “House bill 176” (relating to prior authorization), “House bill 184” (relating to health savings account–qualified insurance plans) and “House bill 265” (relating to regulatory authorizations by the commissioner of insurance). The clerk said bills reported favorably would be treated as having their first reading and placed on the calendar.
The clerk then read a lengthy roll of newly filed bills and a resolution, naming sponsors for many measures. Among the topics announced were bills described in the reading as addressing alleged child-performance material, investor-owned electric utilities, an exemption from observing Daylight Saving Time, veterans’ treatment for post‑traumatic stress disorder, transportation emergency declarations, higher education and a range of regulatory and consumer-protection topics including utility disconnection protections and virtual currency kiosk regulation.
Committee scheduling and further referrals followed. After recessing briefly for a meeting of the Committee on Committees, the clerk reported that committee had referred dozens of bills across subject-matter panels, assigning measures to Agriculture; Appropriations and Revenue; Banking and Insurance; Economic Development and Workforce Investment; Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs; Families and Children; Health Services; Judiciary; Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations; Local Government; Natural Resources and Energy; Postsecondary Education; Primary and Secondary Education; Small Business and Information Technology; State Government; Tourism and Outdoor Recreation; Transportation; and Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection.
Members handled several routine motions on the floor. The Gentleman from McCracken moved to approve the journal from Jan. 13, 2026, which the clerk recorded as approved. The Gentleman from Taylor moved to suspend the rules to permit members to cosponsor bills and file vote modifications if proper paperwork was filed with the clerk; the motion was objected to and ordered.
Other floor actions included the withdrawal of Bill 15 by the sponsoring member (the lady from Fayette) after filing the proper paperwork, and a series of committee meeting notices — for example, the Health Services Committee was announced to meet the next day at noon in Room 149, and the House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government at noon in Room 171.
With no floor amendments offered, the Gentleman from McCracken moved that the House stand adjourned until 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026; the motion carried with no objection and the House adjourned to that date.
What’s next: Many of the bills introduced and referred will proceed to committee hearings; the House returns at 2 p.m. Jan. 15, 2026.
