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On opening day the Kentucky Senate files two dozen-plus bills and resolutions, including measures on paid maternity leave and dual-credit scholarships
Summary
The clerk reported an initial set of newly filed Senate bills and resolutions for the 2026 session, including measures on paid maternity leave for state employees (SB14), dual-credit scholarships (SB22), level-4 trauma center provider coverage (SB12), and a feasibility study for a Medicaid accountable communities pilot (SCR9).
Clerk’s filings on the Senate floor produced a long list of bills and resolutions the chamber may consider during the 2026 regular session.
Among the items the clerk read into the record were: Senate Resolution 4 (adjourn in memory), SR7 (condemning political violence), SR8 (explore honoring great Kentuckians), SCR9 (directing the Legislative Research Commission to procure a vendor for a feasibility study on an accountable communities for health Medicaid-delivery-model pilot), SB11 (residential safe-room rebate program), SB12 (medical provider coverage in level‑4 trauma centers), SB13 (planning commission membership), SB14 (paid maternity leave for state employees), and SB22 (dual-credit scholarship program). The clerk also listed bills on topics ranging from city government to music therapy, behavioral-science dismissal programs, motor-vehicle operations and solid-waste management.
The filings reported do not imply committee referral or enactment; they are the clerk’s record that sponsors have introduced the measures and that the items will be available for committee consideration under the Senate’s adopted rules and schedule.
Senators did not debate the substance of most filed measures on the floor during the reading; committee referrals and future hearings will determine which bills advance.
