Rep. Daniel Grossberg

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to provide an enhanced term of imprisonment for any defendant convicted of certain crimes if the defendant intentionally committed the offense because of a person's actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, mental or physical disability, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation; amend KRS 15.334 and 17.1523 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 508 to create the offense of using hate symbols to intimidate; repeal KRS 49.320 and 532.03, relating to hate crimes.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to define terms; create the Residential Ease of Access for Disabled Veterans Program for funding the construction and installation of accessibility ramps on residences of disabled veterans; establish the Residential Ease of Access for Disabled Veterans Program grant fund to be used for the program and administered by the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 258 to define terms; establish a process for dogs and cats that have been retired from use for research and testing in an animal testing facility to be made available for adoption; prohibit the use of state funds that directly support painful experiments as defined by federal law and administered by the United States Department of Agriculture; require animal testing facilities that receive state funds to publicly publish an annual report on their website including the total animals and dogs and cats being tested yearly, active research, all testing projects that use animals, the total amount and source of funding for the project, and efforts used to reduce animal testing.

Amend KRS 529.110 to enhance the penalty for promoting human trafficking to a Class B felony unless the victim is a minor, in which case it is a Class A felony.

Maddy summaryHR 43 is a resolution recognizing Kentucky's long-standing economic and cultural partnership with Japan. It highlights that Japanese companies operate over 200 facilities in Kentucky, employing 45,000 Kentuckians and making Japan the state's top foreign investor, while Kentucky exports over $1 billion in goods (like bourbon and machinery) to Japan annually. The resolution also notes cultural ties, including seven sister city relationships and Japanese language education programs in Kentucky communities. It encourages lawmakers to join the Kentucky Japan Caucus to strengthen trade relations and directs the Clerk to share the resolution with Japan's Consul-General. As a symbolic gesture, it does not create new laws but formally acknowledges existing partnerships.

Amend KRS 61.315 to include additional cancers which, when they are the cause of death of a firefighter, would make the firefighter eligible for death benefits; make a technical correction.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to authorize participation in a public school interscholastic extracurricular activity by an at-home private school student; establish criteria for participation; require a parent, guardian, or teacher of an at-home private school student participating in a public school interscholastic activity to verify the student's academic progress; declare a public school student who does not make academic progress at a public school and withdraws and enters an at-home private school program ineligible for participation in an interscholastic activity for the remainder of the school year; provide that the Act may be cited as the Play Fair Kentucky Act.

Maddy summaryKentucky's House of Representatives passed HR 30, a symbolic resolution recognizing January 27, 2026, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The resolution honors Holocaust victims and survivors while affirming Kentucky's commitment to confronting antisemitism and promoting human dignity. It does not create new laws or alter policies - it is a formal acknowledgment of this observance date, consistent with the UN's designation. The resolution directly affects Kentucky citizens by formally designating this day for reflection and vigilance against hatred.

Amend KRS 342.610 to exclude certain levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the blood from the presumption that an injury was caused by the introduction of certain substances into the employee's body.

Amend KRS 342.610 to remove the presumption that the use of an illegal substance prior to an accident caused the injury; provide that the use of an illegal substance shall be the proximate cause of the injury.