Queer Kentucky’s #KYGA25 Bill Tracker

We get it: It can be incredibly difficult, downright tiring and often straight-up boring to follow all of the different bills moving through Frankfort during Kentucky’s legislative session. 

That’s why we’re launching the Queer Kentucky #KYGA25 Bill Tracker. As new bills get filed and legislation moves through Frankfort, we’ll comb through everything and put quick blurbs about the bills you need to know about here. 

We’ll update this page regularly throughout the legislative session, so go ahead and bookmark it now. 

Kentucky’s legislature meets from Jan. 7 to Jan. 10, and then from Feb. 4 through March. Lawmakers have until the end of February to file new legislation. 

Have a bill you’re interested in or think we should be following? Email civics reporter Olivia Krauth at [email protected]. 

 

This story was last updated on Jan. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Eastern.

 

House Bill 1: Cut income tax

• Sponsor: Rep. Jason Petrie (R-Elkton)
• Quickly, what’s going on here?: The latest step in the GOP’s push to eliminate Kentucky’s state income tax. This bill would drop the tax to 3.5% in 2026.
• Here’s a link to the full bill.
• Where is the bill: Passed the House and a Senate committee; can receive a full Senate vote as early as Feb. 4.

 

House Bill 64: Undo ban on conversion therapy

• Sponsor: Rep. Josh Calloway (R-Irvington)
• Quickly, what’s going on here?: Three House Republicans want to immediately undo Gov. Andy Beshear’s September executive order banning conversion therapy in Kentucky.
• Here’s a link to the full bill. 
• Where is the bill: Waiting on a committee assignment in the House.

 

House Bill 65: Ten Commandments in public schools

• Sponsor: Rep. Josh Calloway (R-Irvington)
• Quickly, what’s going on here?: Would require K-12 public schools to display a copy of the Ten Commandments; would strictly be funded by donations.
• Here’s a link to the full bill.
• Where is the bill: Waiting on a committee assignment in the House.

 

House Bill 154: Blocking funding for gender-affirming care

• Sponsor: Rep. Josh Calloway (R-Irvington)
• Quickly, what’s going on here?: Several publicly funded health insurance plans — including Medicaid — would be prohibited from funding any type of gender-affirming care, from surgeries to mental health supports. Health care providers who break the law could lose their license.
• Here’s a link to the full bill.
• Where is the bill: Waiting on a committee assignment in the House.

 

House Bill 163: Bathrooms in schools

• Sponsor: Rep. Matt Lockett (R-Nicholasville)
• Quickly, what’s going on here?: Would require at least 95% of restrooms at a school to be designated for a specific biological sex, therefore limiting how many gender-neutral options could be available to LGBTQ+ students.
• Here’s a link to the full bill.
• Where is the bill: Waiting on a committee assignment in the House.