House
Veto Override
2026 Regular Session
HB312
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define "provisional license" and "standard license"; authorize the Department of Kentucky State Police (KSP) to issue provisional licenses to carry concealed firearms and other deadly weapons to persons who are 18 to 20 years of age; require KSP to provide notice of expiration of provisional licenses and an application to switch from a provisional license to a standard license; allow the provisional license holder to apply by paper to his or her sheriff or online to KSP for a standard license; allow KSP to promulgate administrative regulations to administer provisional and standard license issuance.
State AgenciesSheriffsChildren and MinorsFirearms and WeaponsPolice, StateCorrections ImpactLocal MandateAdministrative Regulations and Proceedings
Introduced: January 12, 2026
Last action: April 14, 2026
Delivered To Secretary Of State (Acts Ch. 173)
Legislative History
Jan 12, 2026 · House
Introduced In House
Jan 12, 2026 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Jan 20, 2026 · House
To Judiciary (H)
Jan 21, 2026 · House
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar
Jan 22, 2026 · House
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Jan 22, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment (1) Filed (clerical)
Jan 22, 2026 · House
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Friday, January 23, 2026 (clerical)
Jan 23, 2026 · House
3rd Reading, Passed 73-17 (clerical)
Primary Sponsor
Savannah.Maddox@kylegislature.gov
Co-sponsors (27)
Josh.Bray@kylegislature.gov
kim.banta@kylegislature.gov
Josh.Branscum@kylegislature.gov
Josh.Calloway@kylegislature.gov
Jennifer.Decker@kylegislature.gov
steven.doan@kylegislature.gov
Ryan.Dotson@kylegislature.gov
Daniel.Elliott@kylegislature.gov
Patrick.Flannery@kylegislature.gov
Deanna.Gordon@kylegislature.gov
peyton.griffee@kylegislature.gov
Mark.Hart@kylegislature.gov
kim.holloway@kylegislature.gov
William.Lawrence@kylegislature.gov
candy.massaroni@kylegislature.gov
David.Meade@kylegislature.gov
Kimberly.Moser@kylegislature.gov
Jason.Nemes@kylegislature.gov
marianne.proctor@kylegislature.gov
Felicia.Rabourn@kylegislature.gov
tj.roberts@kylegislature.gov
Steven.Rudy@kylegislature.gov
Walker.Thomas@kylegislature.gov
Bill.Wesley@kylegislature.gov
mitchum.whitaker@kylegislature.gov
Richard.White@kylegislature.gov
wade.williams@kylegislature.gov