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2026 Regular Session

HB888

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AN ACT relating to collective bargaining agreements and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to prohibit any local government from entering into any future collective bargaining agreement; grandfather existing collective bargaining rights; amend KRS 160.160, relating to local boards of education, to prohibit any board of education from entering into any future collective bargaining agreement; grandfather existing collective bargaining rights; amend KRS 304.48-250 and 304.50-055 to make technical changes; amend various other sections to remove references to collective bargaining; repeal various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Protection Act; EMERGENCY.

Boards and CommissionsCharter County GovernmentCitiesConsolidated Local GovernmentsCountiesCounties, UrbanTechnical CorrectionsUnified Local GovernmentsEducation, Elementary and SecondaryEmergency Medical ServicesFirefighters and Fire DepartmentsLabor and IndustryPeace Officers and Law EnforcementPolice, City and CountySheriffsTeachersCollective Bargaining

Introduced: March 4, 2026

Last action: March 25, 2026

Returned To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
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Legislative History

Mar 4, 2026 · House
Introduced In House
Mar 4, 2026 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Mar 11, 2026 · House
To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
Mar 13, 2026 · House
Taken From Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) (clerical)
Mar 13, 2026 · House
1st Reading (clerical)
Mar 13, 2026 · House
Returned To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) (clerical)
Mar 25, 2026 · House
Taken From Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) (clerical)
Mar 25, 2026 · House
2nd Reading (clerical)

Primary Sponsor

Portrait of Josh Bray
Josh Bray

Representative · House District 071

Primary sponsor
Josh.Bray@kylegislature.gov
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Co-sponsors (1)

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T.J. Roberts

Representative · House District 066

Co-sponsor
tj.roberts@kylegislature.gov