AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the exemption of state and local excise, sales, and use taxes from food, food ingredients, prescription drugs, and residential and on-farm utilities.

This bill proposes a change to the Kentucky Constitution that would permanently ban state and local sales and similar taxes on groceries, food ingredients, prescription drugs, home utilities, and utilities used on farms. Because it is a constitutional amendment, it would not become law unless Kentucky voters approve it at the ballot box. If passed, it would lock these tax exemptions into the state constitution, making them harder for future lawmakers to reverse. Who it may affect: Kentucky residents who buy groceries, prescription drugs, or pay home utility bills, as well as farmers who use utilities in their farm operations.

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