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HB417

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AN ACT relating to the Farmland Preservation Loan Program.

Create a new section of KRS 247.940 to 247.978 to define "participating lender"; authorize the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation to establish, administer, and fund a Farmland Preservation Loan Program and enter into a loan participation agreement with a qualified participating lender to purchase interests in promissory notes to allow a borrower to purchase or improve an agricultural property located within the Commonwealth; authorize the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the Farmland Preservation Loan Program.

Administrative Regulations and ProceedingsAgricultureBanks and Financial InstitutionsLand UseLoans, Credit, Interest, And Usury

Introduced: January 15, 2026

Last action: January 23, 2026

To Agriculture (H)
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Legislative History

Jan 15, 2026 · House
Introduced In House
Jan 15, 2026 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Jan 23, 2026 · House
To Agriculture (H)

Primary Sponsor

Portrait of David Osborne
David Osborne

Representative · House District 059

Primary sponsor
David.Osborne@kylegislature.gov
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Co-sponsors (3)

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Myron Dossett

Representative · House District 009

Co-sponsor
Myron.Dossett@kylegislature.gov
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Ryan Bivens

Representative · House District 024

Co-sponsor
ryan.bivens@kylegislature.gov
Portrait of Deanna Frazier Gordon
Deanna Frazier Gordon

Representative · House District 081

Co-sponsor
Deanna.Gordon@kylegislature.gov