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Last action · January 14, 2026

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Introduced January 7, 2026

House

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2026 Regular Session

HB133

AN ACT relating to severance taxes.

Amend KRS 143A.030 to remove fluorspar from the severance tax exemption and make it taxable as a natural resource; amend KRS 143A.010 to add fluorspar to the definition of "natural resources."

Minerals and Mining State Agencies Taxation Taxation, Severance

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This bill would make fluorspar, a mineral mined in Kentucky, subject to the state severance tax, which is a tax paid when natural resources are extracted from the ground. Currently fluorspar is exempt from this tax, and the bill would remove that exemption by officially classifying fluorspar as a natural resource under Kentucky law. Who it may affect: companies or individuals mining fluorspar in Kentucky.

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