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Introduced January 10, 2025

House
Adjourned Sine Die
2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to tax incentives for first-time home buyers.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to define terms; establish a tax deduction for contributions made to an eligible savings account by a first-time home buyer and allow an exclusion from income for any interest earned from an eligible savings account of a first-time home buyer effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, but before January 1, 2036; require the Department of Revenue to report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 141.019 and 131.190 to conform.

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This bill would create a new state tax deduction for money that first-time home buyers put into a designated savings account to use toward purchasing a home, and it would also exempt any interest earned in that account from state income tax. These tax benefits would be available for tax years starting January 1, 2026 through the end of 2035. The Department of Revenue would be required to report on the program to state lawmakers. Who it may affect: Kentuckians who have not previously owned a home and are saving to buy one for the first time.

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Legislative History

Jan 10, 2025 · House
Introduced In House
Jan 10, 2025 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Feb 4, 2025 · House
To Appropriations & Revenue (H)

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Susan Tyler Witten

Representative · House District 031

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Kimberly Banta

Representative · House District 063

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Tina Bojanowski

Representative · House District 032

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Ken Fleming

Representative · House District 048

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Alan Gentry

Representative · House District 046

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Daniel Grossberg

Representative · House District 030

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Samara Heavrin

Representative · House District 018

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Kevin Jackson

Representative · House District 020

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Kim King

Representative · House District 055

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Chris Lewis

Representative · House District 029

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Derek Lewis

Representative · House District 090

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Scott Lewis

Representative · House District 014

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Jason Nemes

Representative · House District 033

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J.T. Payne

Representative · House District 011

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Michael Pollock

Representative · House District 051

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Steve Riley

Representative · House District 023

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Rachel Roarx

Representative · House District 038

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Tom Smith

Representative · House District 086

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Pamela Stevenson

Representative · House District 043

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Walker Thomas

Representative · House District 008

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Joshua Watkins

Representative · House District 042

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