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 and food ingredients, prescription drugs, and residential utilities.

This bill would have proposed a change to Kentucky's Constitution to permanently remove state and local sales and similar taxes from groceries, prescription drugs, and home utilities like electricity and gas. Because it is a constitutional amendment, it would have gone on the ballot for Kentucky voters to approve or reject rather than taking effect through the legislature alone. The bill did not pass. Who it may affect: Kentucky residents who purchase groceries, prescription medications, or pay utility bills, particularly lower-income households for whom these costs make up a larger share of their budgets.

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