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 utility bills, and farm utility bills. Because it is a constitutional amendment, it would go on the ballot for Kentucky voters to approve or reject rather than taking effect through the legislature alone. If ratified, these exemptions would be harder for future legislatures to reverse than a standard law. Who it may affect: Kentucky households, farmers, and anyone who purchases prescription drugs or pays residential utility bills.

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