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KY HB757

KY HB757
AN ACT relating to revenue measures and declaring an emergency.


summary

Introduced
02/25/2026
In Committee
04/14/2026
Crossed Over
03/12/2026
Passed
04/14/2026
Dead
Vetoed
04/13/2026
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
04/14/2026

Introduced Session

2026 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Amend KRS 139.340 to redefine the sales and use tax nexus standard for remote retailers and marketplace providers to include a sales volume threshold only; amend KRS 131.383 and 141.044 to allow the Department of Revenue to refund an estimated tax payment in the event the payment was submitted to the department in error; amend KRS 96.895 to require reporting by the Department for Local Government to the Legislative Research Commission related to the Tennessee Valley Act in lieu of tax payments; amend KRS 154.30-030 to sunset the tax increment financing state-participation programs; allow TIF projects approved prior to this date to continue to be governed in accordance with the tax incentive agreement's terms and conditions; amend KRS 141.010, 141.019, and 141.039 to conform to the Internal Revenue Code in effect on December 31, 2025, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026; decouple from certain IRC provisions; delay the deferred tax deduction until January 1, 2028; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to define terms and impose an excise tax on fantasy contests; set requirements for administering the tax; amend KRS 139.010 to define "data brokering services"; amend KRS 139.200 to impose sales and use taxes on pay phones and data brokering services; amend KRS 139.202 to exempt from the tax pre-existing lease or rental agreements; amend KRS 224.50-868 to extend the fee currently imposed for each new motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer tire sold in Kentucky to July 1, 2028; amend KRS 224.50-872 to require reporting by the Energy and Environment Cabinet to the Legislative Research Commission on the waste tire trust fund; amend KRS 45.760 and 45.770 to limit the transfer of moneys for a capital project from 15% to 5%; amend KRS 45.345 and create new sections of KRS Chapters 65, 160, and 367 to define terms and require rounding of cash transactions to the nearest $.05 increment; amend KRS 139.210 to prohibit retailers from being relieved of their responsibility to collect the correct amount of sales tax regardless of the purchaser' s payment method; create new sections of KRS Chapter 65 in relation to regional industrial development districts to prioritize the purposes for organizing the district; exclude cities and school occupational license taxes from the single occupational license tax imposition restriction; require the fee to expire the earlier of date bonds issued are retired or 20 years; require notification to all local governments with territory in the boundaries of the multicounty region before interlocal agreement is executed; prohibit inclusion of any portion of a city that has not consented to participation; require reporting to the Department for Local Government and the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 143A.030 to tax fluorspar as a natural resource; amend KRS 143A.010 to add fluorspar to the definition of "natural resources"; amend KRS 140.160, relating to the inheritance and estate taxes, to extend the deadline for filing a tax return from 18 months to 36 months for deaths on or after July 1, 2026; amend KRS 140.210 to correspondingly extend the due date for payment of tax and discount; amend KRS 134.490 to modify notification requirements for third-party purchasers of delinquent taxes; amend KRS 138.130 to define "premium cigar," and amend "vending machine operator" to include cigarettes, tobacco products, vapor products, or a combination thereof; amend KRS 138.140 to tax premium cigars at the rate of 15% of the actual price up to 60 cents per cigar; require an annual CPI adjustment for the maximum rate and publication on the Department of Revenue's website; amend KRS 138.195 to require a vending machine operator to secure a license for dispensing tobacco products and vapor products in vending machines; amend KRS 141.0205 to order income tax credits; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on certain credits to the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 160.613 to impose the utility gross receipts license tax on the furnishing of pay phone service; amend KRS 139.538 to sunset sales and use tax exemptions for filming and producing motion pictures in this state July 1, 2028; amend KRS 132.096, 139.480, 139.4802, 139.481, 141.0401, 141.206 to delete tax exemptions for property certified as a fluidized bed energy production facility; amend KRS 139.481 to extend the agricultural exemption license number for sales and use taxes to 6 months; amend KRS 154.20-236 to end further applications for the Kentucky Angel Investment ; amend KRS 141.065 to sunset the credit for hiring the unemployed as of January 1, 2028; amend KRS 141.412 to sunset the qualified farming operation credit as of January 1, 2028; amend KRS 151B.402 to sunset the employer High School Equivalency Diploma program incentive credit as of January 1, 2028; amend KRS 171.396 to allocate 15% of the certified rehabilitation credit cap to owner-occupied residential property and 85% to all other property; define "commercial residential property" and "median family income"; amend KRS 171.397 to sunset the current application process; create a new section of KRS Chapter 171 to establish 2 application rounds by which the certified rehabilitation credit may be applied for; allow credit based on 30% of the qualified rehabilitation expenses if the commercial residential property is affordable to households earning 80% of the median family income; amend KRS 441.135 to require compensation received from disposal of property that was purchased from a jail canteen account to be returned to the canteen account; require reporting of proceeds by the jailer; create a new section of KRS Chapter 224A to require an administrative fee of 0.5% to be paid for each project funded by the Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund for Coal-Producing Counties and the Infrastructure for Economic Development Fund for Tobacco Counties; amend KRS 45.050 require audit expenses of audits with federal funds to be paid by the agency being audited; amend KRS 18A.080 Executive branch agencies assessed for the operation of the Personnel Board; require the amount to be determined and collected by Finance and Administration Cabinet based on the number of full-time employees of each agency on July 1; amend KRS 151.723 to prohibit state and local taxes on water withdrawal fees; amend KRS 304.17B-021 to require insurance premium and retaliatory taxes for accident and health and insurance premiums to be deposited into the general fund; amend KRS 11.068 to require the Office of State Budget Director to publish on its website by September 1 of each year an estimate of general fund and road fund revenue loss from tax expenditures; create a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to require billing of Kentucky State Police security services provided to nonstate-operated events; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to impose a new excise tax on predictive markets; define terms; amend KRS 160.470 to increase the publication requirements when a local board of education proposes to levy a general tax rate; amend KRS 132.017 to require the petition committee challenge information be published on the home page of the county clerk's website; amend KRS 160.473 to prohibit a personal property tax rate levied by a local board of education to be higher than the rate levied on January 1, 2026; amend KRS 160.607 to prohibit an occupational license tax from being imposed in a school district that does not currently have one imposed as of January 1, 2026; prohibit an occupational license tax rate levied for a school district to increase on or after January 1, 2026; amend KRS 160.613 to prohibit a utility gross receipts license tax from being imposed in a school district that does not currently have one imposed; prohibit a utility gross receipts license tax rate from increasing on or after January 1, 2026; amend KRS 11A.211 to increase the registration fee for each employer of one or more executive agency lobbyist and each real party in interest from $500 to $750; amend KRS 278.010 to define “municipal interlocal gas utility”; exempt “municipal interlocal gas utility” from the definition of “utility”; amend KRS 65.230 to define “municipal interlocal gas utility”; create a new section of KRS 65.210 to 65.300 to provide that municipal interlocal gas utilities shall be considered special purpose governmental entities and pay an annual fee to the Department for Local Government; amend KRS 65.240 to allow public agencies to enter into agreements to acquire natural gas facilities outside of its municipal jurisdictional boundaries; amend KRS 96.5375 to allow municipal interlocal gas utilities to extend or construct natural gas systems outside the constituents city’s boundaries; define municipal interlocal gas utility; allow for the selling or disposal of real property purchased with capital construction funds or equipment or state funds; require reporting of property sold or disposed; require school districts receiving urgent needs school allotments to reimburse the Commonwealth; amend various other sections to conform; make technical changes; repeal KRS 160.621, 160.625, 160.627, 160.633, 160.472, 211.390, and 211.392; EFFECTIVE, in part, August 1, 2026, and January 1, 2027; RETROACTIVE, in part to January 1, 2020; EMERGENCY.

AI Summary

This bill makes numerous changes to Kentucky's revenue laws, including redefining the sales and use tax nexus standard for remote retailers and marketplace providers to rely solely on a sales volume threshold, allowing the Department of Revenue to refund estimated tax payments made in error, requiring reporting from the Department for Local Government on Tennessee Valley Act in lieu of tax payments, and sunsetting tax increment financing (TIF) state-participation programs while allowing existing projects to continue under their current terms. It also conforms state income tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code as of December 31, 2025, decouples from certain IRC provisions, and delays a deferred tax deduction until January 1, 2028. The bill imposes an excise tax on fantasy contests and defines "data brokering services," extending sales and use taxes to pay phones and data brokering services, while exempting pre-existing lease or rental agreements. It extends a fee on new tires until July 1, 2028, requires reporting on the waste tire trust fund, and limits the transfer of moneys for capital projects from 15% to 5%. Additionally, the bill mandates rounding of cash transactions to the nearest five-cent increment, prohibits retailers from being relieved of sales tax collection responsibilities regardless of payment method, and revises provisions related to regional industrial development districts, including requiring local government consent for city participation and setting expiration dates for fees. It also taxes fluorspar as a natural resource, extends the deadline for filing inheritance and estate tax returns to 36 months for deaths on or after July 1, 2026, modifies notification requirements for third-party purchasers of delinquent taxes, defines "premium cigar," and imposes a 15% excise tax on them with annual CPI adjustments. The bill requires vending machine operators dispensing tobacco or vapor products to be licensed, orders income tax credits, allows the Department of Revenue to report on certain credits, imposes a utility gross receipts license tax on pay phone service, sunsets sales and use tax exemptions for filming and motion picture production in July 2028, and deletes tax exemptions for fluidized bed energy production facilities. It extends the agricultural exemption license number for sales and use taxes to six months, ends further applications for the Kentucky Angel Investment program, and sunsets credits for hiring the unemployed, qualified farming operations, and employer High School Equivalency Diploma programs in January 2028. The bill also allocates 15% of the certified rehabilitation credit cap to owner-occupied residential property and 85% to other property, defines "commercial residential property" and "median family income," establishes new application rounds for the certified rehabilitation credit, and allows for affordable housing projects to receive a credit based on 30% of qualified rehabilitation expenses. It requires compensation from the disposal of jail canteen account property to be returned to the canteen account, mandates a 0.5% administrative fee for projects funded by infrastructure funds for coal and tobacco counties, requires agencies to pay audit expenses for audits involving federal funds, and assesses executive branch agencies for the Personnel Board's operation. State and local taxes on water withdrawal fees are prohibited, and insurance premium and retaliatory taxes for accident and health premiums are to be deposited into the general fund. The Office of State Budget Director will publish estimates of general fund and road fund revenue loss from tax expenditures annually, and the bill requires billing for Kentucky State Police security services provided to nonstate-operated events. Finally, it imposes an excise tax on predictive markets, increases local board of education publication requirements for general tax rates, requires petition committee challenge information to be published online, prohibits personal property tax rates levied by local boards of education from exceeding the January 1, 2026 rate, restricts new or increased occupational license taxes and utility gross receipts license taxes in school districts as of January 1, 2026, and increases lobbyist registration fees. It also defines and exempts "municipal interlocal gas utility" from the definition of "utility," allows public agencies to acquire natural gas facilities outside their municipal boundaries, and permits municipal interlocal gas utilities to extend systems outside their city boundaries. The bill also addresses the selling or disposal of real property purchased with capital construction funds or equipment, requires school districts receiving urgent needs school allotments to reimburse the Commonwealth, and makes various technical changes and repeals.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 161) (on 04/14/2026)

Bill Topics

Government Operations
  • ‐ Intergovernmental Relations
  • ‐ Tax Administration and Collection of Revenue
Macroeconomics
  • ‐ Taxation, Tax Policy, and Tax Reform

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Document Type Source Location Created
State Bill Page https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb757.html 02/25/2026
BillText https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0161.pdf 05/29/2026
Senate Committee Substitute 1 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB757/SCS1.pdf 04/02/2026
Conference Committee Report #1 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB757/CCR1.pdf 04/02/2026
Senate Floor Amendment 1 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB757/SFA1.pdf 03/24/2026
Fiscal Note to House Committee Substitute 1 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/26RS/hb757/HCS1FN.pdf 03/16/2026
BillText https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb757/bill.pdf 03/11/2026
Vote History for HB757 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb757/vote_history.pdf 03/11/2026
House Floor Amendment 9 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB757/HFA9.pdf 03/10/2026
House Floor Amendment 8 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB757/HFA8.pdf 03/10/2026
House Floor Amendment 7 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB757/HFA7.pdf 03/10/2026
House Floor Amendment 6 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB757/HFA6.pdf 03/10/2026
House Committee Substitute 1 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB757/HCS1.pdf 03/10/2026
House Floor Amendment 5 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB757/HFA5.pdf 03/09/2026
House Floor Amendment 4 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB757/HFA4.pdf 03/09/2026
House Floor Amendment 3 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB757/HFA3.pdf 03/09/2026
House Floor Amendment 2 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB757/HFA2.pdf 03/09/2026
House Floor Amendment 1 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB757/HFA1.pdf 03/04/2026
BillText https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb757/orig_bill.pdf 02/25/2026
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