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KY HB 870

died on adjournment

AN ACT relating to public transportation, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Amend KRS 96A.096 to include voluntary contributions by a Kentucky employer up to 0.05% of the Kentucky employer's total payroll in the Kentucky public transportation development fund; require the fund to be administered by the Transportation Cabinet; require the moneys received from the voluntary contributions to be used for providing public transit for workforce mobility needs; specify how the moneys in the fund for public transit are distributed; require annual reporting to the Transportation Cabinet from each public transit system that receives money from the fund; require annual reporting from the Transportation Cabinet to the Legislative Research Commission; create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to define "public transportation contribution," "Kentucky public transportation development fund," and "transit authority"; establish the public transportation contribution credit for taxes imposed in KRS 141.020 or 141.040 and 141.0401 for public transportation contributions provided by a Kentucky employer; limit the credit to 50% of the total amount of the public transportation contribution made for the taxable year by the employer; require annual reporting by the Department of Revenue on the credits claimed; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credits; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on the credit; appropriate $30 million in general fund moneys in each fiscal year of the 2026-2028 biennium to the Kentucky public transportation development fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Introduced
2026-03-03
Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-10 — to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • J. Watkinsprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-03-03

    introduced in House

    introduction

  2. 2026-03-03

    to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-03-10

    to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb870.html

Attribution

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