Kentucky General Assembly

Language put in the main budget bill by the Kentucky Senate would set conditions to unlock funding to oversee the state's medical cannabis program, which is scheduled to take effect at the start of 2025.

House Bill 7, regarding autonomous vehicles, passed Thursday in Kentucky’s Senate Economic Development, Tourism and Labor Committee. The bill would add regulations for self-driving vehicles on state roadways.

A bill meant to tackle human trafficking passed unanimously with bipartisan support in Kentucky’s House Judiciary Committee Wednesday.

The sweeping Republican-backed crime bill could lead to more incarceration, which could bring problems for many Kentucky jails that are already overcrowded with people in state custody.

The Kentucky Senate Education Committee moved forward a bill that could create a force of armed veterans and retired police to protect schools.

Nearly 300 Kentucky health care providers called for an end to all the state's abortion bans in an open letter. A group of doctors gathered in Frankfort Wednesday to explain why.

Kentucky senators advanced an amended bill Tuesday that would let a parent pursue child support payments for the months they were pregnant, but only retroactively. Abortion rights advocates say the updated bill addresses their legal concerns about fetal personhood — an issue in the spotlight due to the Alabama court ruling on IVF.

A proposed update to Kentucky’s School Safety Act would allow armed veterans and retired police to patrol schools.

Kentucky’s House Bill 367 could exclude people from SNAP benefits if they have a few thousand dollars in savings.

A Kentucky bill aims to ensure pharmaceutical companies give eligible hospitals a discount on medications through a federal program. It has bipartisan support.