Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB468: AN ACT relating to civil rights.
Status: In committee, March 12, 2026
Create a new section of KRS 344.010 to 344.025 to define terms; set standards for determinations of impairments; amend KRS 344.010 to define "major life activities," "regarded as having such an impairment," and "transitory impairment"; amend KRS 344.020 to provide for execution of the policies embodied in the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008; amend KRS 344.030 to provide that "qualified individual with a disability" is to be interpreted consistently with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 2008; amend KRS 344.190 to remove the adjudicative powers of the Human Rights Commission regarding matters related to employment and public accommodations; amend KRS 344.200 to provide that an aggrieved individual may file a civil action for a discriminatory practice other than a housing practice without first filing a complaint with the Human Rights Commission; require a probable cause determination on a complaint to be made within 30 days of the commission's receipt of the respondent's response or the expiry of the time for a response, whichever is later; require orders dismissing complaints with the commission to be made without prejudice; allow an aggrieved individual to file a civil action for the same grievance while a complaint is either pending with or has been dismissed by the Human Rights Commission; provide that the filing of a complaint before the commission does not toll the statute of limitations for the filing of a civil action; provide that the statute of limitations for an action filed by the commission on behalf of a private party who has not previously filed an action for that grievance is 3 years as provided under KRS 413.115; provide that a civil action for a grievance may only be filed by either the private party or the commission but not both; allow for a private party or the commission to intervene as a third party in a civil action filed by the other; bar the recovery of monetary damages by the commission; limit a private party's r
What the bill says
An act relating to civil rights.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to civil rights. WHEREAS, in 1992 the General Assembly enacted amendments to the Kentucky Civil Rights Act ("KCRA") to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in a manner similar to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and now wishes to adopt measures similar to those subsequently enacted by Congress in the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, thus resolving the question posed in Turner v. Norton Healthcare, Inc., 681 S.W.3d 26 (Ky. 2023); and WHEREAS, the General Assembly desires to resolve procedural issues stemming from the KCRA's election of remedies statute, KRS 344.270, that were identified by the Kentucky Supreme Court in Owen v. University of Kentucky, 486 S.W.3d 266 (Ky. 2016); and WHEREAS, the right to a trial by jury in civil causes of action is enshrined in Section 7 of the Constitution of Kentucky and in the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and WHEREAS, the General Assembly maintains that the laws of this Commonwealth should respect the right to a trial by jury for those causes of action to which the constitutional right to a trial by jury attaches, and provide an appropriate forum for the adjudication of those causes of action; and WHEREAS, the General Assembly believes that the Court of Justice, not an administrative agency, …
Sponsors
- Daniel Elliott (R, HD-054) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to Committee on Committees (S)
- : received in Senate
- : 3rd reading, passed 72-22 with Floor Amendment (1)
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10 2026
- : floor amendment (1) filed
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- : to Judiciary (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Votes
- House: Pass RCS# 233 (March 11, 2026): 72 yea, 22 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Juries And Jurors, Local Mandate, Advisory Boards, Commissions, And Committees, Disabilities, Civil Actions, Civil Rights, Local Government
Common questions
- What is HB468?
- HB468 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to civil rights.
- What does HB468 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to civil rights.
- What is the status of HB468?
- In committee as of March 12, 2026. Latest action: to Committee on Committees (S) (March 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB468?
- Daniel Elliott (R, HD-054).
- Where is the official record for HB468?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb468.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.