Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB472: AN ACT relating to public contracts.
Status: In committee, January 30, 2026
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 45A, 56, and 65 to require that state and local contracts contain a provision that any iron, steel, or aluminum used in all state and local projects be manufactured in the United States unless a waiver is granted; amend KRS 45A.343, 45A.352, 65.027, 162.070, 164A.575, 176.070, 176.080, and 424.260 to conform; provide that Section 1 to 3 of the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Buy American Act.
What the bill says
An act relating to public contracts.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to public contracts. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 45A IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) As used in this section unless the context requires otherwise: (a) "Foundation construction" means any necessary building and construction and 2. Permanently incorporated as improvement to real property; (b) "Governmental body" has the same meaning as in KRS 45A.030 and includes a governmental body of a city, county, special district, or school district; (c) "Manufactured in the United States" means any iron, steel, or aluminum product for which all manufacturing has taken place in the United States, except metallurgical processes involving the refinement of steel additives, regardless of the origin of a the subcomponents of foundational construction materials; (d) "Public works" has the same meaning as in KRS 45A.487; and (e) "United States" means the United States of America and includes all territory, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each contract for the foundation construction or maintenance of foundation construction for a public building or public works made by a governmental body after August 1, 2026, shall contain a provision that the iron, steel, or aluminum used or supplied as a …
Sponsors
- Patrick Flannery (R, HD-096) · primary sponsor
- Jared Bauman (R, HD-028)
- John Blanton (R, HD-092)
- Emily Callaway (R, HD-037)
- Alan Gentry (D, HD-046)
- Nima Kulkarni (D, HD-040)
- Jason Nemes (R, HD-033)
- Rachel Roarx (D, HD-038)
- Scott Sharp (R, HD-100)
- Aaron Thompson (R, HD-098)
- Richard White (R, HD-099)
- Lisa Willner (D, HD-035)
Latest actions
- : to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: State Agencies, Short Titles And Popular Names, Education, Higher, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Highways, Streets, And Bridges, Housing, Building, And Construction, Public Works, Economic Development
Common questions
- What is HB472?
- HB472 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to public contracts.
- What does HB472 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to public contracts.
- What is the status of HB472?
- In committee as of January 30, 2026. Latest action: to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) (January 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB472?
- Patrick Flannery (R, HD-096), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB472?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb472.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.