Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB508: AN ACT relating to the protection of veterans' benefits.
Status: In committee, April 14, 2026
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to limit the compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits; prohibit persons seeking compensation for advising, assisting, or consulting on a veterans' benefits matter from utilizing international call or data centers, directly or aggressively soliciting business, gaining access to personal medical, financial, or benefits log-in or password information, charging interest, and utilizing a doctor with whom they have an employment or business relationship; limit the fee for representation; require any person receiving compensation for assisting on a veterans' benefits matter to report to the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs (KDVA) annually; allow KDVA to promulgate form for the report and display it on their website; establish that violators constitute a violation of the Consumer Protection Act; provide that attorneys and law firms seeking to receive compensation for advising, assisting, or consulting any individual with any veterans' benefits matter shall be governed federal regulations.
What the bill says
An act relating to the protection of veterans' benefits.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to the protection of veterans' benefits. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 40 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Compensation" means any money, thing of value, or economic benefit conferred on, or received by, any person in return for services rendered, or to be rendered, by himself or herself or another; (b) "Person" means any natural person, corporation, trust, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated association, or any other legal entity; and (c) "Veterans' benefits matter" means the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of any claim affecting any person who has filed or expressed an intent to file a claim for any benefit, program, service, commodity, function, status, or entitlement to which is determined to pertain to veterans, their dependents, their survivors, or any other individual eligible for such benefits under the laws and regulations administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs. (2) A person shall not receive any compensation for referring any individual to another person to advise or assist the individual with any veterans' benefits matter. (3) A person shall not receive any compensation for any services rendered in connection with any claim filed within the one …
Sponsors
- Matthew Koch (R, HD-072) · primary sponsor
- Steve Bratcher (R, HD-025)
- Ken Fleming (R, HD-048)
- Chris Freeland (R, HD-006)
- Daniel Grossberg (D, HD-030)
- Candy Massaroni (R, HD-050)
- Bobby McCool (R, HD-097)
- Suzanne Miles (R, HD-007)
- Scott Sharp (R, HD-100)
- Pamela Stevenson (D, HD-043)
- Walker Thomas (R, HD-008)
- Bill Wesley (R, HD-091)
Latest actions
- : returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- : 2nd reading
- : taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- : returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- : 1st reading
- : taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- : to Committee on Committees (S)
- : received in Senate
- : 3rd reading, passed 93-0
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 12 2026
Votes
- House: Pass RCS# 86 (February 12, 2026): 93 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Veterans, Public Protection, Reports Mandated, Fees, Consumer Protection, Retirement And Pensions, Public Assistance, Administrative Regulations And Proceedings
Common questions
- What is HB508?
- HB508 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to the protection of veterans' benefits.
- What does HB508 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the protection of veterans' benefits.
- What is the status of HB508?
- In committee as of April 14, 2026. Latest action: returned to Committee on Committees (S) (April 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB508?
- Matthew Koch (R, HD-072), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB508?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb508.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.