Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB831: AN ACT relating to abortion.
Status: In committee, March 10, 2026
Amend KRS 311.720, 311.7701, and 311.781 to define terms; amend KRS 311.723, 311.725, 311.727, 311.732, 311.7706, 311.772, 311.780, 311.782, and 311.783 to allow an abortion when the unborn child has a lethal fetal anomaly and delineate additional medical circumstances for the performance of an abortion; allow an abortion when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest and the gestational age of the fetus is 22 weeks or less; amend KRS 311.800 to provide for an abortion in a publicly owned hospital under certain circumstances; amend KRS 213.101 to add rape or incest to the reporting requirement and remove identified reports; amend KRS 311.990 to conform; repeal KRS 311.735, relating to notice to a spouse; provide that the Act may be cited as the Compassionate Care Act.
What the bill says
An act relating to abortion.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to abortion. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 311.720 is amended to read as follows: As used in KRS 311.710 to 311.820, and laws of the Commonwealth unless the context otherwise requires: (1) (a) "Abortion" means the performance of any act with the intent to terminate the[ clinically diagnosable] pregnancy of a woman[ known to be pregnant with knowledge that the termination by those means will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of the unborn child by one (1) or more of the following means: 1. Administering, prescribing, or providing any abortion-inducing drug as defined in KRS 311.7731, potion, medicine, or any other substance or device to a pregnant female; or 2. Using an instrument or external force on a pregnant female]. (b) "Abortion" does not mean those actions that require termination of a pregnancy[separating the pregnant woman from her unborn child] when performed by a licensed physician as provided in KRS 311.723; (2) "Accepted medical procedures" means procedures of the type performed in the manner and in a facility with equipment sufficient to meet the standards of medical care which physicians engaged in the same or similar lines of work, would ordinarily exercise and devote to the benefit of their patients; (3) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for …
Sponsors
- Adam Moore (D, HD-045) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to Judiciary (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Short Titles And Popular Names, Crimes And Punishments, Women, Reproductive Issues, Corrections Impact, Civil Actions
Common questions
- What is HB831?
- HB831 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to abortion.
- What does HB831 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to abortion.
- What is the status of HB831?
- In committee as of March 10, 2026. Latest action: to Judiciary (H) (March 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB831?
- Adam Moore (D, HD-045).
- Where is the official record for HB831?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb831.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.