Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB888: AN ACT relating to collective bargaining agreements and declaring an emergency.
Status: In committee, March 25, 2026
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to prohibit any local government from entering into any future collective bargaining agreement; grandfather existing collective bargaining rights; amend KRS 160.160, relating to local boards of education, to prohibit any board of education from entering into any future collective bargaining agreement; grandfather existing collective bargaining rights; amend KRS 304.48-250 and 304.50-055 to make technical changes; amend various other sections to remove references to collective bargaining; repeal various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes; amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Protection Act; EMERGENCY.
What the bill says
An act relating to collective bargaining agreements and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to collective bargaining agreements and declaring an emergency. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 65 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) The legislative body of any city, county, consolidated local government, urbancounty government, charter county government, or unified local government shall not have the authority to enter into any collective bargaining agreement on or after the effective date of this Act. (2) Collective bargaining agreements in existence as of the effective date of this Act shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section and any entity subject to a collective bargaining agreement may negotiate future agreements when the existing agreement ends. Section 2. KRS 160.160 is amended to read as follows: (1) Each school district shall be under the management and control of a board of education consisting of five (5) members, except in counties containing a city of the first class wherein a merger pursuant to KRS 160.041 shall have been accomplished which shall have seven (7) members elected from the divisions and in the manner prescribed by KRS 160.210(5), to be known as the "Board of Education of ...., Kentucky." Each board of education shall be a body politic and corporate with perpetual succession. It …
Sponsors
- Josh Bray (R, HD-071) · primary sponsor
- T.J. Roberts (R, HD-066)
Latest actions
- : returned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- : 2nd reading
- : taken from Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- : returned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- : 1st reading
- : taken from Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- : to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Teachers, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Peace Officers And Law Enforcement, Sheriffs, Boards And Commissions, Police, City And County, Unified Local Governments, Firefighters And Fire Departments
Common questions
- What is HB888?
- HB888 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to collective bargaining agreements and declaring an emergency.
- What does HB888 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to collective bargaining agreements and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB888?
- In committee as of March 25, 2026. Latest action: returned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) (March 25, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB888?
- Josh Bray (R, HD-071), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB888?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb888.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.