Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HCR107: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Charitable Gaming Modernization Task Force to study, review, and report on updates to Kentuckyâs charitable gaming statutes and administrative regulations.
Status: In committee, April 15, 2026
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Charitable Gaming Modernization Task Force to study Kentuckyâs charitable gaming laws and regulations and to produce information relating to improved regulatory guidance and clarity, stakeholder input, and technological processes; establish membership; require the task force to submit recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2026.
What the bill says
A concurrent resolution establishing the Charitable Gaming Modernization Task Force to study, review, and report on updates to Kentucky's charitable gaming statutes and administrative regulations.
From the introduced text:
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Charitable Gaming Modernization Task Force to study, review, and report on updates to Kentucky's charitable gaming statutes and administrative regulations. WHEREAS, charitable gaming has long served as a critical fundraising mechanism for nonprofit organizations throughout the Commonwealth, including faith-based organizations, public and private schools, veterans' organizations, volunteer fire departments, fraternal organizations, and other charitable and civic entities; and WHEREAS, proceeds from charitable gaming support essential community services, charitable missions, and public-benefit activities that would otherwise require additional public or private funding; and WHEREAS, Kentucky's charitable gaming framework is governed primarily by KRS Chapters 230 and 238 and their accompanying administrative regulations, which together comprise an extensive, highly technical, and complex regulatory scheme; and WHEREAS, recent organizational and structural changes to the oversight of charitable gaming within state government underscore the importance of ensuring that Kentucky's statutory and regulatory framework is clear, coherent, and aligned with modern administrative practices; and WHEREAS, a thoughtful review of charitable gaming laws and administrative regulations may identify opportunities to responsibly enhance charitable revenues while maintaining strong safeguards for integrity, transparency, accountability, and public trust, and may assist policymakers in clearly distinguishing lawful charitable gaming from unlawful or unregulated activities; NOW, THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Senate …
Sponsors
- Matthew Koch (R, HD-072) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- : recommitted to Rules (H)
- : taken from the Orders of the Day
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- : to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Reports Mandated, Studies Directed, Charitable And Nonprofit Organizations, Legislative Research Commission, Task Forces, Legislative Branch, Gaming And Wagering
Common questions
- What is HCR107?
- HCR107 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Charitable Gaming Modernization Task Force to study, review, and report on updates to Kentuckyâs charitable gaming statutes and administrative regulations.
- What does HCR107 do?
- In its own words: A concurrent resolution establishing the Charitable Gaming Modernization Task Force to study, review, and report on updates to Kentucky's charitable gaming statutes and administrative regulations.
- What is the status of HCR107?
- In committee as of April 15, 2026. Latest action: recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) (April 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HCR107?
- Matthew Koch (R, HD-072).
- Where is the official record for HCR107?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hcr107.html
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