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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky Bill Eliminates Ownership and Use Restrictions on Farm Equipment Property Tax Exemptions
Last action · March 10, 2026: to Appropriations & Revenue (H)Sponsor: Aaron Thompson
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky HB 830 removes the requirement that farm implements and machinery must be owned or leased by a person actually engaged in farming and used in farm operations to qualify for state and local property tax exemptions.
- The Kentucky General Assembly is the state legislature responsible for enacting and amending state statutes, including tax exemptions. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Farmers
Farm operators who own or lease machinery are impacted by changes to property tax exemption criteria.
Taxing districts
County, city, school, and other taxing districts experience changes in the application of local ad valorem tax exemptions for farm equipment.
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Does the bill eliminate property tax exemptions for livestock?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Mar 10, 2026HouseCommitteeto Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- Mar 3, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Broadening of Agricultural Property Tax Exemptions
The proposed amendment removes use-based and occupation-based criteria for property tax exemptions on farm equipment, shifting eligibility from the operator's profession to the classification of the property itself.
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Sources
apps.legislature.ky.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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