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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky Legislature bans public-sector collective bargaining and repeals related statutes under Taxpayer Protection Act
Last action · March 25, 2026: taken from Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) 2nd reading returned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)Sponsors: Josh Bray and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
AN ACT relating to collective bargaining agreements and declaring an emergency.
Local government bodies, school boards, and public-sector labor unions face an immediate ban on entering new collective bargaining contracts, altering how municipal and school district workforce agreements are negotiated across Kentucky.
- Public-sector collective bargaining in Kentucky has historically been governed by specific statutory frameworks across various local government and public safety sectors, which this legislation seeks to alter and repeal. 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.
Local governments
Cities, counties, and local government entities are prohibited from entering into new collective bargaining agreements with employee organizations starting on the effective date.
School districts
School districts and boards of education are barred from entering into new collective bargaining agreements.
Public employees and labor organizations
Public employees lose the authority to enter into new collective bargaining agreements once current contracts expire, and specific statutory collective bargaining frameworks are repealed.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the House floor.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 25, 2026HouseFloortaken from Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) 2nd reading returned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- Mar 13, 2026HouseCommitteetaken from Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) 1st reading returned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- Mar 11, 2026HouseCommitteeto Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- Mar 4, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
Version history
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Comprehensive Repeal of Public Sector Collective Bargaining Statutes
The bill systematically repeals multiple statutory frameworks across the Kentucky Revised Statutes that previously governed collective bargaining for police officers, firefighters, and local government employees.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz65Current news / social attention level
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