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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky House proposes constitutional amendment to allow General Assembly to exempt classes of property from taxation
Last action · March 10, 2026: to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)Sponsor: Candy Massaroni
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What This Bill Proposed
AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to taxation.
Residents will vote on whether to grant the state legislature broad new powers to alter or eliminate property tax rates and exemptions across any class of property, which could reshape local and state tax burdens.
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.
Kentucky property owners
Their property tax liabilities may change based on future general laws passed by the General Assembly if the constitutional amendment is ratified.
voters of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Key Facts
- The measure proposes amending Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky to allow the General Assembly to exempt all or a portion of any class of property from taxation.
- The General Assembly may eliminate all or a portion of any state or local property tax and related provisions through the passage of general laws.
- The amendment retains existing exemptions for public property, burial places, religious and educational institutions, household goods, growing crops, and residences for owners aged sixty-five or older or totally disabled up to sixty-five hundred dollars.
- The constitutional question must be submitted to Kentucky voters for ratification or rejection at the next regular election.
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- The Secretary of State must publish the entirety of the question and proposed amendment in a newspaper of general circulation no later than the first Tuesday in August preceding the election.
- The Secretary of State must certify the question to each county clerk by specified deadlines in August or September depending on whether it is a presidential election year.
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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 Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
- Mar 3, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Sources
apps.legislature.ky.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 80)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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