Kentucky

Kentucky: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

Bills

133 bills: 89 Anti-LGBTQ+, 44 Pro-LGBTQ+. 9 are enacted (9 Anti-LGBTQ+, 0 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Failed1248044
Enacted990

Most recent bills

All 133 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of Kentucky: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in Kentucky, by sideColumns for each year from 2004 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.01020302004: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2016: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2017: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2018: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2019: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2020: 5 Anti-LGBTQ+, 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 7 Anti-LGBTQ+, 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2022: 8 Anti-LGBTQ+, 4 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 12 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2024: 21 Anti-LGBTQ+, 7 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 18 Anti-LGBTQ+, 10 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 9 Anti-LGBTQ+, 7 Pro-LGBTQ+200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Bills introduced each year in Kentucky, by sideColumns for each year from 2004 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0102030200620102014201820222026

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in Kentucky by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2004 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.012342004: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2022: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+2023: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2024: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2025: 4 Anti-LGBTQ+200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Enacted bills in Kentucky by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2004 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.01234200620102014201820222026
  • Anti-LGBTQ+
  • Pro-LGBTQ+

A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
20261697000
2025281810440
202428217110
202314122110
20221284220
20211174000
2020853000
2019312000
2018532000
2017422000
2016321000
2004110110

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents770
Bathrooms & facilities15132
Sports participation981
Youth gender-affirming care1091
Medicaid & public funding for care440
Insurance coverage15114
Prisons, jails & detention550
Schools & curriculum1468
DEI & bias training770
Drag & public expression660
Book bans & censorship13130
Marriage, family & custody770
Nondiscrimination protections39831
Hate crimes505
Religious exemptions16160
Military service101
Conversion therapy624
Repealing or reversing LGBTQ-related law404
Symbolic resolutions & recognition660
Government process, funding & data440

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Credit Nondiscrimination20020
Employment Nondiscrimination20020
Housing Nondiscrimination20020
Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination20020
Insurance Nondiscrimination14014
Religious Exemptions: Medical990
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors880
Trans Bathroom Ban: K12880
Sports Ban: Colleges770
Sports Ban: K12770
Sports Ban: SWSA770
Education Nondiscrimination606
Show the other 70 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Forced Outing: Schools660
Censorship: Drag Ban550
Don't Say Trans: K12550
End Legal Recognition550
Hate Crime Classification505
LGBTQ+ Education505
Censorship: Online Obscenity440
Conversion Therapy Ban404
DEI Ban: Colleges440
Don't Say Gay: K12440
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Medicaid440
Religious Exemptions: Adoption and Foster Care440
Broad Nondiscrimination303
Censorship: Age Verification330
Censorship: Book Ban330
Discrimination in Employment330
Discrimination in Healthcare330
Don't Say Systemic Biases: Colleges330
End Legal Recognition: WBR330
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban: K12330
Prison Placement Ban330
Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws303
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Properties330
Birth Certificate or Identification Change Ban220
Censorship: Pride Flag Ban: K12220
Child Custody Bill220
Conversion Therapy Legalization220
DEI Ban: K12220
Discrimination in Education220
Don't Say Systemic Biases: K12220
End Legal Recognition: SWWA220
Forced Outing: Mental Emotional Well-Being220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Prisoners220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Public Funds220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: SAFE Act220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: VCPA220
Inclusive Bathrooms202
Public Investment Restriction: Social Credit Score220
Religious Exemptions: Trans DNE220
Trans Bathroom Ban220
Trans Segregation Bill220
Anti-LGBTQ Resolution110
Anti-trans Retribution Bill110
Appropriations110
Athletics Nondiscrimination101
Censorship: Drag Ban: K12110
DEI Ban: Government110
Federal Override110
Forced Outing: Schools: Trans110
Gender Affirming Care101
Gender Affirming Care Ban110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Insurance Prohibition110
Gender Marker Change Ban110
HIV and STI Care101
Healthcare Nondiscrimination101
Military Nondiscrimination101
Misgendering: Permitted110
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban110
Religious Exemptions110
Religious Exemptions: Academic110
Religious Exemptions: Marriage110
Religious Exemptions: PFCGDA110
Religious Exemptions: RFRA110
Religious Exemptions: Solemnization110
Repeal Anti-LGBTQ laws101
Same-Sex Marriage Ban110
Same-Sex Marriage Ban: Constitutional Amendment110
Social Transition Ban110
Sports Ban110
Trans Child Abuse110

Hearings

Hearings listed for this jurisdiction, newest first. Each hearing's page links to the official video where there is one.

Hearings, newest first
DateChamberCommittee
SenateSenate Health Services Committee on
SenateSenate Education Committee on
SenateSenate Education Committee on
SenateSenate Health Services Committee on
HouseHouse Primary and Secondary Education Committee on
HouseHouse Postsecondary Education Committee on
HouseHouse Judiciary Committee on
HouseHouse State Government Committee on
HouseHouse Primary and Secondary Education Committee on
HouseHouse Postsecondary Education Committee on

All 24 hearings

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
Josh CallowayRRepresentativeHD-01028
David HaleRRepresentativeHD-07424
Nancy TateRRepresentativeHD-02722
Candy MassaroniRRepresentativeHD-05019
Kim KingRRepresentativeHD-05519
Marianne ProctorRRepresentativeHD-06019
Lindsey TichenorRSenatorSD-00618
Mark HartRRepresentativeHD-07818
Billy WesleyRRepresentativeHD-09117
George BrownDRepresentativeHD-07717

All 209 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

No court cases are listed for this jurisdiction.

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Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.