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KY HB895

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/4/2026

Primary Sponsor

Alan Gentry

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates a new Department of Psychoactive Substances within the Public Protection Cabinet to oversee regulation and enforcement of cannabis, kratom, and designated hemp products

  • Establishes a Regulated Products Control Board and creates separate hemp and kratom divisions within the department, with authority to issue licenses, set fees, and limit the number of licenses

  • Prohibits use of regulated adult-use psychoactive products by anyone under age 21

  • Transfers regulatory authority over cannabis-infused beverages and hemp-derived cannabinoids from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and Department for Public Health to the new department

  • Creates the Kentucky Hemp Fund and Department of Psychoactive Substances Fund, and establishes laboratory testing standards for regulated products

Legislative Description

AN ACT relating to the regulation of psychoactive substances.

Licensing

Last Action

to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

3/11/2026

Committee Referrals

Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations3/11/2026
Committee On Committees3/4/2026

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