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Al Gentry D

State Representative
Kentucky House of Representatives District 28
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2025

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On Record (9)

Bill CannabisDrugs and MedicinesFoods And BeveragesSubstance Use
Amend KRS 241.010 to allow a cannabis-infused beverage to contain up to 10 milligrams of intoxicating adult-use cannabinoids per 12 ounce serving.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill CannabisDiseasesDrugs and MedicinesHealth and Medical ServicesHealth Care Professionals
Amend KRS 218B.010, relating to medicinal cannabis, to add conditions to the list of qualifying medical conditions.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Labor and IndustryUnemployment CompensationWorkforce
Amend KRS 341.350 to eliminate the 1 week waiting period for unemployment benefits; amend KRS 341.090 to conform.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral FeesLICENSINGSALESAGRICULTUREState AgenciesSubstance UseCannabisAdministrative Regulations and ProceedingsEffective Dates, EmergencyDrugs and MedicinesFoods And BeveragesTrade Practices and Retailing
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 217 to define terms; establish laboratory and testing standards and procedures; exempt designated persons from prosecution or discipline, including attorneys who represent those affiliated with regulated adult-use products; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 260.8635 as a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to establish procedures for transporting intermediate hemp-derived cannabinoid products; amend KRS 217.039 …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral FeesLICENSINGSALESAGRICULTUREState AgenciesBoards And CommissionsSubstance UseCannabisAdministrative Regulations and ProceedingsDrugs and MedicinesFoods And BeveragesTrade Practices and Retailing
Establish KRS Chapter 239 and create new sections to establish the Department of Psychoactive Substances; define terms; make the department responsible for the oversight, regulation, and enforcement of cannabis, kratom, and designated hemp products; grant the department jurisdiction over regulated products and regulated adult-use products, which are a type of regulated products that include lawful products with psychoactive effects meant …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral DISABILITIESState EmployeesAdministrative Regulations and ProceedingsHealth and Medical ServicesReports MandatedLocal MandateEffective Dates, DelayedEducation, HigherInsurance, HealthActuarial AnalysisHealth Benefit Plan MandateState Employee Health Plan Mandate
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for prosthetic devices and orthotic devices when medically necessary for certain purposes; establish minimum requirements for the required coverage; prohibit any limitation or requirements with respect to out-of-network coverage unless the limitation or requirement is not more restrictive than the restrictions …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Local GovernmentReports MandatedLocal MandateBudget and Financial AdministrationHorses and Horse Racing
Amend KRS 138.510 to allocate moneys from the pari-mutuel racing excise tax distribution to the local government support fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish the pari-mutuel racing local government support fund to be administered by the Department for Local Government; establish parameters for use of fund moneys; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral WORKERS COMPENSATIONOccupational Safety And HealthWorkforceLocal MandateLabor and IndustryDrugs and Medicines
Amend KRS 342.610 to remove the presumption that the use of an illegal substance prior to an accident caused the injury; provide that the use of an illegal substance shall be the proximate cause of the injury.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral MedicaidPUBLIC ASSISTANCEPharmacistsState AgenciesChildren and MinorsHealth and Medical Services
Amend KRS 205.522 and 205.6485 to require Medicaid and KCHIP to comply with pharmacy reimbursement requirements established in KRS 304.12-237; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or the Department for Medicaid to seek federal approval if it is determined that such approval is necessary; provide authorization from the General Assembly to make changes to the Medicaid program as …
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

Crossposts (54)

Bill crosspost
Amend KRS 67.035, relating to branch offices of county clerks and sheriffs, to make technical changes.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 341.350 to eliminate the 1 week waiting period for unemployment benefits; amend KRS 341.090 to conform.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Amend KRS 148.021 to allow PGA HOPE program graduates and 1 guest to use golf courses at state parks for golf cart rental fees only.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to establish a prevailing wage law for all public works projects; amend KRS 12.020, 99.480, 227.487, 151B.015, 337.010, and 337.990 to conform.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to name and designate as the official pets of Kentucky domestic cats and dogs that reside in or have been adopted from Kentucky animal shelters or rescue organizations.
Mar 31, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to allow public employee collective bargaining organizations to represent only dues-paying members; allow nonmember employees to be represented by counsel of their choosing, subject to reasonable employer procedures; grant the labor organization …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 141.019, relating to income tax, to define terms; allow a deduction from gross income for professional membership dues paid for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, but before January 1, 2031; amend KRS 131.190 to …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 157.220 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with the maximum class sizes and caseloads specified for exceptional children and youth; make technical corrections; amend KRS 157.200 to define "caseload" and "special …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 338.991 to establish the civil penalty for certain violations of KRS Chapter 338, relating to occupational safety and health, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration beginning on August 1, 2026; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2026.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 230.210 to redefine "sports wagering"; amend KRS 230.805 to change the age of access to sports wagering from 18 to 21; prohibit sports wagering licensees or service providers from offering proposition bets; amend KRS 2.015 to conform.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 157.320 to define "at risk" and "teaming partner"; amend KRS 157.3175 to require each local school district to provide preschool to 4 year olds who reside in a household with an income at or below 160% of the …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 156.160 to require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations for an alternate high school diploma and a modified high school diploma; specify requirements for alternate and modified high school diplomas; create a new section of …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 441.005 to define "restricted custody center" and make technical changes; create new sections of KRS Chapter 441 to require the Department of Corrections to promulgate administrative regulations providing the minimum standards for holdover facilities; require the Department of …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 224.1-010 to change the definition of "water" or "waters of the Commonwealth" to include any and all rivers, streams, creeks, lakes, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, wells, marshes, and all other bodies of surface or underground water; delete the …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 45A, 56, and 65 to require that state and local contracts contain a provision that any iron, steel, or aluminum used in all state and local projects be manufactured in the United States unless …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS 344.010 to 344.025 to define terms; set standards for determinations of impairments; amend KRS 344.010 to define "major life activities," "regarded as having such an impairment," and "transitory impairment"; amend KRS 344.020 to provide …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 141.010 to define "qualified tips" and "qualified overtime compensation"; amend KRS 141.019 to allow the same treatment of qualified tips in accordance with 26 U.S.C. sec. 224 and qualified overtime compensation in accordance with 26 U.S.C. sec. 225; …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Appropriate $96 million from the Kentucky Permanent Pension Fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to fund 1-time supplemental payments on July 1, 2026, to recipients of a retirement allowance who have been retired for at …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 158.307 to define "dysgraphia"; require the department to annually update the dyslexia toolkit; require the toolkit to include guidance on dysgraphia and strategies and other resources to be used for students displaying dyslexia and dysgraphia; require universal screeners …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to create winter and summer temperature standards for disconnection of service by retail electric and gas utilities; allow resumption of disconnection only after a 72-hour period during which the temperature standard is …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define terms; make affordable housing developed by a religious developer a permitted use and require only a ministerial review by a planning unit for compliance with the section; include requirements that …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
The Governor's recommended State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; detail Part V, Funds Transfer; detail Part VI, General …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
The Governor's recommended Transportation Cabinet Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, Funds Transfer; detail Part IV, Transportation Cabinet Budget Summary; APPROPRIATION.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 337.275 to raise the minimum wage for employers to $9.50 an hour beginning on the effective date of this Act and incrementally thereafter to $15 an hour beginning on July 1, 2030; raise the state minimum wage for …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to create the affordable housing loan pool fund to be administered by the Kentucky Housing Corporation to provide rehabilitation and construction loans to eligible entities; specify terms and process; amend KRS 198A.080 …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable qualified rent payment credit for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027, but before January 1, 2031, in the amount of 25% of the qualified rent …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require the Office of the Kentucky Center for Statistics to establish a certified living wage based on occupation type and geographic area utilizing data from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to guarantee the right of an individual 21 years of age or older to possess, use, buy, or sell 1 ounce or less of cannabis and to cultivate, harvest, …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make possession of a personal use quantity of cannabis exempt from civil or criminal penalty; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "cannabis," "personal use quantity of cannabis," and "cannabis accessory"; redefine "marijuana"; …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish a PFAS Working Group; establish membership and duties; create new sections of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to define terms; establish a reporting requirement for manufacturers that intentionally added …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 335B.010 to 335B.070 to require hiring or licensing authorities to establish an application process that gives persons convicted of a crime an opportunity to obtain a determination about whether the crime will disqualify the …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 141.019 to increase the retirement distribution exclusion from $31,110 to $41,110 for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2027.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 61.621 to allow a member of a state-administered retirement system who works in a nonhazardous position that could be certified as a hazardous position and who receives a duty-related injury to be eligible for the same minimum retirement …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to define terms; establish a 3-day sales and use tax holiday during the first Friday through Sunday in August each year exempting eligible property, which includes tangible personal property, with certain exceptions, …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to establish the position of chief resiliency officer, appointed by the Governor, to lead disaster preparedness and resiliency efforts; amend KRS 39A.070 to include cooperation with chief resiliency officer in the powers, …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to establish the qualified home modification credit against the tax imposed in KRS 141.020; amend KRS 141.0205 to order the credit; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 164.7879 to require the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to annually adjust the Kentucky education excellence scholarship (KEES) based on the Consumer Price Index; permit the authority to annually adjust KEES supplemental awards based on the Consumer Price …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require any employer doing business in Kentucky that receives governmental incentives or subsidies to pay its employees a living wage.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS 344.030 to 344.110 to prohibit employers from considering or requiring disclosure of prior criminal history as part of the initial job application; provide that the Act may be cited as the Ban the Box …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 139.010, relating to the sales and use taxes, to define "menstrual discharge collection devices"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of menstrual discharge collection devices; apply to sales or purchases …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 139.010, relating to the sales and use taxes, to define terms; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of baby bottles, baby wipes, breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Propose to amend Section 25 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude in all circumstances, including as punishment for a crime; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 139.495 to define "educational or charitable institution" and "religious institution"; exempt purchases and sales of tangible personal property, digital property, or services made by qualifying religious institutions from state sales and use taxes; make technical changes.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Propose to amend Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky to increase the homestead exemption to $100,000; require the homestead exemption amount to be indexed every year; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection; apply to property …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 61.702, relating to the Kentucky Employees Retirement System and the State Police Retirement System, to increase the nonhazardous and hazardous duty under age 65 retiree health subsidy to $40 and $50 per month for each year of service, …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 360 to define "medical debt"; establish a maximum interest rate of 3% on medical debt; amend KRS 360.020 to expand the civil penalty for excessive interest on medical debt; amend KRS 360.040 to …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 78.5520 to redefine "hazardous position" to include code enforcement and zoning inspection personnel employed by a consolidated local government for the purposes of benefits of the County Employees Retirement System.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 5 to establish the Advisory Redistricting Commission, which shall be composed of members appointed by the General Assembly and members of the public at large; define terms; establish commissioner pay, conditions, powers, and duties; …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 383.290 to include consolidated local government law enforcement agencies and require posting in a conspicuous location.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 61.315 to include additional cancers which, when they are the cause of death of a firefighter, would make the firefighter eligible for death benefits; make a technical correction.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 367.3611 to define "automated-decision system," "base price," "individualized data," and "surveillance pricing"; amend KRS 367.3617 to prohibit any controller under the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act from engaging in surveillance pricing, or offering, setting, or displaying a price …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 342.0011, relating to workers' compensation, to expand the definition of "injury" to include psychological injuries for police officers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, front-line staff members, or members of the National Guard; create a new section of KRS …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Amend KRS 141.020 to establish a graduated tax rate for net income of $300,000 or less; establish a flat tax rate of 6% for net incomes in excess of $300,000; and remove provisions relating to tax rate reduction procedures.
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share
Bill crosspost Neutral
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 197 to establish the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Prison Education Program within the Department of Corrections in partnership with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) to provide inmates with job …
Mar 16, 2026 · details / share