Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| Bill | AN ACT relating to concealed firearms and deadly weapons. | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define "provisional license" and "standard license"; authorize the Department of Kentucky State Police (KSP) to issue provisional licenses to carry concealed firearms and other deadly weapons to persons who are 18 to 20 years of age; require KSP to provide notice of expiration of provisional licenses and an application to switch from a provisional license to a standard license; allow the provisional license holder to apply by paper to his or her sheriff or online to KSP for a standard license; allow KSP to promulgate administrative regulations to administer provisional and standard license issuance. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2026RS | HB 312 | Kentucky HB 312 (2026RS) |
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Kentucky HB 312 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to concealed firearms and deadly weapons.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define "provisional license" and "standard license"; authorize the Department of Kentucky State Police (KSP) to issue provisional licenses to carry concealed firearms and other deadly weapons to persons who are 18 to 20 years of age; require KSP to provide notice of expiration of provisional licenses and an application to switch from a provisional license to a standard license; allow the provisional license holder to apply by paper to his or her sheriff or online to KSP for a standard license; allow KSP to promulgate administrative regulations to administer provisional and standard license issuance.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 173 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Pass — 73–17 (pass) · lower
- OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE HB 312 — 28–9 (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 312 — 30–7 (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — 81–18 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- B. Wesley — primary (person)
- C. Massaroni — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. Gordon — primary (person)
- D. Meade — primary (person)
- F. Rabourn — primary (person)
- J. Branscum — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Calloway — primary (person)
- J. Decker — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- K. Banta — primary (person)
- K. Holloway — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Proctor — primary (person)
- M. Whitaker — primary (person)
- P. Flannery — primary (person)
- P. Griffee — primary (person)
- R. Dotson — primary (person)
- R. White — primary (person)
- S. Doan — primary (person)
- S. Maddox — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)
- T. Roberts — primary (person)
- W. Lawrence — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)
- W. Williams — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House
introduction - 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H)
referral-committee - 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage - 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed
amendment-introduction - 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 23, 2026
- 2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 73-17
passage, reading-3 - 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S)
referral-committee - 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Judiciary (S)
- 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading
reading-1 - 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Judiciary (S)
- 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
committee-passage - 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
- 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 30-7
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
- 2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 Vetoed
executive-veto - 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H)
referral-committee - 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
- 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden
veto-override-passage - 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 passed 81-18
passage - 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S)
referral-committee - 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden
veto-override-passage - 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 passed 28-9
passage - 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 173)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cad06eeb-903f-4d89-aeca-4b6f2cf82346. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).