House passes several bills on third reading; summary of votes and next steps

The Kentucky House completed a series of third-reading actions and votes on Feb. 12, passing multiple bills and reporting others for committee referral or future floor consideration.

What passed

- House Bill 4 59 (licensed occupations): Representative Moser said the bill requires licensure boards to collect workforce data and recognizes qualifying out-of-state marriage and family therapist licenses. Vote: 90–0 (aye–nay).

- House Bill 2 93 (vehicle wheels): Representative Thomas said the measure requires rubber on heavy equipment wheels that damage roads while exempting lighter personal transport and accommodating Amish religious objections. Vote: 80–8 (aye–nay).

- House Bill 3 79 (postsecondary education, as amended): Sponsor from Pulaski said the committee substitute updates language, provides for Department of Revenue collection of enrollment-related debts (with a fee), designates Northern Kentucky University to administer a center for mathematics, and allows limited preliminary closed-session evaluations. Committee substitute adopted; passage recorded at 92–0.

- House Bill 2 64 (theft by deception): Sponsor (Boone) said the bill amends the theft-by-deception statute to create a presumption of fraud when someone lists property for sale, lease, or rent without legal ownership or authority; a floor amendment added “vacant lot” to property types. Vote: 93–0.

- House Bill 4 48 (background checks): Representative Scott described the bill as aligning Kentucky law with federal background-check requirements for federal employment or contracts and narrowly updating juvenile-record access for federal background checks. Vote: 81–8.

Other business and announcements

- The clerk reported that several bills were posted for regular orders on Tuesday, Feb. 17, including House Bills 6, 136, 257, 484, 490, and 562.

- The House recognized several citations honoring constituents and announced committee meeting times. The House adjourned until 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026.

Votes recorded in the House clerk’s on-the-floor roll calls and the clerk’s report are included above; if roll-call details are required (individual member votes), those are recorded in the House roll-call records available from the clerk’s office.