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Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 895: AN ACT relating to the regulation of psychoactive substances.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 895 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky House on March 4, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to the regulation of psychoactive substances. Most recent recorded action (March 11, 2026): to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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 for human consumption; set out the functions, powers, and duties of the department, including the creation of a Regulated Products Control Board; establish hemp and kratom divisions within the department and the categories for licensure; authorize the department to promulgate administrative regulations, limit numbers of licenses, and set licensing fees; establish procedures for license denial, suspension, and revocation, and other disciplinary matters; prohibit use of regulated adult-use products by anyone under 21; move control over cannabis-infused beverages and direct shippers of regulated adult-use products from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to the Department of Psychoactive Substances; create the Kentucky hemp fund and the Department of Psychoactive Substances fund; 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; amend KRS 12.020 and 12.252 to place the Department of Psychoactive Substances in the Public Protection Cabinet; amend KRS 217.039 to move regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoids and manufacturers of cannabis-infused beverages to the Department of Psychoactive Substances from the Department for Public Health; amend KRS 2.015, 138.870, 218A.010, 218B.010, 218B.015, 218B.090, 260.852, 260.858, 260.862, 260.8635, and various sections of KRS Chapters 241 to 244 to conform; require the Department of Agriculture, Department for Public Health, and Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to transfer relevant licensee data to the Department of Psychoactive Substances; repeal KRS 243.401, 243.403, and 243.405.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
No sponsor recorded in source data.

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
  2. to Committee on Committees (H)
  3. introduced in House

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source