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SB 112 KY
Introduced

AN ACT relating to short-term rentals.

KY · session 2026RS · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 21, 2026

Latest action (Jan 21, 2026) to Committee on Committees (S)

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define terms; prohibit a local government from requiring the operator of a short-term rental to obtain a conditional use permit, imposing density-based restrictions on short-term rentals, prohibiting the operation of a short-term rental in a residential zone, regulating the time or place a property may be used as a short-term rental, limiting the number of properties a person can operate as short-term rentals, imposing a residency requirement on operators of short-term rentals, restricting short-term rental platforms, or prohibiting a tenant from offering a leased property as a short-term rental with permission of a landlord; allow a planning unit to require permitting for the operation of short-term rentals and enumerate the contents of a permit application, procedures for application, revocation of a permit, benefits of permit, and penalties for operating without a permit when planning unit has adopted a permitting ordinance; state that ordinances generally applicable to all dwellings that are necessary for public health or safety and do not treat short-term rentals differently than other residential properties are unaffected; state that any ordinance that conflicts with provisions of the Act is void and unenforceable and that a party aggrieved by a violation of the Act may be awarded attorney's fees and costs; state that the Act shall not be construed to affect regulations of a homeowner's association or other similar property owner association.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (2)

  1. Jan 21, 2026 introduced in Senate · upper
  2. Jan 21, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
Subjects
Housing, Building, And ConstructionLand UseLandlord And TenantLocal GovernmentLocal MandatePlanning And Zoning

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