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HB472Introduced in the House

AN ACT relating to public contracts.

IntroducedHouse Economic Development & Workforce Investment

Introduced by Patrick Flannery, District 96

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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 a waiver is granted; amend KRS 45A.343, 45A.352, 65.027, 162.070, 164A.575, 176.070, 176.080, and 424.260 to conform; provide that Section 1 to 3 of the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Buy American Act.

Where it stands

to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

January 30, 2026

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Bill history

  1. introduced in House

  2. to Committee on Committees (H)

  3. to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)

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