Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Session
- 2026RS
- Chamber
- lower
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Administrative Regulations And Proceedings, Advertising, Attorneys, Consumer Protection, Fees, Notices, Public Assistance, Public Protection, Reports Mandated, Retirement And Pensions, Veterans
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-01-28 05:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 40 to limit the compensation for advising or assisting with veterans' benefits; prohibit persons seeking compensation for advising, assisting, or consulting on a veterans' benefits matter from utilizing international call or data centers, directly or aggressively soliciting business, gaining access to personal medical, financial, or benefits log-in or password information, charging interest, and utilizing a doctor with whom they have an employment or business relationship; limit the fee for representation; require any person receiving compensation for assisting on a veterans' benefits matter to report to the Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs (KDVA) annually; allow KDVA to promulgate form for the report and display it on their website; establish that violators constitute a violation of the Consumer Protection Act; provide that attorneys and law firms seeking to receive compensation for advising, assisting, or consulting any individual with any veterans' benefits matter shall be governed federal regulations.
Sponsors
- M. Koch (primary), primary
- S. Bratcher (primary), primary
- K. Fleming (primary), primary
- C. Freeland (primary), primary
- D. Grossberg (primary), primary
- C. Massaroni (primary), primary
- B. McCool (primary), primary
- S. Miles (primary), primary
- S. Sharp (primary), primary
- P. Stevenson (primary), primary
- W. Thomas (primary), primary
- B. Wesley (primary), primary