# Kentucky — US state PFAS product restriction effective dates by category

For Kentucky, product category is all products containing intentionally added PFAS; restriction type is disclosure requirement; statute / bill is KY HB 196; pfas definition is intentionally added PFAS, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.

- **State:** Kentucky _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Product Category:** all products containing intentionally added PFAS
- **Restriction Type:** disclosure requirement
- **Statute / Bill:** KY HB 196 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **PFAS Definition:** intentionally added PFAS _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective Date:** 2032-01-01 _(per multistate.us, not stated by the source above)_
- **Exemptions:** currently unavoidable use determination by Environmental Improvement Board _(per multistate.us, not stated by the source above)_

## What the source says

> Kentucky HB 196 requires manufacturers to report products with intentionally added PFAS sold in the state.

## Sources disagree

More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same
thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from.

### Restriction Type

multistate.us says restriction type is **disclosure requirement**, as of 2026-08-14.

> Kentucky HB 196 requires manufacturers to report products with intentionally added PFAS sold in the state.

Source: https://www.multistate.us/insider/2026/3/20/state-pfas-legislation-in-2026-hundreds-of-bills-across-23-states

multistate.us says restriction type is **sale ban**, as of 2026-08-14.

> By 2032, all products containing intentionally added PFAS will be banned for sale unless the state's Environmental Improvement Board adopts a rule specifying that the use of PFAS in a product is currently unavoidable

Source: https://www.multistate.us/insider/2026/1/22/forever-chemicals-face-sweeping-bans-as-states-pass-pfas-laws-in-2025


### Statute / Bill

multistate.us says statute / bill is **KY HB 196**, as of 2026-08-14.

> Kentucky HB 196 requires manufacturers to report products with intentionally added PFAS sold in the state.

Source: https://www.multistate.us/insider/2026/3/20/state-pfas-legislation-in-2026-hundreds-of-bills-across-23-states

multistate.us says statute / bill is **NM HB 212**, as of 2026-08-14.

> By 2032, all products containing intentionally added PFAS will be banned for sale unless the state's Environmental Improvement Board adopts a rule specifying that the use of PFAS in a product is currently unavoidable

Source: https://www.multistate.us/insider/2026/1/22/forever-chemicals-face-sweeping-bans-as-states-pass-pfas-laws-in-2025


## Source

- https://www.multistate.us/insider/2026/3/20/state-pfas-legislation-in-2026-hundreds-of-bills-across-23-states
- https://www.multistate.us/insider/2026/1/22/forever-chemicals-face-sweeping-bans-as-states-pass-pfas-laws-in-2025

Last verified: 2026-08-14. Review by: 2026-11-12.
Part of [US state PFAS product restriction effective dates by category](https://referencesource.org/state-pfas-product-restrictions/).