Kentucky has no statewide law on plastic straws, no ban and no preemption of local rules. Restaurants may hand out plastic straws freely, and a city or county could regulate them, though none currently does.
Kentucky has not enacted an auxiliary-container preemption statute covering straws or other single-use food-service items. A 2018 preemption bill, SB 82, failed, and later single-use plastic bills proposed statewide restrictions that also did not pass. Because the Commonwealth neither restricts straws nor preempts local action, cities and counties retain authority to adopt on-request straw rules or bans under their ordinary powers. Separately, the federal ADA still requires food-service businesses to accommodate customers who need flexible plastic straws for a disability.
No statewide penalty; plastic straws are lawful across Kentucky. Any restriction would come from a local ordinance, none currently in force. ADA noncompliance is separately enforceable under federal law.
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