Kentucky Gov. Beshear freezes gas tax, activates anti-price gouging laws

On 2026-05-05, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed an emergency regulation to freeze the state gas tax, activated the state's price gouging laws, and issued executive orders to reduce the gas tax by 10 cents per gallon and freeze the motor vehicle assessment rate. He also asked Congress to suspend the federal gas tax, saying the measures were intended to provide relief as fuel costs rose.