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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT relating to fiscal matters."
+description: "Amend KRS 65.490 to remove the minimum square-mile requirement for a development area; amend KRS 65.494 to define \"existing development area\" and \"new development area\"; allow certain new development areas to be created within an existing development area."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
+legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
+session: "2025RS"
+identifier: "HB 775"
+citation: "Kentucky HB 775 (2025RS)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities", "First Class", "Counties with Cities of the First Class", "Economic Development", "State Agencies"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca4b8a1c-0483-4aec-b8c2-384ffbceda3d"
+source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb775.html"
+source_hash: "259afd269aca14b81630f741d9bf2a5388af43ec84acc45bd1d62ad15d29055b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
+---
+
+# Kentucky HB 775 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to fiscal matters.
+
+Amend KRS 65.490 to remove the minimum square-mile requirement for a development area; amend KRS 65.494 to define "existing development area" and "new development area"; allow certain new development areas to be created within an existing development area.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb775/orig_bill.pdf)
+2. **Acts Chapter 98** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0098.pdf)
+3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb775/bill.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASS HB 775 W/ scs1 sfa4 — **32–5** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage — **61–23** (pass) · lower
+- Pass — **67–18** (pass) · lower
+- Lay on the Clerks Desk — **19–61** (fail) · lower
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 04, 2025
+- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** taken from the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
+- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
+- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
+- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 67-18 with Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
+- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
+- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
+- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
+- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
+- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 14, 2025
+- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Floor Amendments (1), (2) and (3) withdrawn
+- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-5 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (4) `passage`
+- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (4)
+- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (4)
+- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 61-23 `passage`
+- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
+- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
+- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
+- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 98) `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca4b8a1c-0483-4aec-b8c2-384ffbceda3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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