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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT relating to housing."
+description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define terms; make affordable housing developed by a religious developer a permitted use and require only a ministerial review by a planning unit for compliance with the section; include requirements that an affordable housing development must meet including that it be on property owned by a religious institution prior to January 1, 2026, exclusively contains affordable housing, be less than 24 units and be located only on a parcel in certain zones, and to have obtained all other permits; require a religious institution that does not continue to qualify to seek approval from a planning unit; allow the Kentucky Housing Corporation to advise religious developers regarding affordable housing developments; allow homeless shelters operated by a religious institution to be permitted uses in commercial or business zones."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
+legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
+session: "2026RS"
+identifier: "HB 333"
+citation: "Kentucky HB 333 (2026RS)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Housing", "Building", "And Construction", "Land Use", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Planning And Zoning", "Property", "Religion"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Gentry", "B. Chester-Burton", "D. Elliott", "D. Grossberg", "J. Watkins", "K. Moser", "M. Clines", "M. Pollock", "P. Stevenson", "S. Stalker", "S. Witten", "W. Williams"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56e9278c-cd0f-4eb0-9bc3-685013c490a6"
+source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb333.html"
+source_hash: "8a0ea34d2aa4f0d05fd712ede88da6a6ea2e59847586293a91b08d31513dbc7f"
+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 333 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to housing.
+
+Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define terms; make affordable housing developed by a religious developer a permitted use and require only a ministerial review by a planning unit for compliance with the section; include requirements that an affordable housing development must meet including that it be on property owned by a religious institution prior to January 1, 2026, exclusively contains affordable housing, be less than 24 units and be located only on a parcel in certain zones, and to have obtained all other permits; require a religious institution that does not continue to qualify to seek approval from a planning unit; allow the Kentucky Housing Corporation to advise religious developers regarding affordable housing developments; allow homeless shelters operated by a religious institution to be permitted uses in commercial or business zones.
+
+## 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/26RS/hb333/orig_bill.pdf)
+2. **Acts Chapter 37** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0037.pdf)
+3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb333/bill.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 333 — **34–4** (pass) · lower
+- Pass — **90–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Gentry — primary (person)
+- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
+- D. Elliott — primary (person)
+- D. Grossberg — primary (person)
+- J. Watkins — primary (person)
+- K. Moser — primary (person)
+- M. Clines — primary (person)
+- M. Pollock — primary (person)
+- P. Stevenson — primary (person)
+- S. Stalker — primary (person)
+- S. Witten — primary (person)
+- W. Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 06 2026
+- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 90-1-1 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
+- **2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
+- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
+- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-4 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
+- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
+- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 37) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56e9278c-cd0f-4eb0-9bc3-685013c490a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
+