---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to state tax administration. Amend KRS 131.130 to permit the commissioner to respond to the public's and taxpayers' questions and publish those responses; allow the department to include examples as part of any response or publication."
description: "AN ACT relating to state tax administration. Amend KRS 131.130 to permit the commissioner to respond to the public's and taxpayers' questions and publish those responses; allow the department to include examples as part of any response or publication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 245"
citation: "Kentucky HB 245 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d50e4669-4317-4f60-a1be-0eb49b0935d9"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB245.htm"
source_hash: "6a0dc238067a7468dfd3048cd0d698c4f91b9e1fa9f921ea2858fe039b34f0d1"
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 245 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to state tax administration. Amend KRS 131.130 to permit the commissioner to respond to the public's and taxpayers' questions and publish those responses; allow the department to include examples as part of any response or publication.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB245/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** To Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-22** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2017
- **2017-02-23** 3rd reading, passed 99-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-24** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-27** To Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2017-03-06** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2017-03-07** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 8, 2017
- **2017-03-08** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Received in House
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-14** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-21** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 095) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d50e4669-4317-4f60-a1be-0eb49b0935d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).