---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to public benefit corporations. Amend KRS 14A.3-010, 271B.1-400, 271B.2-020, 271B.6-260, 271B.7-400, 271B.8-300, 271B.13-020, and 271B.16-210, and create a new section of Subtitle 11 of KRS Chapter 271B to establish public benefit corporations."
description: "AN ACT relating to public benefit corporations. Amend KRS 14A.3-010, 271B.1-400, 271B.2-020, 271B.6-260, 271B.7-400, 271B.8-300, 271B.13-020, and 271B.16-210, and create a new section of Subtitle 11 of KRS Chapter 271B to establish public benefit corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 35"
citation: "Kentucky HB 35 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-12-01"
last_action: "2017-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51001f86-6a12-4b4d-9503-4c5af97bc45a"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB35.htm"
source_hash: "6280a4199c502c88612b953087ce31a2031b0c8d8831f9418025a9d47b60fc78"
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 35 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to public benefit corporations. Amend KRS 14A.3-010, 271B.1-400, 271B.2-020, 271B.6-260, 271B.7-400, 271B.8-300, 271B.13-020, and 271B.16-210, and create a new section of Subtitle 11 of KRS Chapter 271B to establish public benefit corporations.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 35 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB35/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB35/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB35/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-01** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2017-01-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-01-03** To State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-09** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 14, 2017
- **2017-02-14** 3rd reading, passed 78-17 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-15** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-16** To State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Reassigned to Agriculture (S)
- **2017-02-28** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 7, 2017
- **2017-03-07** 3rd reading, passed 37-1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-07** Received in House
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-08** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-08** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 28) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51001f86-6a12-4b4d-9503-4c5af97bc45a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).