---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to nonprofit corporations. Amend, create, and repeal and reenact various sections of KRS Chapter 273 to modernize statutes regulating nonprofit corporations."
description: "AN ACT relating to nonprofit corporations. Amend, create, and repeal and reenact various sections of KRS Chapter 273 to modernize statutes regulating nonprofit corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 443"
citation: "Kentucky HB 443 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Benvenuti III"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c34767f8-8dae-43da-ba83-3ce6262c9f8a"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB443.htm"
source_hash: "a3c2c780130d0ccf7964407ed233cdde5416210c18cde5c75e3b9cd69f6b7fcb"
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 443 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to nonprofit corporations. Amend, create, and repeal and reenact various sections of KRS Chapter 273 to modernize statutes regulating nonprofit corporations.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 443 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB443/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB443/bill.pdf)
3. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB443/SFA1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- R. Benvenuti III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-26** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-14** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 16, 2018
- **2018-03-16** 3rd reading, passed 87-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-19** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-20** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-29** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-04-13** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-14** Taken from Rules (S)
- **2018-04-14** Placed in the Consent Orders of the Day for Saturday, April 14, 2018
- **2018-04-14** Floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2018-04-14** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-14** Received in House
- **2018-04-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-04-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-14** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-26** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 193) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c34767f8-8dae-43da-ba83-3ce6262c9f8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).