---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky."
description: "AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "HB 355"
citation: "Kentucky HB 355 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Legislative Research Commission", "State Agencies", "Appropriations", "Budget and Financial Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24181b84-bbcc-44f3-97a9-768e12c63294"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb355.html"
source_hash: "d1e002df3460f54067c218373db4fd999ea13c1cd27b71f57eeaaf9cbb6c7483"
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 355 (2020RS) — AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

## 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/20RS/hb355/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb355/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 355 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (H)
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2020-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 84-3 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 1, 2020
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 86-4 `passage`
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 84) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24181b84-bbcc-44f3-97a9-768e12c63294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).