---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 154.10-050 to allow the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership to set the salaries of executive officers; EMERGENCY."
description: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 154.10-050 to allow the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership to set the salaries of executive officers; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 257"
citation: "Kentucky HB 257 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ffaca29-fd14-4070-81af-96654fc8c35a"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB257.htm"
source_hash: "87637a667facfe5bf4ea1e66ecd47d459acb28f29ab3a8ff1a16d56afe6018e5"
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 257 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 154.10-050 to allow the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership to set the salaries of executive officers; EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 257 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB257/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB257/bill.pdf)
3. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB257/SFA1.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-16** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 22, 2017
- **2017-02-22** 3rd reading, passed 59-33 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-23** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-24** To Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-29** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-29** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-30** Received in House
- **2017-03-30** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendment (1)
- **2017-03-30** House concurred in Senate floor amendment (1)
- **2017-03-30** Bill passed 65-28
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-30** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-04-10** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 166) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ffaca29-fd14-4070-81af-96654fc8c35a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).