---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to administrative regulations. Amend KRS 13A.010 to amend the definition of \"administrative regulation\" and to define \"last effective date\"; amend KRS 13A.040 to require the regulations compiler to maintain a list of all administrative regulation numbers and their corresponding last effective dates; amend KRS 13A.220 and 13A.222 to make conforming changes to enable the renewal of an administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.310 to provide that, beginning July 1, 2017, an ordinary administrative regulation shall expire 7 years after its last effective date; provide that an administrative regulation that has a last effective date prior to July 1, 2012, shall expire on July 1, 2019; establish duties of regulations compiler; and establish requirements for an administrative body that does not want an administrative regulation to expire."
description: "AN ACT relating to administrative regulations. Amend KRS 13A.010 to amend the definition of \"administrative regulation\" and to define \"last effective date\"; amend KRS 13A.040 to require the regulations compiler to maintain a list of all administrative regulation numbers and their corresponding last effective dates; amend KRS 13A.220 and 13A.222 to make conforming changes to enable the renewal of an administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.310 to provide that, beginning July 1, 2017, an ordinary administrative regulation shall expire 7 years after its last effective date; provide that an administrative regulation that has a last effective date prior to July 1, 2012, shall expire on July 1, 2019; establish duties of regulations compiler; and establish requirements for an administrative body that does not want an administrative regulation to expire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 50"
citation: "Kentucky HB 50 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-09-28"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d494d495-1209-403d-9695-78a10285f03b"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB50.htm"
source_hash: "f8526c334662b6b7a9545870a339a32b28714229d542be0142813fac5176e452"
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 50 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to administrative regulations. Amend KRS 13A.010 to amend the definition of "administrative regulation" and to define "last effective date"; amend KRS 13A.040 to require the regulations compiler to maintain a list of all administrative regulation numbers and their corresponding last effective dates; amend KRS 13A.220 and 13A.222 to make conforming changes to enable the renewal of an administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.310 to provide that, beginning July 1, 2017, an ordinary administrative regulation shall expire 7 years after its last effective date; provide that an administrative regulation that has a last effective date prior to July 1, 2012, shall expire on July 1, 2019; establish duties of regulations compiler; and establish requirements for an administrative body that does not want an administrative regulation to expire.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 50 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB50/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB50/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB50/bill.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-28** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2017-01-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-01-03** To Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Posted in committee
- **2017-02-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute `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** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day for for February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-27** 3rd reading, passed 80-9 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Received in Senate
- **2017-02-28** To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
- **2017-03-06** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
- **2017-03-07** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Posted for passage in the Regular 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 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d494d495-1209-403d-9695-78a10285f03b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).