---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 230.225 to reestablish the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission; make designated cabinet secretaries or their designees voting members of the commission; change the term of office for commissioners from three to four years; stagger terms for initial appointees; delete per diem amounts for commissioners; confirm Executive Orders 2016-229 and 2016-494."
description: "AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 230.225 to reestablish the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission; make designated cabinet secretaries or their designees voting members of the commission; change the term of office for commissioners from three to four years; stagger terms for initial appointees; delete per diem amounts for commissioners; confirm Executive Orders 2016-229 and 2016-494."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "Kentucky SB 165 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aabbff05-6fa8-42b9-897a-4383c47febfb"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB165.htm"
source_hash: "3901c347d7955b289a332e8934f24851906592139179bfb3769a9364efe68636"
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 SB 165 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 230.225 to reestablish the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission; make designated cabinet secretaries or their designees voting members of the commission; change the term of office for commissioners from three to four years; stagger terms for initial appointees; delete per diem amounts for commissioners; confirm Executive Orders 2016-229 and 2016-494.

## Version chain

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

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB165/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 165 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB165/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB165/SFA1.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-02-14** To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-02-22** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 27, 2017
- **2017-02-27** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Received in House
- **2017-03-01** To State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03** Posted in committee
- **2017-03-07** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2017
- **2017-03-14** 3rd reading, passed 96-1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-14** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-21** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 54) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aabbff05-6fa8-42b9-897a-4383c47febfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).