---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to construction and declaring an emergency. Provide authorization for the renewal of the Capital Plaza in downtown Frankfort, Kentucky, including authorization under KRS 45.763; EMERGENCY."
description: "AN ACT relating to construction and declaring an emergency. Provide authorization for the renewal of the Capital Plaza in downtown Frankfort, Kentucky, including authorization under KRS 45.763; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "SB 238"
citation: "Kentucky SB 238 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9eb5414e-43f7-469a-9053-e25a33f2f91f"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB238.htm"
source_hash: "07fd8bc6b5305402fba601400e9f705fe3747c9e0e19bce76c8202bb2ebbd26d"
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 238 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to construction and declaring an emergency. Provide authorization for the renewal of the Capital Plaza in downtown Frankfort, Kentucky, including authorization under KRS 45.763; EMERGENCY.

## 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/SB238/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 238 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB238/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB238/SCS1.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-02-21** To Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2017-02-23** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** Returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2017-02-24** Taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2017-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28** Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a consent bill
- **2017-03-01** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 1, 2017
- **2017-03-01** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-02** Received in House
- **2017-03-03** To Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Posted in committee
- **2017-03-07** Taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2017-03-07** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2017-03-08** Taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2017-03-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2017-03-14** Reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill
- **2017-03-14** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2017
- **2017-03-15** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-15** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-15** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-21** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 103) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9eb5414e-43f7-469a-9053-e25a33f2f91f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).