---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to public housing authorities. Amend KRS 80.030, 80.040, 80.060 relating to city public housing authorities, and KRS 80.266, relating to city-county public housing authorities, to allow a city divesting itself of authority over its public housing program to have representation on the public housing authority that has agreed to take over responsibility."
description: "AN ACT relating to public housing authorities. Amend KRS 80.030, 80.040, 80.060 relating to city public housing authorities, and KRS 80.266, relating to city-county public housing authorities, to allow a city divesting itself of authority over its public housing program to have representation on the public housing authority that has agreed to take over responsibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 223"
citation: "Kentucky HB 223 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Graham", "P. Pratt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a065f13-b9a3-4bcd-b332-35ea7f0ff2ae"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB223.htm"
source_hash: "a2c2f76e4337b156fee1232c07af69381b797113b244bda82b033853e64f82c4"
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 223 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to public housing authorities. Amend KRS 80.030, 80.040, 80.060 relating to city public housing authorities, and KRS 80.266, relating to city-county public housing authorities, to allow a city divesting itself of authority over its public housing program to have representation on the public housing authority that has agreed to take over responsibility.

## 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/18RS/HB223/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Graham — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-23** To Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Posted in committee
- **2018-01-31** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 2, 2018
- **2018-02-02** 3rd reading, passed 87-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-05** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-06** To State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-19** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 19, 2018
- **2018-03-19** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-20** Received in House
- **2018-03-20** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-20** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-20** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-30** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 45) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a065f13-b9a3-4bcd-b332-35ea7f0ff2ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).