---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend KRS 11.200 to administratively attach the Commission on Small Business Advocacy to the Office of Entrepreneurship within the Cabinet for Economic Development; rename various offices and departments within the Cabinet for Economic Development, and create the Office of Marketing and Public Affairs and the Office of Workforce, Community Development, and Research; make conforming changes to KRS 12.020, 154.12-223, and 154.12-224; confirm Resolution 17-04 of the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership."
description: "AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend KRS 11.200 to administratively attach the Commission on Small Business Advocacy to the Office of Entrepreneurship within the Cabinet for Economic Development; rename various offices and departments within the Cabinet for Economic Development, and create the Office of Marketing and Public Affairs and the Office of Workforce, Community Development, and Research; make conforming changes to KRS 12.020, 154.12-223, and 154.12-224; confirm Resolution 17-04 of the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 305"
citation: "Kentucky HB 305 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["P. Pratt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69cffe8d-14dd-441a-9168-694d445e1158"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB305.htm"
source_hash: "370d9ad023e1a6a3ff13a9891c24e457e628c6247ad1a3532a9b56f6dc069e8e"
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 305 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend KRS 11.200 to administratively attach the Commission on Small Business Advocacy to the Office of Entrepreneurship within the Cabinet for Economic Development; rename various offices and departments within the Cabinet for Economic Development, and create the Office of Marketing and Public Affairs and the Office of Workforce, Community Development, and Research; make conforming changes to KRS 12.020, 154.12-223, and 154.12-224; confirm Resolution 17-04 of the Kentucky Economic Development Partnership.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 305 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB305/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB305/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB305/bill.pdf)
4. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB305/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- P. Pratt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-07** To State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-15** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 23, 2018
- **2018-02-23** 3rd reading, passed 83-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-26** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-27** To Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 8, 2018
- **2018-03-08** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-09** Received in House
- **2018-03-09** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2018-03-16** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2018-03-16** Passed 81-5
- **2018-03-19** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-19** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-19** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-29** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 37) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69cffe8d-14dd-441a-9168-694d445e1158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).