---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to business opportunities for United States military and veterans. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to require each administrative body that issues a license, permit, certificate, or other document required to operate within a business, profession, or other occupation in the Commonwealth to issue within 30 days a license, permit, certificate, or other document to a United States military service member or veteran who is seeking a license, permit, certificate, or other document and currently holds or recently held a valid equivalent license, permit, certificate, or other document issued by another state, the District of Columbia, or any possession or territory of the United States."
description: "AN ACT relating to business opportunities for United States military and veterans. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to require each administrative body that issues a license, permit, certificate, or other document required to operate within a business, profession, or other occupation in the Commonwealth to issue within 30 days a license, permit, certificate, or other document to a United States military service member or veteran who is seeking a license, permit, certificate, or other document and currently holds or recently held a valid equivalent license, permit, certificate, or other document issued by another state, the District of Columbia, or any possession or territory of the United States."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 319"
citation: "Kentucky HB 319 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DJ Johnson", "J. Richards", "T. Moore"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-06"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43f14abf-71d8-437b-9dc4-80bc869eda84"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB319.htm"
source_hash: "3ecd79d65879fe45025179e90704896e3b13098b6a73f11397949c3d4369025c"
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 319 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to business opportunities for United States military and veterans. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to require each administrative body that issues a license, permit, certificate, or other document required to operate within a business, profession, or other occupation in the Commonwealth to issue within 30 days a license, permit, certificate, or other document to a United States military service member or veteran who is seeking a license, permit, certificate, or other document and currently holds or recently held a valid equivalent license, permit, certificate, or other document issued by another state, the District of Columbia, or any possession or territory of the United States.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 319 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB319/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB319/HCA1.pdf)
3. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB319/HCS1.pdf)
4. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB319/bill.pdf)
5. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB319/SFA1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- J. Richards — primary (person)
- T. Moore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-08** To Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-28** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitutes (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 2, 2018
- **2018-03-02** 3rd reading, passed 82-0 with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-05** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-06** To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-16** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 22, 2018
- **2018-03-22** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-22** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22** Received in House
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-27** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-27** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 58) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43f14abf-71d8-437b-9dc4-80bc869eda84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).