---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to design/build projects. Amend KRS 176.431 to, in each fiscal year, allow 5 major design/build road and bridge projects at a total cumulative cost no greater than $300,000,000 and 10 projects not to exceed a total cumulative cost of $75,000,000."
description: "AN ACT relating to design/build projects. Amend KRS 176.431 to, in each fiscal year, allow 5 major design/build road and bridge projects at a total cumulative cost no greater than $300,000,000 and 10 projects not to exceed a total cumulative cost of $75,000,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 385"
citation: "Kentucky HB 385 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Upchurch", "S. Santoro"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e884d503-20c5-4ace-b5e0-205418444293"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB385.htm"
source_hash: "ba87f0dfd8abc6acf43ff090df7f3fa485ebc0d6a837f4569b377a924749ca97"
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 385 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to design/build projects. Amend KRS 176.431 to, in each fiscal year, allow 5 major design/build road and bridge projects at a total cumulative cost no greater than $300,000,000 and 10 projects not to exceed a total cumulative cost of $75,000,000.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 385 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB385/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB385/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB385/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- K. Upchurch — primary (person)
- S. Santoro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-20** To Transportation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-06** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-13** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 14, 2018
- **2018-03-14** 3rd reading, passed 73-13 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-15** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-16** To Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Taken from Transportation (S)
- **2018-03-19** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-19** Returned to Transportation (S)
- **2018-03-20** Taken from Transportation (S)
- **2018-03-20** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20** Returned to Transportation (S)
- **2018-03-21** Reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill
- **2018-03-22** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 22, 2018
- **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. 55) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e884d503-20c5-4ace-b5e0-205418444293`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).