---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to contracting of public works projects."
description: "AN ACT relating to contracting of public works projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 135"
citation: "Kentucky HB 135 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor and Industry", "Public Works", "State Agencies", "Contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Osborne", "D. St. Onge", "J. Jenkins", "J. Jenkins", "J. Jenkins", "J. Jenkins", "K. Moser", "P. Pratt", "S. Santoro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbd13cc1-2641-4cb5-a673-4bc4ece7c0bd"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb135.html"
source_hash: "6e9270931c203ae3051ac63c4c3b0a0c6d49b90b9bdf86ee824296554b76a1d3"
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 135 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to contracting of public works projects.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb135/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- D. St. Onge — primary (person)
- J. Jenkins — primary (person)
- J. Jenkins — primary (person)
- J. Jenkins — primary (person)
- J. Jenkins — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- S. Santoro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 12, 2019
- **2019-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (2) and (4) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 50-44 with Committee Substitute `reading-3`
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 26-10 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 038) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbd13cc1-2641-4cb5-a673-4bc4ece7c0bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).