---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to county appointments."
description: "AN ACT relating to county appointments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 240"
citation: "Kentucky HB 240 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Judges/Executive", "Courts", "Fiscal", "Local Government", "Counties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Tipton", "M. Meredith", "R. Webber", "T. Huff"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb597584-f7e6-49f5-b497-6f18ca16910e"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb240.html"
source_hash: "3fdd08378f4d629f301190a992cd45b1db84ba8129dd1ad7b546140d8cfbcafa"
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 240 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to county appointments.

## 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/hb240/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- R. Webber — primary (person)
- T. Huff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with committee amendment (1)
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 22, 2019
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with committee amendment (1) `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 1, 2019
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 019) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb597584-f7e6-49f5-b497-6f18ca16910e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).