---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Department for Local Government."
description: "AN ACT relating to the Department for Local Government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 287"
citation: "Kentucky HB 287 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government", "Public Records and Reports", "Public Utilities", "Science and Technology", "State Agencies", "Telecommunications", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f01390a-2595-485c-9256-4976a8a03cc8"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb287.html"
source_hash: "f4d750ebe60f5382c2f23e22fe64e32982a3b7a0c470bbd425778d9761d9d8b2"
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 287 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to the Department for Local Government.

## 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/hb287/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Small Business & Information Technology (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 26, 2019
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 99-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 119) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f01390a-2595-485c-9256-4976a8a03cc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).