---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT amending the 2018-2020 executive branch biennial budget, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT amending the 2018-2020 executive branch biennial budget, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 346"
citation: "Kentucky HB 346 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Local Government", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. McDaniel", "J. Carpenter", "R. Webber"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb4116bd-1d8b-4a4c-82fe-7a8c3166937d"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb346.html"
source_hash: "4c142c07255e123cb3f8659625c5c8261bf86b329445db13fe275be9512d2455"
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 346 (2019RS) — AN ACT amending the 2018-2020 executive branch biennial budget, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

## 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/hb346/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. McDaniel — primary (person)
- J. Carpenter — primary (person)
- R. Webber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+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 96-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2019
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute adopted
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading, as amended `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd and 3rd readings dispensed with
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading, as amended `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd and 3rd readings dispensed with
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 69-28
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts Ch. 202) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb4116bd-1d8b-4a4c-82fe-7a8c3166937d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).