---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Bowling Green Veterans Center, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to the Bowling Green Veterans Center, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "HB 24"
citation: "Kentucky HB 24 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fiscal Note", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Health and Medical Services", "State Agencies", "Veterans", "Appropriations", "Budget and Financial Administration", "Capital Construction"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-07-09T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79d9df8c-1602-43a8-ad62-548efe742945"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb24.html"
source_hash: "db022610f4d408152a176d9b4ee1e03e898a4adffac316c47eba3c6c5f0f00d1"
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 24 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to the Bowling Green Veterans Center, 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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb24/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb24/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 24 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 24, 2020
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 90-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 27, 2020
- **2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts ch. 7) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79d9df8c-1602-43a8-ad62-548efe742945`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).