---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to historical preservation of Revolutionary War battlefields, Civil War battlefields, and Underground Railroad sites, and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "AN ACT relating to historical preservation of Revolutionary War battlefields, Civil War battlefields, and Underground Railroad sites, and making an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "HB 319"
citation: "Kentucky HB 319 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Historical Affairs", "Appropriations", "Budget and Financial Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a1e5058-d045-4f10-b5a5-2ed5a8e1dbd3"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb319.html"
source_hash: "60f89fa7af68b3a96b3ef7d1a1aa0239bcfd74034e0bda0ce0a0ab9d8f12ac2f"
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 319 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to historical preservation of Revolutionary War battlefields, Civil War battlefields, and Underground Railroad sites, and making an appropriation therefor.

## 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/hb319/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb319/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 319 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)
- **2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 19, 2020
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 84-0 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 9, 2020
- **2020-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts ch. 11) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a1e5058-d045-4f10-b5a5-2ed5a8e1dbd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).