---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to broadband deployment."
description: "AN ACT relating to broadband deployment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "HB 362"
citation: "Kentucky HB 362 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Public Utilities", "Information Technology", "Telecommunications", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70d71b2c-baf6-4a81-a690-68eaf81ca9a3"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb362.html"
source_hash: "89ec0402da6ec89071d5a60780b855bc37214e40777ef8cb54cd33b35fb499fc"
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 362 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to broadband deployment.

## 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/hb362/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb362/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 362 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Small Business & Information Technology (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 82-11 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2020
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 31-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** passed 77-6 `passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts ch. 72) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70d71b2c-baf6-4a81-a690-68eaf81ca9a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).