---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to road projects and declaring an emergency."
description: "Set out the 2022-2024 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 242"
citation: "Kentucky HB 242 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Budget and Financial Administration", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Highways", "Streets", "and Bridges", "State Agencies", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "J. Petrie", "S. Santoro"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7346c6c1-2b18-42ae-a69d-dd585658a530"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb242.html"
source_hash: "d7c2351076c6e204ed2714d5c78a7a234085a7901986e8c76faa732aee5d6e9c"
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 242 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to road projects and declaring an emergency.

Set out the 2022-2024 Biennial Highway Construction Plan; 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/record/22RS/budget/HB242/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 193** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0193.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/budget/HB242/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 242 w/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- S. Santoro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 84-4 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Transportation (S)
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Transportation (S)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-2 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (H)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed 87-3 `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 193) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7346c6c1-2b18-42ae-a69d-dd585658a530`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).