---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the expenditure of appropriated funds and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to prohibit the expenditure of any appropriation in support of a challenge to the constitutionality of any legislative act or resolution of the General Assembly, except in the case of the Attorney General; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 248"
citation: "Kentucky HB 248 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Budget and Financial Administration", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Fiscal Note", "Retroactive Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Elliott"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b42928e9-209e-42ea-b5f9-66551aac4554"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb248.html"
source_hash: "19153c93ccb83b69b978d28048b574307b283e5a150e6321d9dee3b7a07608fa"
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 248 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to the expenditure of appropriated funds and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to prohibit the expenditure of any appropriation in support of a challenge to the constitutionality of any legislative act or resolution of the General Assembly, except in the case of the Attorney General; 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/22RS/hb248/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 195** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0195.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb248/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASS HB 248 VETO OVERRIDE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE HB 248 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Elliott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 18, 2022
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 73-22 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reassigned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 28-8 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **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
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 73-24 `passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 27-8 `passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 195) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b42928e9-209e-42ea-b5f9-66551aac4554`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).