---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to transportation improvement districts."
description: "Create new sections of KRS Chapter 184 to establish transportation improvement districts (TIDs) organized by county governments; define terms; allow TIDs to be established by a city with a population of greater than 20,000, a single county, or up to three contiguous counties; establish board makeup and membership requirements for each type of TID; set forth TID duties and powers; set forth public meeting requirements for potential projects; require approval of the establishing body of a TID before any project can be started; allow TIDs to receive revenue from increment bonds as part of a local development area under KRS 65.7041 to 65.7083; set forth powers and procedures for TIDs to issue bonds for projects; allow the Transportation Cabinet to assist a TID in a demonstration project; amend KRS 65.7045 to include TIDs under the definition of \"agency\" for the purposes of establishing a local development area; amend KRS 416.670 to exempt property acquired for a TID project from the provisions of that statute."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 274"
citation: "Kentucky HB 274 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds", "Public", "Counties", "Highways", "Streets", "and Bridges", "Public Works", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Miller", "D. Frazier Gordon", "R. Palumbo", "S. Santoro"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d423948c-a0d7-46ca-baa5-7b1e1054c966"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb274.html"
source_hash: "cbd68b2214b71be82009c2a285d0e7db40c1fd2e0bd5f3d441127e5d686c67f8"
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 274 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to transportation improvement districts.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 184 to establish transportation improvement districts (TIDs) organized by county governments; define terms; allow TIDs to be established by a city with a population of greater than 20,000, a single county, or up to three contiguous counties; establish board makeup and membership requirements for each type of TID; set forth TID duties and powers; set forth public meeting requirements for potential projects; require approval of the establishing body of a TID before any project can be started; allow TIDs to receive revenue from increment bonds as part of a local development area under KRS 65.7041 to 65.7083; set forth powers and procedures for TIDs to issue bonds for projects; allow the Transportation Cabinet to assist a TID in a demonstration project; amend KRS 65.7045 to include TIDs under the definition of "agency" for the purposes of establishing a local development area; amend KRS 416.670 to exempt property acquired for a TID project from the provisions of that statute.

## 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/hb274/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 180** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0180.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb274/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE HB 274 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Miller — primary (person)
- D. Frazier Gordon — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- S. Santoro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Transportation (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 32-1 `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
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 180) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d423948c-a0d7-46ca-baa5-7b1e1054c966`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).