---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to local government."
description: "Amend KRS 65.7047 to make permissive the use of an independent consultant or financial advisor in tax increment financing for local governments; establish criteria for the report of any consultant or advisor employed to analyze the project and development area data; provide for payment of consultant or advisor, if employed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 111"
citation: "Kentucky SB 111 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities", "Counties", "Economic Development", "Local Government", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Girdler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0862f683-19e0-4156-9c6d-117c16a4612a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb111.html"
source_hash: "9426fc885a34d0cb25d63594f0c234f71d1a018382636743a98b2066c6885789"
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 SB 111 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to local government.

Amend KRS 65.7047 to make permissive the use of an independent consultant or financial advisor in tax increment financing for local governments; establish criteria for the report of any consultant or advisor employed to analyze the project and development area data; provide for payment of consultant or advisor, if employed.

## 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/sb111/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 36** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0036.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb111/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 111 W/ sfa1 sfta2 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE SB 111 W/ hcs1 hca1t — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- R. Girdler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 09, 2022
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-3 with Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 18, 2022
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 84-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed 35-3 `passage`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 36) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0862f683-19e0-4156-9c6d-117c16a4612a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).