---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to charitable gaming."
description: "Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 238; adjust membership of the Charitable Gaming Advisory Commission and direct semiannual meetings rather than quarterly; remove fingerprint requirements for license applicants; require manufacturer and distributor applicants to disclose on application any criminal, administrative, or civil action against them in any jurisdiction; enable a licensed charitable organization to maintain its license across county lines; delete obsolete language regarding charitable organizations registered with a county clerk on or before March 31, 1992; increase bingo session payout limit from $5,000 to $10,000; exempt designated licensed charitable organizations from the two-day deposit requirement and allow weekly deposits instead; limit the deposit exemption to weeks in which the organization's deposits of gross receipts and adjusted gross receipts total less than $2,500 in the week prior to the deposit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 287"
citation: "Kentucky HB 287 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory Boards", "Commissions", "and Committees", "Amusements and Recreation", "Charitable Organizations and Institutions", "Gambling", "Licensing", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/179e2fc1-811d-4f06-b9fc-4b2586ecf132"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb287.html"
source_hash: "f2b629621ef448e5ae64fef73b7b4e47c3e012e51ba05b4f7858e4fdd338491e"
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 287 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to charitable gaming.

Amend various sections of KRS Chapter 238; adjust membership of the Charitable Gaming Advisory Commission and direct semiannual meetings rather than quarterly; remove fingerprint requirements for license applicants; require manufacturer and distributor applicants to disclose on application any criminal, administrative, or civil action against them in any jurisdiction; enable a licensed charitable organization to maintain its license across county lines; delete obsolete language regarding charitable organizations registered with a county clerk on or before March 31, 1992; increase bingo session payout limit from $5,000 to $10,000; exempt designated licensed charitable organizations from the two-day deposit requirement and allow weekly deposits instead; limit the deposit exemption to weeks in which the organization's deposits of gross receipts and adjusted gross receipts total less than $2,500 in the week prior to the deposit.

## 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/23RS/hb287/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 32** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0032.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb287/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASS HB 287 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 28, 2023
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 16, 2023
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34 -0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 32) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/179e2fc1-811d-4f06-b9fc-4b2586ecf132`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).