---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to economic development."
description: "Amend KRS 154.21-015 to redefine \"eligible project\" to include matching funds are available for a project either on publicly owned property or meets certain conditions if the project includes property acquisition or a due diligence study, and redefine \"eligible use\" to include building construction or renovation; amend KRS 154.21-020 to reference adoption, eliminate the eligible grant recipient 10% match requirement, base program eligibility on census population, cap the available funding at $2,000,000 per county, and disqualify projects that receive discretionary mega-development project funding from program participation; and amend KRS 154.21-035 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 313"
citation: "Kentucky HB 313 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Fiscal Note", "General Assembly", "Labor and Industry", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3d231ff-939d-427b-8bae-1ba35d0f2c1f"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb313.html"
source_hash: "a980266474f9ce42487b1d8667ec71b057fe390d6ea3d7171beee77327a9cfd8"
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 313 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to economic development.

Amend KRS 154.21-015 to redefine "eligible project" to include matching funds are available for a project either on publicly owned property or meets certain conditions if the project includes property acquisition or a due diligence study, and redefine "eligible use" to include building construction or renovation; amend KRS 154.21-020 to reference adoption, eliminate the eligible grant recipient 10% match requirement, base program eligibility on census population, cap the available funding at $2,000,000 per county, and disqualify projects that receive discretionary mega-development project funding from program participation; and amend KRS 154.21-035 to conform.

## 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/hb313/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 12** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0012.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb313/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 313 W/ sfa1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 23, 2023
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 99-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2023
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (1)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Floor Amendment (1)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 98-0 `passage`
- **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
- **2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 12) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3d231ff-939d-427b-8bae-1ba35d0f2c1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).