---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to governmental transactions."
description: "Amend KRS 45A.490, 45A.492, and 45A.494 to change subject entities from public agencies to governmental bodies as defined in KRS 45A.030; amend KRS 82.083 to allow a city to sell or dispose of items without value; increase the limit from $5,000 to $10,000 at which a city may sell property for its appraised fair market value; and allow a city to give animals owned by a city that are no longer of use to the city to their handlers or trainers without compensation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 82 to list a number of circumstances where a city, urban-county, or consolidated local government is not required to engage in a competitive bidding process during procurement of goods or services, such as when only one provider of a good or service exists in a reasonable area, the product is a replacement part, or the product or service is provided by a qualifying nonprofit or vocational rehabilitation service; amend KRS 424.260 to recognize this new exception."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 393"
citation: "Kentucky HB 393 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities", "Consolidated Local Governments", "Contracts", "Counties", "Urban", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Property", "Purchasing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e356c50f-ca37-4409-95a2-d6d4a129c84f"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb393.html"
source_hash: "b98efcb4cc4f1a0ac8022c6fafd0acd8807ba519797a72af484c1a6c7f5e0087"
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 393 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to governmental transactions.

Amend KRS 45A.490, 45A.492, and 45A.494 to change subject entities from public agencies to governmental bodies as defined in KRS 45A.030; amend KRS 82.083 to allow a city to sell or dispose of items without value; increase the limit from $5,000 to $10,000 at which a city may sell property for its appraised fair market value; and allow a city to give animals owned by a city that are no longer of use to the city to their handlers or trainers without compensation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 82 to list a number of circumstances where a city, urban-county, or consolidated local government is not required to engage in a competitive bidding process during procurement of goods or services, such as when only one provider of a good or service exists in a reasonable area, the product is a replacement part, or the product or service is provided by a qualifying nonprofit or vocational rehabilitation service; amend KRS 424.260 to recognize this new exception.

## 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/hb393/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 63** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0063.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb393/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 393 w/ scs1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 03, 2023
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2023
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `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 Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 90-0 `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
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 63) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e356c50f-ca37-4409-95a2-d6d4a129c84f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).