---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to government agencies, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 48.020, relating to branch budget recommendations, to make technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 448"
citation: "Kentucky HB 448 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Budget and Financial Administration", "Fiscal Note", "Technical Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49a0b652-63d8-49d8-a0b1-13c769e9ad6b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb448.html"
source_hash: "a36df9c40f3332ece83e02c15f2f974f24751b565b204f8a016f55b1a2b8d382"
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 448 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to government agencies, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 48.020, relating to branch budget recommendations, to make technical corrections.

## 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/hb448/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 116** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0116.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb448/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASS HB 448 W/ fccr — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 448 w/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **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`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 08, 2023
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 13, 2023
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-3 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report (1)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 36 -1 `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Conference Committee Report (1)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 91-5 `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
- **2023-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 116) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49a0b652-63d8-49d8-a0b1-13c769e9ad6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).