---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to government agencies, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriate General Fund moneys from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account in fiscal years 2023-2024, 2024-2025, and 2025-2026 to the following: Kentucky Infrastructure Authority for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure grants; Department for Local Government to provide matching funds under the Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program; Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to be applied to the unfunded liability of the State Police Retirement Systems and the Kentucky Employees Retirement System Nonhazardous pension funds; Teachers' Retirement System to be applied to the unfunded actuarially accrued liability; Cabinet for Economic Development to support the KEDFA loan pool and development projects; Department of Kentucky State Police for lab equipment; Transportation Cabinet to improve public riverports, to implement the Short Line Infrastructure Preservation and Industrial Access and Safety Improvement pilot projects, and support grants to each General Aviation airport; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 1"
citation: "Kentucky HB 1 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Budget and Financial Administration", "Economic Development", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Retirement and Pensions", "State Agencies", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "J. Bray", "J. Petrie", "M. Meredith", "R. Bridges", "S. Rudy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 71
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a522df1-2735-4d39-a204-075c48713096"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb1.html"
source_hash: "2048d5f4ea1c7566c60c527c15a11b27a123e596a2f38e012a2f25f3f08af5ac"
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 1 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to government agencies, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Appropriate General Fund moneys from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund Account in fiscal years 2023-2024, 2024-2025, and 2025-2026 to the following: Kentucky Infrastructure Authority for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure grants; Department for Local Government to provide matching funds under the Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program; Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to be applied to the unfunded liability of the State Police Retirement Systems and the Kentucky Employees Retirement System Nonhazardous pension funds; Teachers' Retirement System to be applied to the unfunded actuarially accrued liability; Cabinet for Economic Development to support the KEDFA loan pool and development projects; Department of Kentucky State Police for lab equipment; Transportation Cabinet to improve public riverports, to implement the Short Line Infrastructure Preservation and Industrial Access and Safety Improvement pilot projects, and support grants to each General Aviation airport; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

## 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/24RS/hb1/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 173** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0173.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb1/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Suspend the Rules — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override HB 1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Suspend the Rules — **fail** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASS HB 1 w/ FCCR1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Suspend the Rules — **fail** (fail) · lower
- PASS HB 1 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Previous Question — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- R. Bridges — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (4), (5), (6) and (7) filed to Committee Substitute
- **2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in Senate
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report (1)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 35-1 with Free Conference Committee Report (1) `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 86-10 with Free Conference Committee Report (1) `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** 2 line items vetoed
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** vetoes overridden
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed 79-18 `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** vetoes overridden
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed 29-6 `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 173) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a522df1-2735-4d39-a204-075c48713096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).