---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Product Development Initiative and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 154.21-015 to define \"county population ranking,\" \"population density,\" and \"ten (10) year percentage change in population\" and redefine other terms; amend KRS 154.21-020 to designate reporting requirements and make the Kentucky Product Development Initiative of 2022 apply only to the fiscal year 2022-2023 and fiscal year 2023-2024; create a new section of subchapter 21 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the Kentucky Product Development Initiative of 2024; amend KRS 154.21-035 to make technical corrections; EMERGENCY; June 1, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 13"
citation: "Kentucky HB 13 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Economic Development", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Fiscal Note", "Reports Mandated", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "J. Bray", "J. Petrie", "K. Timoney", "S. Rudy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab825aa9-c841-4c06-bb19-8a7de6946338"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb13.html"
source_hash: "fbdfa9a8343465162b2f1f4a46a83fd8a2f863973c2a6532a3f6a6284b5d6c5e"
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 13 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Product Development Initiative and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 154.21-015 to define "county population ranking," "population density," and "ten (10) year percentage change in population" and redefine other terms; amend KRS 154.21-020 to designate reporting requirements and make the Kentucky Product Development Initiative of 2022 apply only to the fiscal year 2022-2023 and fiscal year 2023-2024; create a new section of subchapter 21 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the Kentucky Product Development Initiative of 2024; amend KRS 154.21-035 to make technical corrections; EMERGENCY; June 1, 2024.

## 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/hb13/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 191** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0191.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb13/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 13 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASS HB 13 W/ fccr1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- K. Timoney — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 08, 2024
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 89-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Senate Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **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** House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in Senate
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in House
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report (1)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Report
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 95-0 `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 191) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab825aa9-c841-4c06-bb19-8a7de6946338`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).