---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky."
description: "The Legislative Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, General Provisions; detail Part III, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 263"
citation: "Kentucky HB 263 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Budget and Financial Administration", "General Assembly", "Legislative Research Commission", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "J. Bray", "J. Petrie", "S. Rudy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 65
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/000ea942-1d9e-4cd1-a63a-280228e07cb6"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb263.html"
source_hash: "cddbc306fe0614dde0d74061cb60d131f45e3d2fa049422ce69878793f056c9e"
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 263 (2024RS) — AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

The Legislative Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, General Provisions; detail Part III, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION.

## 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/hb263/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 179** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0179.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb263/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 263 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override HB 263 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASS HB 263 W/ fccr1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — 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** 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)
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+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 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **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 37-1 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 House and Senate
- **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 33-3 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** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 90-6 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** 1 line item 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** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed 73-24 `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** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed 30-7 `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. 179) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/000ea942-1d9e-4cd1-a63a-280228e07cb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).