---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission."
description: "Amend KRS 12.020 to add the Division of Compliance and the Division of Sports Wagering to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission; remove compliance from the duties of the Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering; amend KRS 12.252 to make a technical correction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 281"
citation: "Kentucky HB 281 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Athletics", "Boards and Commissions", "Horses and Horse Racing", "Reorganization", "State Agencies", "Technical Corrections", "Wagering"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Gentry", "C. Stevenson", "M. Meredith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e066cf1-9c97-4d98-b9a0-266561242971"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb281.html"
source_hash: "0785a5841bfa2a852372d123b959a28773fcefa84929d721c5a83eb457cc5b0b"
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 281 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.

Amend KRS 12.020 to add the Division of Compliance and the Division of Sports Wagering to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission; remove compliance from the duties of the Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering; amend KRS 12.252 to make a technical correction.

## 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/hb281/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0006.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb281/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 281 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Gentry — primary (person)
- C. Stevenson — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 09, 2024
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 84-2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+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 Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 6) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e066cf1-9c97-4d98-b9a0-266561242971`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).