---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to land use."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to require that local laws dealing with subdivision plats and development plans be set out by objective standards and applied ministerially; set out conditions for application of discretion; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 443"
citation: "Kentucky HB 443 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities", "Counties", "Effective Dates", "Delayed", "Land Use", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Chester-Burton", "C. Aull", "D. Bentley", "D. Fister", "J. Nemes", "K. Fleming", "P. Pratt", "R. Heath", "R. Palumbo", "S. Bratcher", "S. Doan", "S. Rudy", "T. Huff", "W. Thomas", "W. Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d688ce7e-8b21-41df-9ee2-8c0a316b378c"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb443.html"
source_hash: "f9fad0e032cc552d48baa367554e66f62028d5068e87f13b163d9e7847efad88"
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 443 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to land use.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to require that local laws dealing with subdivision plats and development plans be set out by objective standards and applied ministerially; set out conditions for application of discretion; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.

## 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/hb443/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 34** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0034.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb443/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 443 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- C. Aull — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- D. Fister — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- S. Bratcher — primary (person)
- S. Doan — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)
- T. Huff — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)
- W. Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 23, 2024
- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 11, 2024
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch.34) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d688ce7e-8b21-41df-9ee2-8c0a316b378c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).