---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to annexation."
description: "Amend KRS 81A.420 to require a city to provide written notice to a county of annexation; eliminate the election in opposition to annexation but allow a petition to defeat annexation proposal; create a new section of KRS 65.210 to 65.300 to make interlocal agreements concerning the sharing of occupational or insurance premium tax revenue between a city and a county terminable only with the consent of both parties; amend KRS 65.250 to conform; create new sections of KRS Chapter 81A that allow a county subject to occupational tax crediting to have standing to challenge a proposed annexation; require cities that annex territory in counties subject to occupational tax crediting to remit payments to a county or negotiate with a county for investment in a project associated with the annexation in certain circumstances; allow counties to establish designated county industrial districts; define terms; prohibit annexation by a city of territory within a district without consent of the county; provide method to establish a new district or dissolve an existing district; require certain uses within a district; set a maximum number and size of districts within a county; provide landowners and cities with standing to bring suit against a county concerning a district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 596"
citation: "Kentucky HB 596 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Annexation", "Cities", "Contracts", "Counties", "Economic Development", "Labor and Industry", "Land Use", "Local Government", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bray", "J. Dixon", "M. Meredith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/195a4b09-971b-4c41-8b82-2434e7a0aa1c"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb596.html"
source_hash: "0deb90e9187e6327ac5645c50ad8b50f2371e52bb05c51fb4c733a1f6c55b3cc"
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 596 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to annexation.

Amend KRS 81A.420 to require a city to provide written notice to a county of annexation; eliminate the election in opposition to annexation but allow a petition to defeat annexation proposal; create a new section of KRS 65.210 to 65.300 to make interlocal agreements concerning the sharing of occupational or insurance premium tax revenue between a city and a county terminable only with the consent of both parties; amend KRS 65.250 to conform; create new sections of KRS Chapter 81A that allow a county subject to occupational tax crediting to have standing to challenge a proposed annexation; require cities that annex territory in counties subject to occupational tax crediting to remit payments to a county or negotiate with a county for investment in a project associated with the annexation in certain circumstances; allow counties to establish designated county industrial districts; define terms; prohibit annexation by a city of territory within a district without consent of the county; provide method to establish a new district or dissolve an existing district; require certain uses within a district; set a maximum number and size of districts within a county; provide landowners and cities with standing to bring suit against a county concerning a district.

## 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/hb596/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 158** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0158.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb596/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 596 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Dixon — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 01, 2024
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `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`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 158) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/195a4b09-971b-4c41-8b82-2434e7a0aa1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).