---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to transfers of land."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to require an owner of land comprising a subdivision, in a county which has not adopted regulations under KRS Chapter 100, relating to planning and zoning, for the subdivision of land within its boundaries, to record a plat of the subdivision in the office of the county clerk; establish penalties for violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 657"
citation: "Kentucky HB 657 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "County Clerks", "Deeds and Conveyances", "Local Mandate", "Planning and Zoning", "Property", "Public Records and Reports", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Bridges", "S. McPherson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00fbca42-18d4-49c7-9571-b4a18187a03f"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb657.html"
source_hash: "b346d42006b181c474c37b81e14e91c76eebd0e617b6d7b1e8a1dbeb4fae8ba3"
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 657 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to transfers of land.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 382 to require an owner of land comprising a subdivision, in a county which has not adopted regulations under KRS Chapter 100, relating to planning and zoning, for the subdivision of land within its boundaries, to record a plat of the subdivision in the office of the county clerk; establish penalties for violations.

## 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/hb657/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 205** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0205.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb657/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 657 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Bridges — primary (person)
- S. McPherson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+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
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 91-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, April 15, 2024
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **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
- **2024-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 205) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00fbca42-18d4-49c7-9571-b4a18187a03f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).