---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to conservation."
description: "Amend KRS 65A.010 to add specificity to the definition of \"special purpose governmental entity\" to include soil and water conservation services; amend KRS 262.097 to conform; amend KRS 262.280 to exempt a soil and water conservation district from the requirements set forth in KRS 65A.030; amend KRS 262.763 to exempt a watershed conservancy district from the requirements set forth in KRS 65A.030."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 24"
citation: "Kentucky HB 24 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Auditor of Public Accounts", "Environment and Conservation", "Special Districts", "Special Purpose Governmental Entities", "Water Supply"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f257925e-4a14-4c93-98c6-f0de482319b1"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb24.html"
source_hash: "efc9b036e51204cdd80cf4e0a0414e46b5a546978e8a56834a447759d35a0709"
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 24 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to conservation.

Amend KRS 65A.010 to add specificity to the definition of "special purpose governmental entity" to include soil and water conservation services; amend KRS 262.097 to conform; amend KRS 262.280 to exempt a soil and water conservation district from the requirements set forth in KRS 65A.030; amend KRS 262.763 to exempt a watershed conservancy district from the requirements set forth in KRS 65A.030.

## 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/25RS/hb24/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 139** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0139.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb24/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 24 W/ scs1 sfa1 scta1 — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 21, 2025
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) withdrawn
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 90-2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1), and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 94-0 `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 139) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f257925e-4a14-4c93-98c6-f0de482319b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).