---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to administrative regulations."
description: "Amend KRS 13A.010 to define \"signature\"; amend KRS 13A.190, 13A.220, 13A.2251, 13A.2255, 13A.240, 13A.250, 13A.255, 13A.280, 13A.312, and 13A.320 to establish administrative regulation filing and notification requirements; amend KRS 13A.270 to direct the Commonwealth Office of Technology to administer a centralized state government website to inform the public about regulation filings; require promulgating agencies to join the registration website; amend KRS 13A.290 and 13A.300 to set out regulation deferral powers and requirements; amend KRS 13A.315 to no longer require the Governor to send regulation withdrawal decisions to the regulations compiler by telephone; amend KRS 13A.335 to make designated regulation deficiency procedures apply to all legislative committees; amend KRS 13A.040 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 422"
citation: "Kentucky HB 422 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Committees", "Governor", "Legislative Research Commission", "State Agencies", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e26a09bb-a8ab-4518-81da-c26fbe59003a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb422.html"
source_hash: "255f670a5fe3ee667a7b21b124fc28b081a937288295d1b076b0ccf442337789"
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 422 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.

Amend KRS 13A.010 to define "signature"; amend KRS 13A.190, 13A.220, 13A.2251, 13A.2255, 13A.240, 13A.250, 13A.255, 13A.280, 13A.312, and 13A.320 to establish administrative regulation filing and notification requirements; amend KRS 13A.270 to direct the Commonwealth Office of Technology to administer a centralized state government website to inform the public about regulation filings; require promulgating agencies to join the registration website; amend KRS 13A.290 and 13A.300 to set out regulation deferral powers and requirements; amend KRS 13A.315 to no longer require the Governor to send regulation withdrawal decisions to the regulations compiler by telephone; amend KRS 13A.335 to make designated regulation deficiency procedures apply to all legislative committees; amend KRS 13A.040 to conform.

## 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/hb422/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 88** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0088.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb422/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 422 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing & Occupations (S)
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing & Occupations (S)
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 88) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e26a09bb-a8ab-4518-81da-c26fbe59003a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).