---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to administrative regulations and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 13A.010 to redefine \"major economic impact\"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to establish limitations on the authority of an administrative body to promulgate administrative regulations; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 13A to conform; EMERGENCY; EFFECTIVE March 31, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 6"
citation: "Kentucky HB 6 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Effective Dates", "Emergency"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b54e58b4-3fc4-43da-bb3f-8f036db96473"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb6.html"
source_hash: "21ff82a8ce00c148ce37cc657de61c13969984634282ea717d63efd8c37a981c"
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 6 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 13A.010 to redefine "major economic impact"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to establish limitations on the authority of an administrative body to promulgate administrative regulations; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 13A to conform; EMERGENCY; EFFECTIVE March 31, 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/25RS/hb6/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 101** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0101.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb6/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Override Veto Final Passage HB 6 — **31–7** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **75–19** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **80–20** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 6 — **29–6** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+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** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 75-19 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `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
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 29-6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 80-20 `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 31-7 `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 101) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b54e58b4-3fc4-43da-bb3f-8f036db96473`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).