---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 45A.030 to expand the definition of \"contract\"; amend KRS 45A.035 to require promulgation of administrative regulations to establish policies regarding timely payments under contracts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to establish timely payment penalty and procedures; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to submit a detailed report of interest penalties and reimbursement payments every six months due to payments not timely made to the Legislative Research Commission; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 622"
citation: "Kentucky HB 622 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Contracts", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Purchasing", "Reports Mandated", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a5344d2-f1e7-4ef4-863c-02d9c4e7f2b6"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb622.html"
source_hash: "b684e86b8b42bd629bb81ea86cddbcba47b72f67a4d4b4cdc233b4d11ce6e46f"
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 622 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 45A.030 to expand the definition of "contract"; amend KRS 45A.035 to require promulgation of administrative regulations to establish policies regarding timely payments under contracts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to establish timely payment penalty and procedures; require the Finance and Administration Cabinet to submit a detailed report of interest penalties and reimbursement payments every six months due to payments not timely made to the Legislative Research Commission; EMERGENCY.

## 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/hb622/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 162** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0162.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb622/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage HB 622 W/ fccr1 — **32–3** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 622 W/ scs1 scta1 — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **84–13** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 04, 2025
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 14, 2025
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **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 receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report (1) filed in House
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report filed in Senate
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Report
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-3-2 `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report (1)
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 84-13 `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** line items vetoed `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Governor delivered Bill and Veto Message to Secretary of State
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 162) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a5344d2-f1e7-4ef4-863c-02d9c4e7f2b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).