---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to contracts for the improvement of real estate."
description: "Amend KRS 371.160 to increase the threshold for the creation of escrow accounts for real estate improvement contracts from $500,000 to $2,000,000; amend KRS 371.405 to prohibit the waiver by contract of any provision of KRS 371.160."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 76"
citation: "Kentucky SB 76 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts", "Property", "Real Estate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40c1ce63-3d85-4ee2-b080-ad3db7912875"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb76.html"
source_hash: "cc018cd2cf1a888ad6c05fa7dccdcc7e4707d305ab5cacc7bc6fbb8293821f42"
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 SB 76 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to contracts for the improvement of real estate.

Amend KRS 371.160 to increase the threshold for the creation of escrow accounts for real estate improvement contracts from $500,000 to $2,000,000; amend KRS 371.405 to prohibit the waiver by contract of any provision of KRS 371.160.

## 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/sb76/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 156** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0156.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb76/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **100–0** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 76 — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- **2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `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
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 100-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **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
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 156) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40c1ce63-3d85-4ee2-b080-ad3db7912875`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).