---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to city franchises."
description: "Amend KRS 69.010 to change the time period that a city has to provide for the sale of a new franchise before the expiration of the current utility franchise from 18 months to 6 months."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 313"
citation: "Kentucky HB 313 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities", "Cities", "First Class", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Bivens", "R. White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a66bd5d-3649-43bd-8ba2-cc5cd7427d36"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb313.html"
source_hash: "0bc39d941f5b55719d9e75589bb82a4902b9b66f2442a4e13e7dfa5ef7a0385a"
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 313 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to city franchises.

Amend KRS 69.010 to change the time period that a city has to provide for the sale of a new franchise before the expiration of the current utility franchise from 18 months to 6 months.

## 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/26RS/hb313/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 108** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0108.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb313/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 313 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Bivens — primary (person)
- R. White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 10 2026
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 108) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a66bd5d-3649-43bd-8ba2-cc5cd7427d36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).