---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to public-private partnership projects. Amend KRS 45A.077 to suspend the requirement for General Assembly approval for public-private partnership projects contracted for projects publicized prior to July 1, 2020; allow discussion of the project after public notice has been given of the proposal; remove requirement for approval of the Government Contract Review Committee of the public-private partnership contract."
description: "AN ACT relating to public-private partnership projects. Amend KRS 45A.077 to suspend the requirement for General Assembly approval for public-private partnership projects contracted for projects publicized prior to July 1, 2020; allow discussion of the project after public notice has been given of the proposal; remove requirement for approval of the Government Contract Review Committee of the public-private partnership contract."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 203"
citation: "Kentucky SB 203 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Wise"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-26"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/051d7925-17d0-4b30-a5c5-1271768adc2e"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB203.htm"
source_hash: "8682f00138357f69e4de348a36147080c8d191cc5a646b4b0570307e50de8119"
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 203 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to public-private partnership projects. Amend KRS 45A.077 to suspend the requirement for General Assembly approval for public-private partnership projects contracted for projects publicized prior to July 1, 2020; allow discussion of the project after public notice has been given of the proposal; remove requirement for approval of the Government Contract Review Committee of the public-private partnership contract.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB203/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 203 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB203/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB203/SCS1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- M. Wise — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-27** To Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 8, 2018
- **2018-03-08** 3rd reading, passed 35-3 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-09** Received in House
- **2018-03-13** To Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Reassigned to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)
- **2018-03-15** Taken from Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)
- **2018-03-15** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** Returned to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)
- **2018-03-15** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-16** Taken from Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)
- **2018-03-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-03-16** Returned to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H)
- **2018-03-20** Reported favorably, to Rules as a Consent Bill
- **2018-03-20** Taken from Rules
- **2018-03-20** Placed in the Consent Orders of the Day
- **2018-03-20** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-21** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-21** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-21** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 92) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/051d7925-17d0-4b30-a5c5-1271768adc2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).