---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky."
description: "Appropriate from the General Fund $2,221,900 for fiscal year 2021-2022, $85,040,600 for fiscal year 2022-2023, and $88,016,800 for fiscal year 2023-2024; appropriate from Restricted Funds $75,000 for fiscal year 2022-2023 and $175,000 for fiscal year 2023-2024; detail Part II, General Provisions; detail Part III, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 243"
citation: "Kentucky HB 243 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Budget and Financial Administration", "General Assembly", "Legislative Research Commission", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "J. Petrie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f15036d0-a638-45ad-be1d-d88ad22936c5"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb243.html"
source_hash: "a81b588d30f17c9288980ee6f5693a9b1f82d350d5ce352d38bd52ff244708b0"
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 243 (2022RS) — AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Appropriate from the General Fund $2,221,900 for fiscal year 2021-2022, $85,040,600 for fiscal year 2022-2023, and $88,016,800 for fiscal year 2023-2024; appropriate from Restricted Funds $75,000 for fiscal year 2022-2023 and $175,000 for fiscal year 2023-2024; detail Part II, General Provisions; detail Part III, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION.

## 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/22RS/hb243/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 200** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0200.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb243/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Suspend the Rules — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASS HB 243 VETO OVERRIDE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 243 w/ scs1 sfa1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (H)
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 69-17 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 32-2 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 76-16 `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** line items vetoed `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 55-36 `passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 24-13 `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 200) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f15036d0-a638-45ad-be1d-d88ad22936c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).