---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to housing."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define terms; make affordable housing developed by a religious developer a permitted use and require only a ministerial review by a planning unit for compliance with the section; include requirements that an affordable housing development must meet including that it be on property owned by a religious institution prior to January 1, 2026, exclusively contains affordable housing, be less than 24 units and be located only on a parcel in certain zones, and to have obtained all other permits; require a religious institution that does not continue to qualify to seek approval from a planning unit; allow the Kentucky Housing Corporation to advise religious developers regarding affordable housing developments; allow homeless shelters operated by a religious institution to be permitted uses in commercial or business zones."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 333"
citation: "Kentucky HB 333 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing", "Building", "And Construction", "Land Use", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Planning And Zoning", "Property", "Religion"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Gentry", "B. Chester-Burton", "D. Elliott", "D. Grossberg", "J. Watkins", "K. Moser", "M. Clines", "M. Pollock", "P. Stevenson", "S. Stalker", "S. Witten", "W. Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56e9278c-cd0f-4eb0-9bc3-685013c490a6"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb333.html"
source_hash: "8a0ea34d2aa4f0d05fd712ede88da6a6ea2e59847586293a91b08d31513dbc7f"
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 333 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to housing.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define terms; make affordable housing developed by a religious developer a permitted use and require only a ministerial review by a planning unit for compliance with the section; include requirements that an affordable housing development must meet including that it be on property owned by a religious institution prior to January 1, 2026, exclusively contains affordable housing, be less than 24 units and be located only on a parcel in certain zones, and to have obtained all other permits; require a religious institution that does not continue to qualify to seek approval from a planning unit; allow the Kentucky Housing Corporation to advise religious developers regarding affordable housing developments; allow homeless shelters operated by a religious institution to be permitted uses in commercial or business zones.

## 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/hb333/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 37** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0037.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb333/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 333 — **34–4** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Gentry — primary (person)
- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. Grossberg — primary (person)
- J. Watkins — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- M. Clines — primary (person)
- M. Pollock — primary (person)
- P. Stevenson — primary (person)
- S. Stalker — primary (person)
- S. Witten — primary (person)
- W. Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 06 2026
- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 90-1-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 37) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56e9278c-cd0f-4eb0-9bc3-685013c490a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).