---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky."
description: "The Legislative Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, General Provisions; detail Part III, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 503"
citation: "Kentucky HB 503 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Budget And Financial Administration", "General Assembly", "Legislative Research Commission", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "J. Bray", "J. Petrie", "S. Rudy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 69
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7311208a-8fc4-4f1f-b29e-df8b306dcba3"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb503.html"
source_hash: "931024b04ea5845ac871a5a50ee85dcec9eb0418148d5d0ab93dd0b7851b3ba6"
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 503 (2026RS) — AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

The Legislative Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; 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/26RS/hb503/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 166** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0166.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb503/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE OF HB 503 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **71–19** (pass) · lower
- OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE HB 503 — **32–6** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **75–20** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **79–15** (pass) · lower
- Suspend the Rules — **20–23** (fail) · lower
- PASS HB 503 w/ SCS 1 — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 75-20 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to recede
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 38-0 `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Conference Committee Report
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 79-15 `passage`
- **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** line items vetoed `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's line vetoes
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** vetoes overridden
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 71-19 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's line vetoes
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** vetoes overridden
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-6 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 166) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7311208a-8fc4-4f1f-b29e-df8b306dcba3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).