republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2017rs/hb-394.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to reorganization of the building trades. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to create and establish the Housing, Buildings and Construction Advisory Committee; constitute membership of the committee and fix compensation; require the committee to provide ongoing advice to the department; prohibit the committee from becoming directly involved in licensing and regulation of housing, building and construction matters regulated by the department; provide that the department shall give the committee 30 days to review and comment on a proposed regulation before the regulation is promulgated, amended, or repealed; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 198B to abolish the Kentucky Board of Housing, Buildings and Construction, the Board of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Contractors, the Kentucky Single Family Dwellings Advisory Committee and the Elevator Advisory Committee; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 227 to abolish the Electrical Advisory Committee and the Manufactured Home Certification and Licensure Board; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 236 to abolish the Board of Pressure Vessel Rules; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 318 to abolish the State Plumbing Code Committee; transfer all authority, duties, functions, rights, responsibilities, obligations, records, equipment, staff and supporting budgets of the abolished boards and committees to the department; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 198B, 227, 227A, 236, and 318 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2016-849.	AN ACT relating to reorganization of the building trades. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to create and establish the Housing, Buildings and Construction Advisory Committee; constitute membership of the committee and fix compensation; require the committee to provide ongoing advice to the department; prohibit the committee from becoming directly involved in licensing and regulation of housing, building and construction matters regulated by the department; provide that the department shall give the committee 30 days to review and comment on a proposed regulation before the regulation is promulgated, amended, or repealed; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 198B to abolish the Kentucky Board of Housing, Buildings and Construction, the Board of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Contractors, the Kentucky Single Family Dwellings Advisory Committee and the Elevator Advisory Committee; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 227 to abolish the Electrical Advisory Committee and the Manufactured Home Certification and Licensure Board; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 236 to abolish the Board of Pressure Vessel Rules; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 318 to abolish the State Plumbing Code Committee; transfer all authority, duties, functions, rights, responsibilities, obligations, records, equipment, staff and supporting budgets of the abolished boards and committees to the department; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 198B, 227, 227A, 236, and 318 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2016-849.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2017RS	HB 394	Kentucky HB 394 (2017RS)	bill		enacted		6	20	0	2017-02-15	2017-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/f65f977d-b7a6-4468-aede-424481631fbc	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB394.htm	7c5376c7534bc052f865c308a8e3d95d304f6357ffec03d1b0af88ff1cfa8653	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 394 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to reorganization of the building trades. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to create and establish the Housing, Buildings and Construction Advisory Committee; constitute membership of the committee and fix compensation; require the committee to provide ongoing advice to the department; prohibit the committee from becoming directly involved in licensing and regulation of housing, building and construction matters regulated by the department; provide that the department shall give the committee 30 days to review and comment on a proposed regulation before the regulation is promulgated, amended, or repealed; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 198B to abolish the Kentucky Board of Housing, Buildings and Construction, the Board of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Contractors, the Kentucky Single Family Dwellings Advisory Committee and the Elevator Advisory Committee; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 227 to abolish the Electrical Advisory Committee and the Manufactured Home Certification and Licensure Board; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 236 to abolish the Board of Pressure Vessel Rules; amend various sections in KRS Chapter 318 to abolish the State Plumbing Code Committee; transfer all authority, duties, functions, rights, responsibilities, obligations, records, equipment, staff and supporting budgets of the abolished boards and committees to the department; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 198B, 227, 227A, 236, and 318 to conform; confirm Executive Order 2016-849.

Version chain

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

1. HB 394 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
2. HCS1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HFA1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HFA2 (committee substitute) — source
5. HFA3 (committee substitute) — source
6. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-15 Introduced in House introduction
• 2017-02-16 To Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Posted in committee
• 2017-02-22 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute reading-1
• 2017-02-23 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2017-02-23 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 27, 2017
• 2017-02-24 Floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2017-02-28 Floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2017-03-01 3rd reading, passed 55-26 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (3) reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-02 Received in Senate
• 2017-03-02 To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) referral-committee
• 2017-03-08 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar reading-1
• 2017-03-14 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2017-03-29 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 29, 2017
• 2017-03-29 3rd reading, passed 26-12 reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-30 Received in House
• 2017-03-30 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
• 2017-03-30 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
• 2017-03-30 Delivered to Governor
• 2017-04-10 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 169) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f65f977d-b7a6-4468-aede-424481631fbc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).