republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/hb-303.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to economic development.	Amend KRS 11.200 and 12.020 to rename the Office of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Innovation to the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation within the Cabinet for Economic Development; amend KRS 12.020 to rename the Department for Business Development to the Department for Business and Community Development, the Incentive Administration Division to the Program Administration Division, the Office of Marketing and Public Affairs to the Office of Strategy and Public Affairs, the Communications Division to the Marketing and Communications Division, the Graphic Design Division to the Research and Strategy Division, and eliminate the Office of Workforce, Community Development and Research; amend KRS 12.020 to create the Development and Retention Division - West Kentucky, the Development, Retention, and Administrative Division - Central and East Kentucky, and Community and Workforce Development Division within the Department for Business and Community Development; amend KRS 154.12-2035, 154.20-230, 154.12-277, 154.12-278, 154.12-310, 154.60-010, 154.60-020, 164.6017, 164.6021 and 164.6023 to reflect the new name of the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation; amend KRS 154.12-204 to include companies engaged in hydrogen transmission as qualified companies in the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation Grant-in-Aid and Skills Training Investment Credit programs; amend KRS 154.12-207 to increase the application limit from $200,000 to $500,000; amend KRS 154.12-223 to reorganize the Department for Business and Community Development; amend KRS 154.12-224 to reorganize the Department for Financial Services within the Cabinet for Economic Development; amend KRS 154.12-275 to reorganize the Office of Strategy and Public Affairs within the Cabinet for Economic Development; amend KRS 154.20-190 to change reporting deadline to November 1; amend KRS 154.20-583, 154.20-586, and 154.20-589 to modify the Western Kentucky Risk Assistance Fund to specify that eligible companies may apply for other programs administered by the Cabinet for Economic Development, to change the cap on the amount of loan loss payments to $100,000,000 that is proportionally reduced as the loss payments are disbursed, and to provide for a 1% administrative fee; amend KRS 154.25-040 to address recent changes in the income tax statutes; amend KRS 154.31-010 to include companies engaged in hydrogen transmission as eligible companies in the Kentucky Enterprise Initiative Act and to add a definition for "tourism attraction"; amend KRS 154.32-010 and 154.32-020 to include companies engaged in hydrogen transmission as eligible companies in the Kentucky Business Initiative program; amend KRS 154.32-050 to allow disaster relief areas declared by state or federal agencies on or after December 1, 2022, to be included in the enhanced county classification; amend KRS 154.32-090 to change the wage assessment calculation under the Kentucky Business Initiative program to address recent changes in the income tax statutes; amend KRS 154.34-010 to include companies engaged in hydrogen transmission as eligible companies in the Kentucky Reinvestment Act; amend KRS 154.61-010 to include the definitions of "cabinet" and "loan-out entity" and to expand the definition of "employee"; amend KRS 154.61-020 and 154.61-030 to revise the duties and responsibilities of the Cabinet for Economic Development and the approved companies under the Kentucky Entertainment Initiative program; amend KRS 141.310, 141.350, and 141.383 to conform; repeal KRS 141.401, 154.12-276, 154.23-005, 154.23-010, 154.23-015, 154.23-020, 154.23-025, 154.23-030, 154.23-035, 154.23-040, 154.23-045, 154.23-050, 154.23-055, 154.23-060, 154.23-065, 154.23-070, 154.23-075, 154.23-079, 154.23-080, 154.47-040, 154.47-065, 154.80-140, and 154.80-310; amend KRS 141.0205, 154.20-170, 154.47-005 and 174.205 to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	HB 303	Kentucky HB 303 (2023RS)	bill	Disasters Economic Development Energy Local Mandate Oil and Natural Gas Public Utilities Reorganization Small Business State Agencies Taxation Tourism Wages and Hours	enacted		3	29	4	2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cb8cf3ff-cdc1-437b-9392-f21406727d0f	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb303.html	8be19bdd62d3cae3a650c9f3c0a212b4c9eec822356d87d9c03a897fdf23812b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 303 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to economic development.

Amend KRS 11.200 and 12.020 to rename the Office of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Innovation to the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation within the Cabinet for Economic Development; amend KRS 12.020 to rename the Department for Business Development to the Department for Business and Community Development, the Incentive Administration Division to the Program Administration Division, the Office of Marketing and Public Affairs to the Office of Strategy and Public Affairs, the Communications Division to the Marketing and Communications Division, the Graphic Design Division to the Research and Strategy Division, and eliminate the Office of Workforce, Community Development and Research; amend KRS 12.020 to create the Development and Retention Division - West Kentucky, the Development, Retention, and Administrative Division - Central and East Kentucky, and Community and Workforce Development Division within the Department for Business and Community Development; amend KRS 154.12-2035, 154.20-230, 154.12-277, 154.12-278, 154.12-310, 154.60-010, 154.60-020, 164.6017, 164.6021 and 164.6023 to reflect the new name of the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation; amend KRS 154.12-204 to include companies engaged in hydrogen transmission as qualified companies in the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation Grant-in-Aid and Skills Training Investment Credit programs; amend KRS 154.12-207 to increase the application limit from $200,000 to $500,000; amend KRS 154.12-223 to reorganize the Department for Business and Community Development; amend KRS 154.12-224 to reorganize the Department for Financial Services within the Cabinet for Economic Development; amend KRS 154.12-275 to reorganize the Office of Strategy and Public Affairs within the Cabinet for Economic Development; amend KRS 154.20-190 to change reporting deadline to November 1; amend KRS 154.20-583, 154.20-586, and 154.20-589 to modify the Western Kentucky Risk Assistance Fund to specify that eligible companies may apply for other programs administered by the Cabinet for Economic Development, to change the cap on the amount of loan loss payments to $100,000,000 that is proportionally reduced as the loss payments are disbursed, and to provide for a 1% administrative fee; amend KRS 154.25-040 to address recent changes in the income tax statutes; amend KRS 154.31-010 to include companies engaged in hydrogen transmission as eligible companies in the Kentucky Enterprise Initiative Act and to add a definition for "tourism attraction"; amend KRS 154.32-010 and 154.32-020 to include companies engaged in hydrogen transmission as eligible companies in the Kentucky Business Initiative program; amend KRS 154.32-050 to allow disaster relief areas declared by state or federal agencies on or after December 1, 2022, to be included in the enhanced county classification; amend KRS 154.32-090 to change the wage assessment calculation under the Kentucky Business Initiative program to address recent changes in the income tax statutes; amend KRS 154.34-010 to include companies engaged in hydrogen transmission as eligible companies in the Kentucky Reinvestment Act; amend KRS 154.61-010 to include the definitions of "cabinet" and "loan-out entity" and to expand the definition of "employee"; amend KRS 154.61-020 and 154.61-030 to revise the duties and responsibilities of the Cabinet for Economic Development and the approved companies under the Kentucky Entertainment Initiative program; amend KRS 141.310, 141.350, and 141.383 to conform; repeal KRS 141.401, 154.12-276, 154.23-005, 154.23-010, 154.23-015, 154.23-020, 154.23-025, 154.23-030, 154.23-035, 154.23-040, 154.23-045, 154.23-050, 154.23-055, 154.23-060, 154.23-065, 154.23-070, 154.23-075, 154.23-079, 154.23-080, 154.47-040, 154.47-065, 154.80-140, and 154.80-310; amend KRS 141.0205, 154.20-170, 154.47-005 and 174.205 to conform.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 75 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 303 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 303 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) referral-committee
• 2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 02, 2023
• 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 96-0 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill committee-passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 16, 2023
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37 -0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 passed 93-0 passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 75) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb8cf3ff-cdc1-437b-9392-f21406727d0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).