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Bill AN ACT relating to local government and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 67C.147, relating to urban service taxing districts in consolidated local governments, to require the consolidated local government to reimburse fire districts operating under KRS Chapter 75 that made emergency medical runs within the area of the urban service tax district; require no more than 10 percent of funding of the services contracted with the consolidated local government by the urban service tax district come from taxes levied by the consolidated local government from areas outside the urban service tax district between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2030; provide that no such funding come from outside the urban service tax district on or after July 1, 2030; amend KRS 67C.111, regarding incorporation and annexation of cities in a county containing a consolidated local government, to adjust the number of signatures required in a petition for mandatory action; prohibit a city in a county containing a consolidated local government from annexing manufacturing areas, as defined, primarily for the purpose of obtaining occupational license tax revenue unless the annexation is consented to by each property owner in the area to be annexed; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to provide that members of local boards, commission, committees, and other bodies created by or appointed by local governments have geographic and political party affiliation diversity; amend KRS 67C.103 to require the election of council members in a consolidated local government to be nonpartisan; amend KRS 67C.105 to require the election of a mayor in a consolidated local government to be nonpartisan; amend KRS 117.125 to conform; amend KRS 177.360 to direct consolidated local governments to establish procedures to prioritize projects undertaken with county road aid funds; establish the Property Valuation Review Commission to review assessments in a county containing a consolidated local government; ensure that the assessments are consistent and uniform; provide for appointments by mayor from recommendations of various entities; require that the commission report to the Legislative Research Commission, the mayor and metro council of the consolidated local government, and the Finance and Administration Cabinet no later than December 31, 2024; Sections 4, 5, and 6 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025; EMERGENCY, in part. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2024RS HB 388 Kentucky HB 388 (2024RS)
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Annexation
Boards and Commissions
Cities
Consolidated Local Governments
Counties
County Clerks
Effective Dates
Emergency
Elections and Voting
Emergency Medical Services
Firefighters and Fire Departments
Highways
Streets
and Bridges
Local Government
Local Mandate
Property
Property Valuation Administrators
Public Officers and Employees
Reports Mandated
Special Districts
Studies Directed
Taxation
Taxation
Property
Transportation
enacted
E. Callaway
J. Bauman
J. Hodgson
J. Nemes
K. Bratcher
K. Fleming
S. Witten
3 51 6 2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 openstates ocd-bill/4ef78ee5-1fe2-4078-8b4e-bacc2c700733 https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb388.html ab233c8da76ec9dcd048bebbf4ffd09fb0d7992290d9c60dcf3ac4efaa4ce5f3 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Kentucky HB 388 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to local government and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 67C.147, relating to urban service taxing districts in consolidated local governments, to require the consolidated local government to reimburse fire districts operating under KRS Chapter 75 that made emergency medical runs within the area of the urban service tax district; require no more than 10 percent of funding of the services contracted with the consolidated local government by the urban service tax district come from taxes levied by the consolidated local government from areas outside the urban service tax district between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2030; provide that no such funding come from outside the urban service tax district on or after July 1, 2030; amend KRS 67C.111, regarding incorporation and annexation of cities in a county containing a consolidated local government, to adjust the number of signatures required in a petition for mandatory action; prohibit a city in a county containing a consolidated local government from annexing manufacturing areas, as defined, primarily for the purpose of obtaining occupational license tax revenue unless the annexation is consented to by each property owner in the area to be annexed; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to provide that members of local boards, commission, committees, and other bodies created by or appointed by local governments have geographic and political party affiliation diversity; amend KRS 67C.103 to require the election of council members in a consolidated local government to be nonpartisan; amend KRS 67C.105 to require the election of a mayor in a consolidated local government to be nonpartisan; amend KRS 117.125 to conform; amend KRS 177.360 to direct consolidated local governments to establish procedures to prioritize projects undertaken with county road aid funds; establish the Property Valuation Review Commission to review assessments in a county containing a consolidated local government; ensure that the assessments are consistent and uniform; provide for appointments by mayor from recommendations of various entities; require that the commission report to the Legislative Research Commission, the mayor and metro council of the consolidated local government, and the Finance and Administration Cabinet no later than December 31, 2024; Sections 4, 5, and 6 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025; EMERGENCY, in part.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 181 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Veto Override — pass (pass) · lower
  • PASS HB 388 W/ scs1 sfa1 sfa2 — pass (pass) · lower
  • Adopt — fail (fail) · lower
  • Veto Override HB 388 — pass (pass) · lower
  • Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower
  • Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • E. Callaway — primary (person)
  • J. Bauman — primary (person)
  • J. Hodgson — primary (person)
  • J. Nemes — primary (person)
  • K. Bratcher — primary (person)
  • K. Fleming — primary (person)
  • S. Witten — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
  • 2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 to Local Government (H) referral-committee
  • 2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 09, 2024
  • 2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
  • 2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 Floor Amendment (1) defeated
  • 2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 passed 70-20 with Committee Substitute (1) passage
  • 2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
  • 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from State & Local Government (S)
  • 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
  • 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 returned to State & Local Government (S)
  • 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 taken from State & Local Government (S)
  • 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
  • 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 returned to State & Local Government (S)
  • 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 25, 2024
  • 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) (2) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
  • 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (3) filed amendment-introduction
  • 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
  • 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (3) withdrawn
  • 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (4) defeated
  • 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 passed 25-11 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2) passage
  • 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendments (1) and (2) and Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2)
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 passed 79-21 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2) passage
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
  • 2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Vetoed executive-veto
  • 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
  • 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
  • 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
  • 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 passed 71-22 passage
  • 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
  • 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
  • 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
  • 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 passed 22-10 passage
  • 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 181) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ef78ee5-1fe2-4078-8b4e-bacc2c700733. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).