republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/hb-775.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to fiscal matters.	Amend KRS 65.490 to remove the minimum square-mile requirement for a development area; amend KRS 65.494 to define "existing development area" and "new development area"; allow certain new development areas to be created within an existing development area.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2025RS	HB 775	Kentucky HB 775 (2025RS)	bill	Cities First Class Counties with Cities of the First Class Economic Development State Agencies	enacted		3	40	4	2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00	2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ca4b8a1c-0483-4aec-b8c2-384ffbceda3d	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb775.html	259afd269aca14b81630f741d9bf2a5388af43ec84acc45bd1d62ad15d29055b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 775 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to fiscal matters.

Amend KRS 65.490 to remove the minimum square-mile requirement for a development area; amend KRS 65.494 to define "existing development area" and "new development area"; allow certain new development areas to be created within an existing development area.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 98 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 775 W/ scs1 sfa4 — 32–5 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — 61–23 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 67–18 (pass) · lower
• Lay on the Clerks Desk — 19–61 (fail) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 04, 2025
• 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 taken from the Orders of the Day
• 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 67-18 with Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2) filed amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (3) filed amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 14, 2025
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Floor Amendments (1), (2) and (3) withdrawn
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 passed 32-5 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (4) passage
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (4)
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (4)
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 passed 61-23 passage
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 98) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca4b8a1c-0483-4aec-b8c2-384ffbceda3d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).