republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-577.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to economic development.	Amend KRS 154.12-300, 154.12-305, and 154.12-300 to change the Kentucky Innovation and Commercialization Center program to the Kentucky Entrepreneurship and Innovation Hub Program; amend KRS 154.12-300 to define terms; amend KRS 154.12-305 to add goals of supporting entrepreneur-led economic development and attracting workforce talent, investors, and start-up companies to the program; amend KRS 154.12-310 to make conforming changes; amend KRS 164.6011 to include definitions of "early-stage company" and "high-growth company" in the Kentucky Innovation Act; amend KRS 164.6019 to provide that moneys received in the Kentucky enterprise fund may be subject to restrictions imposed by the contributing entity and subject to approval by the Cabinet for Economic Development; amend KRS 164.6021 to make conforming changes and add the purpose of the Kentucky enterprise fund is to attract, recruit, and support early-stage and high-growth companies to locate, relocate, or establish a presence in the Commonwealth; amend KRS 164.6023 to allow companies based outside of Kentucky to be eligible by becoming a Kentucky-based company within 180 days after certification authorizing funding; amend KRS 154.20-234 to allow a pass-through entity to qualify for participation in the Angel Investor Program; make conforming changes.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 577	Kentucky HB 577 (2026RS)	bill	Economic Development Funds Information Technology Science And Technology Small Business State Agencies Technology	enacted	G. Brown Jr. J. Branscum V. Grossl	3	19	2	2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9143d26a-3625-4691-aea0-6fea0d70bc61	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb577.html	50e229e325ef920687c096e610c7c2efe2a3bf93a8f1a4f106efdce6ded06168	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 577 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to economic development.

Amend KRS 154.12-300, 154.12-305, and 154.12-300 to change the Kentucky Innovation and Commercialization Center program to the Kentucky Entrepreneurship and Innovation Hub Program; amend KRS 154.12-300 to define terms; amend KRS 154.12-305 to add goals of supporting entrepreneur-led economic development and attracting workforce talent, investors, and start-up companies to the program; amend KRS 154.12-310 to make conforming changes; amend KRS 164.6011 to include definitions of "early-stage company" and "high-growth company" in the Kentucky Innovation Act; amend KRS 164.6019 to provide that moneys received in the Kentucky enterprise fund may be subject to restrictions imposed by the contributing entity and subject to approval by the Cabinet for Economic Development; amend KRS 164.6021 to make conforming changes and add the purpose of the Kentucky enterprise fund is to attract, recruit, and support early-stage and high-growth companies to locate, relocate, or establish a presence in the Commonwealth; amend KRS 164.6023 to allow companies based outside of Kentucky to be eligible by becoming a Kentucky-based company within 180 days after certification authorizing funding; amend KRS 154.20-234 to allow a pass-through entity to qualify for participation in the Angel Investor Program; make conforming changes.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 114 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 577 — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
• J. Branscum — primary (person)
• V. Grossl — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 18 2026
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 98-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 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 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 114) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9143d26a-3625-4691-aea0-6fea0d70bc61. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).