republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2017rs/hb-388.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to tax increment financing and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 65.7045 to define \"technology park\"; amend KRS 65.7043 and 65.7049 to expand mixed-use development projects to include a mixed-use development with a technology park; amend KRS 154.30-060 to expand the definition of \"mixed-use\" project and to delete the upper investment limit on a project that can qualify as a mixed-use development project; amend KRS 65.7053 to conform; provide that the provisions of the Act are effective for applications for which a Tax Incentive Agreement has not been approved prior to the effective date of this Act; EMERGENCY."
description: "AN ACT relating to tax increment financing and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 65.7045 to define \"technology park\"; amend KRS 65.7043 and 65.7049 to expand mixed-use development projects to include a mixed-use development with a technology park; amend KRS 154.30-060 to expand the definition of \"mixed-use\" project and to delete the upper investment limit on a project that can qualify as a mixed-use development project; amend KRS 65.7053 to conform; provide that the provisions of the Act are effective for applications for which a Tax Incentive Agreement has not been approved prior to the effective date of this Act; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 388"
citation: "Kentucky HB 388 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4758bb7-c7d1-481d-8ec9-767da93ff845"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB388.htm"
source_hash: "b925ad386ea4d23e78420275f3fae408ef1947f4df24828055d29d7de62505fc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 388 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to tax increment financing and declaring an emergency. Amend KRS 65.7045 to define "technology park"; amend KRS 65.7043 and 65.7049 to expand mixed-use development projects to include a mixed-use development with a technology park; amend KRS 154.30-060 to expand the definition of "mixed-use" project and to delete the upper investment limit on a project that can qualify as a mixed-use development project; amend KRS 65.7053 to conform; provide that the provisions of the Act are effective for applications for which a Tax Incentive Agreement has not been approved prior to the effective date of this Act; EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 388 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB388/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB388/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB388/bill.pdf)
4. **SCA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB388/SCA1.pdf)
5. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB388/SCS1.pdf)
6. **SCS2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB388/SCS2.pdf)
7. **SCS3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB388/SCS3.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-16** To Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Reassigned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- **2017-02-27** Posted in committee
- **2017-03-02** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2017-03-03** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 6, 2017
- **2017-03-06** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-06** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-07** To Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2017-03-14** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** Returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2017-03-14** Reported favorably, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
- **2017-03-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-29** Taken from Rules
- **2017-03-29** Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2017-03-30** Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitutes (2) and committee amendment (1-title) as a consent bill
- **2017-03-30** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2017
- **2017-03-30** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day
- **2017-03-30** Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2017-03-30** Reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (3)
- **2017-03-30** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2017
- **2017-03-30** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-30** Committee Substitutes (1) and (2) withdrawn
- **2017-03-30** Passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (3) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2017-03-30** Received in House
- **2017-03-30** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (3) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2017-03-30** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (3) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2017-03-30** Passed 74-14
- **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. 174) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4758bb7-c7d1-481d-8ec9-767da93ff845`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).