republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-314.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to consolidated local governments."
description: "Amend KRS 67C.103 to remove outdated language regarding apportionment of legislative council seats, designate that the oversight committee to approve settlements or consent decrees, and to interview former officials or employees; amend KRS 67C.105 to limit mayor to two consecutive terms, post January 1, 2023; amend KRS 67C.111 to allow for the formation of new cities within a consolidated local government, prohibit formation in certain areas, establish criteria for approval of the new cities, allow annexation of territory by cities within the consolidated local government; amend KRS 67C.115 to define powers of the county attorney in a consolidated local government; amend KRS 67C.139 giving the legislative council 60 days to approve mayoral appointments; amend KRS 67C.143 to allow a member preferring a charge to participate in the discipline of legislative council members; amend KRS 67C.147 to require annual report concerning the urban services district expenditures; amend KRS 67C.301 to define \"chief's designee\"; amend KRS 67C.321 to allow chief of police designee to undertake certain portions of an investigation concerning allegations against a peace officer; amend KRS 67C.323 to conform; amend KRS 67C.325 to allow the chief's designee to receive information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 314"
citation: "Kentucky HB 314 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Annexation", "Attorney", "County", "Cities", "Consolidated Local Governments", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Miller", "J. Nemes", "K. Bratcher", "K. Fleming"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/398d6ef6-1ca9-40dd-b706-e94523f2b318"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb314.html"
source_hash: "9745c3bade4ed70505a8ba20b8a3bed9d3af2e7b4d8bf77778bac0c987b994d8"
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 314 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to consolidated local governments.

Amend KRS 67C.103 to remove outdated language regarding apportionment of legislative council seats, designate that the oversight committee to approve settlements or consent decrees, and to interview former officials or employees; amend KRS 67C.105 to limit mayor to two consecutive terms, post January 1, 2023; amend KRS 67C.111 to allow for the formation of new cities within a consolidated local government, prohibit formation in certain areas, establish criteria for approval of the new cities, allow annexation of territory by cities within the consolidated local government; amend KRS 67C.115 to define powers of the county attorney in a consolidated local government; amend KRS 67C.139 giving the legislative council 60 days to approve mayoral appointments; amend KRS 67C.143 to allow a member preferring a charge to participate in the discipline of legislative council members; amend KRS 67C.147 to require annual report concerning the urban services district expenditures; amend KRS 67C.301 to define "chief's designee"; amend KRS 67C.321 to allow chief of police designee to undertake certain portions of an investigation concerning allegations against a peace officer; amend KRS 67C.323 to conform; amend KRS 67C.325 to allow the chief's designee to receive information.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb314/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 201** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0201.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb314/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Suspend the Rules — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 314 w/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
- No Motion Provided — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASS HB 314 VETO OVERRIDE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Miller — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- K. Bratcher — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 07, 2022
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2-title) filed to Bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (5) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 70-23 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (4) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (2) and (4) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (6) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (5-title) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (2) and (4) withdrawn
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (3) defeated
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed 26-8-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed 73-20 `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 73-24 `passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 27-9-1 `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 201) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/398d6ef6-1ca9-40dd-b706-e94523f2b318`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).