republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-315.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to broadband deployment, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriate Federal Funds from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in the amount of $300,000,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Broadband Deployment Fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 315"
citation: "Kentucky HB 315 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Budget and Financial Administration", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Fiscal Note", "Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "B. Wesley", "C. Fugate", "D. Frazier Gordon", "J. Branscum", "J. Bray", "J. Petrie", "K. King", "M. Prunty", "R. Dotson", "R. Heath", "R. Huff", "S. Riley", "T. Smith", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d90f027c-40bf-4e06-a520-8810b3037ef3"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb315.html"
source_hash: "e899dda82bb25fd9142f42e09a58eb065af3d79288f25306ec71629a7ce05305"
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 315 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to broadband deployment, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Appropriate Federal Funds from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 in the amount of $300,000,000 in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the Broadband Deployment Fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

## 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/hb315/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 202** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0202.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb315/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE HB 315 VETO OVERRIDE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 315 w/ scs1 sfa1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- B. Wesley — primary (person)
- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- D. Frazier Gordon — primary (person)
- J. Branscum — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- R. Dotson — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- S. Riley — primary (person)
- T. Smith — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — 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`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 85-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 92-0 `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
- **2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** line items vetoed `executive-veto-line-item`
- **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 73-22 `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 20-14 `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. 202) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d90f027c-40bf-4e06-a520-8810b3037ef3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).