republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-745.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to economic development."
description: "Create Subchapter 21 of KRS Chapter 154 to require the Cabinet for Economic Development to partner with the Kentucky Association for Economic Development to implement the Kentucky Product Development Initiative; define terms; require the cabinet to administer the program; authorize the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; create fund; establish requirements for grant applications; establish the duties of the Kentucky Association for Economic Development in the implementation of the program; establish project evaluation and scoring requirements; cite as the Kentucky Product Development Initiative Act; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 745"
citation: "Kentucky HB 745 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Appropriations", "Economic Development", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Labor and Industry", "Local Government", "Short Titles and Popular Names"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "B. Reed", "B. Rowland", "J. Petrie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ac3a489-f111-477e-8591-3ad79c8d6fd6"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb745.html"
source_hash: "48a0337bca5eee02a1bd9d5f783be58e1c1735bd7a40fb5674306a00213ad89c"
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 745 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to economic development.

Create Subchapter 21 of KRS Chapter 154 to require the Cabinet for Economic Development to partner with the Kentucky Association for Economic Development to implement the Kentucky Product Development Initiative; define terms; require the cabinet to administer the program; authorize the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; create fund; establish requirements for grant applications; establish the duties of the Kentucky Association for Economic Development in the implementation of the program; establish project evaluation and scoring requirements; cite as the Kentucky Product Development Initiative Act; 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/hb745/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 176** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0176.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb745/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 745 w/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- B. Reed — primary (person)
- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 14, 2022
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 91-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (1), and Committee Amendment (1-title) `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 Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (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** taken from Rules
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 94-0 `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
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 176) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ac3a489-f111-477e-8591-3ad79c8d6fd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).