republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-758.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to financial assistance and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "Create new sections of KRS Chapter 224A to making findings and declarations of the General Assembly regarding the need for funding for public funding for drinking water and wastewater systems; establish a water management assistance fund which is administered by the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to provide assistance for both capital and non-capital expenses of governmental entities that provide public drinking water and wastewater services to the public; describe the various non-capital expenses that the fund can provide funding for; amend KRS 91A.040 to make permissive the requirement for the Finance and Administration Cabinet to place a hold on the funds to cities for nonperformance of required financial audits and statements; amend KRS 224A.011 to include private water associations under the definition of \"governmental agency\"; amend 224A.035 to authorize the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to make non-capital expenditure from funds that it governs; and amend KRS 224A.040 to allow expenditure for non-capital expenditures that improve the technical, managerial, or operational capacity of public drinking water and wastewater systems and allow for the purchase of obligations if the purchase does not cause interest on current or future state agency obligations to be included in gross federal income for federal tax purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 758"
citation: "Kentucky HB 758 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Auditor of Public Accounts", "Audits and Auditors", "Cities", "Environment and Conservation", "Pollution", "Public Utilities", "Public Works", "Water Supply", "Waterways and Dams"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "D. Lewis", "J. Bray", "J. Gooch Jr.", "L. Bechler", "M. Meredith", "M. Prunty", "N. Kirk-McCormick", "P. Flannery", "W. Lawrence"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
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/d255e08e-9596-477c-a3bb-835cdc0e035d"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb758.html"
source_hash: "cbca448fdefb485c2e2f8fa0ae93c6f58021541c858d32e95e70eec15824bb3e"
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 758 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to financial assistance and making an appropriation therefor.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 224A to making findings and declarations of the General Assembly regarding the need for funding for public funding for drinking water and wastewater systems; establish a water management assistance fund which is administered by the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to provide assistance for both capital and non-capital expenses of governmental entities that provide public drinking water and wastewater services to the public; describe the various non-capital expenses that the fund can provide funding for; amend KRS 91A.040 to make permissive the requirement for the Finance and Administration Cabinet to place a hold on the funds to cities for nonperformance of required financial audits and statements; amend KRS 224A.011 to include private water associations under the definition of "governmental agency"; amend 224A.035 to authorize the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority to make non-capital expenditure from funds that it governs; and amend KRS 224A.040 to allow expenditure for non-capital expenditures that improve the technical, managerial, or operational capacity of public drinking water and wastewater systems and allow for the purchase of obligations if the purchase does not cause interest on current or future state agency obligations to be included in gross federal income for federal tax purposes.

## 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/hb758/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 177** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0177.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb758/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 758 w/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- No Motion Provided — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Gooch Jr. — primary (person)
- L. Bechler — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- N. Kirk-McCormick — primary (person)
- P. Flannery — primary (person)
- W. Lawrence — 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`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **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** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Natural Resources & Energy (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** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendment
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 96-0 `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. 177) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d255e08e-9596-477c-a3bb-835cdc0e035d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).