republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/hb-329.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to government contract review and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 45A.705 to require the State Treasurer to either revise, cancel, or keep effective any contract in which the Government Contract Review Committee issues nonbinding recommendations; require the Treasurer to submit contract revisions pursuant to the committee's nonbinding recommendations to the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet or designee; require the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet or designee to either issue the contract with the Treasurer's revisions or cancel the contract; require the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet or designee to revise, cancel, or keep effective any contract issued pursuant to the Governor's constitutional powers in which the committee has issued a nonbinding recommendation; provide severability clause; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 329"
citation: "Kentucky HB 329 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Committees", "Contracts", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "General Assembly", "Governor", "State Agencies", "Treasurer"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85ea86fb-c623-49c1-8430-64e56121e930"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb329.html"
source_hash: "a7fbc511c5372de60ed7f8e608caf66e0f3a797562f3eea03c8d97c69fdc3667"
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 329 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to government contract review and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 45A.705 to require the State Treasurer to either revise, cancel, or keep effective any contract in which the Government Contract Review Committee issues nonbinding recommendations; require the Treasurer to submit contract revisions pursuant to the committee's nonbinding recommendations to the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet or designee; require the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet or designee to either issue the contract with the Treasurer's revisions or cancel the contract; require the secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet or designee to revise, cancel, or keep effective any contract issued pursuant to the Governor's constitutional powers in which the committee has issued a nonbinding recommendation; provide severability clause; 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/23RS/hb329/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 141** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0141.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb329/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE HB 329 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override Final Passage HB 329 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 07, 2023
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 78-20 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 16, 2023
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37 -0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed 79-19 `passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed 34 -2 `passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 141) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85ea86fb-c623-49c1-8430-64e56121e930`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).