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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to government agencies, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 48.160, relating to branch budget bills, to clarify fiscal biennium."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 444"
citation: "Kentucky HB 444 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Budget and Financial Administration", "Courts", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Legislative Research Commission", "Public Salaries", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0f603bd-e85d-4049-9c23-29bd2a5c1b06"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb444.html"
source_hash: "3293d0d4c3bf39d149173c9879510b8caeed674224b640e311cd8b26196f72b8"
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 444 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to government agencies, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 48.160, relating to branch budget bills, to clarify fiscal biennium.
## 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/hb444/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 20** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0020.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb444/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- PASS HB 444 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 08, 2023
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2023
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 94-1 `passage`
- **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
- **2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0f603bd-e85d-4049-9c23-29bd2a5c1b06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).