republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/hb-9.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to economic relief for local communities of the Commonwealth and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "Create new sections of KRS Chapter 147A to enable the Department for Local Government to enter a partnership with the Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts for create and administer the Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program; define terms; require the Department for Local Government in partnership with the Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts to create and administer the program; establish the duties of the Department for Local Government and the Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts in the implementation of the program; establish a sunset provision of December 31, 2026; establish requirements for grant applications; create a fund for the program; establish project evaluation and scoring requirements; establish program reporting requirements; cite as the Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "Kentucky HB 9 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Area Development Districts", "Cities", "Counties", "Economic Development", "Fiscal Note", "Local Government", "Property", "Public Buildings and Grounds", "Public Health", "Public Utilities", "Sewer Systems", "Short Titles and Popular Names", "State Agencies", "Telecommunications", "Transportation", "Unified Local Governments", "Water Supply", "Waterways and Dams", "Workforce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8c4928b-4f5f-4fd9-967d-d28652d22f84"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb9.html"
source_hash: "cd7bec4ec4bf3adb661b52ecc98a9527b61f166bfc6ed40bfed6d8008d979388"
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 9 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to economic relief for local communities of the Commonwealth and making an appropriation therefor.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 147A to enable the Department for Local Government to enter a partnership with the Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts for create and administer the Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Program; define terms; require the Department for Local Government in partnership with the Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts to create and administer the program; establish the duties of the Department for Local Government and the Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts in the implementation of the program; establish a sunset provision of December 31, 2026; establish requirements for grant applications; create a fund for the program; establish project evaluation and scoring requirements; establish program reporting requirements; cite as the Government Resources Accelerating Needed Transformation Act.

## 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/hb9/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 186** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0186.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb9/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 9 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, 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 98-0 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)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2023
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 98-0 `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+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 Governor
- **2023-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 186) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8c4928b-4f5f-4fd9-967d-d28652d22f84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).