republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-264.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities."
description: "The Judicial Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 264"
citation: "Kentucky HB 264 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Budget and Financial Administration", "Court", "Supreme", "Courts", "Courts", "Circuit", "Courts", "District", "Courts", "Family", "Judges and Court Commissioners", "Judicial Circuits", "Judicial Districts", "State Agencies", "State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "J. Bray", "J. Petrie", "P. Flannery"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b6b9093-6cd6-4004-b1fb-e9573e9f4212"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb264.html"
source_hash: "c093d51980c8a25135459f1081221a9bf3e54139472693ba9fe5e39efe96b207"
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 264 (2024RS) — AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities.

The Judicial Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; detail Part II, Capital Projects Budget; detail Part III, General Provisions; detail Part IV, Budget Reduction or Surplus Expenditure Plan; APPROPRIATION.

## 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/24RS/hb264/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 148** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0148.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb264/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 264 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASS HB 264 W/ fccr1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- P. Flannery — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report (1)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 36-1 with Free Conference Committee Report (1) `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Report
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 93-0 with Free Conference Committee Report (1) `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 148) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b6b9093-6cd6-4004-b1fb-e9573e9f4212`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).