republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-388.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to local government and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 67C.147, relating to urban service taxing districts in consolidated local governments, to require the consolidated local government to reimburse fire districts operating under KRS Chapter 75 that made emergency medical runs within the area of the urban service tax district; require no more than 10 percent of funding of the services contracted with the consolidated local government by the urban service tax district come from taxes levied by the consolidated local government from areas outside the urban service tax district between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2030; provide that no such funding come from outside the urban service tax district on or after July 1, 2030; amend KRS 67C.111, regarding incorporation and annexation of cities in a county containing a consolidated local government, to adjust the number of signatures required in a petition for mandatory action; prohibit a city in a county containing a consolidated local government from annexing manufacturing areas, as defined, primarily for the purpose of obtaining occupational license tax revenue unless the annexation is consented to by each property owner in the area to be annexed; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to provide that members of local boards, commission, committees, and other bodies created by or appointed by local governments have geographic and political party affiliation diversity; amend KRS 67C.103 to require the election of council members in a consolidated local government to be nonpartisan; amend KRS 67C.105 to require the election of a mayor in a consolidated local government to be nonpartisan; amend KRS 117.125 to conform; amend KRS 177.360 to direct consolidated local governments to establish procedures to prioritize projects undertaken with county road aid funds; establish the Property Valuation Review Commission to review assessments in a county containing a consolidated local government; ensure that the assessments are consistent and uniform; provide for appointments by mayor from recommendations of various entities; require that the commission report to the Legislative Research Commission, the mayor and metro council of the consolidated local government, and the Finance and Administration Cabinet no later than December 31, 2024; Sections 4, 5, and 6 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025; EMERGENCY, in part."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 388"
citation: "Kentucky HB 388 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Annexation", "Boards and Commissions", "Cities", "Consolidated Local Governments", "Counties", "County Clerks", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Elections and Voting", "Emergency Medical Services", "Firefighters and Fire Departments", "Highways", "Streets", "and Bridges", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Property", "Property Valuation Administrators", "Public Officers and Employees", "Reports Mandated", "Special Districts", "Studies Directed", "Taxation", "Taxation", "Property", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["E. Callaway", "J. Bauman", "J. Hodgson", "J. Nemes", "K. Bratcher", "K. Fleming", "S. Witten"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ef78ee5-1fe2-4078-8b4e-bacc2c700733"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb388.html"
source_hash: "ab233c8da76ec9dcd048bebbf4ffd09fb0d7992290d9c60dcf3ac4efaa4ce5f3"
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 388 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to local government and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 67C.147, relating to urban service taxing districts in consolidated local governments, to require the consolidated local government to reimburse fire districts operating under KRS Chapter 75 that made emergency medical runs within the area of the urban service tax district; require no more than 10 percent of funding of the services contracted with the consolidated local government by the urban service tax district come from taxes levied by the consolidated local government from areas outside the urban service tax district between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2030; provide that no such funding come from outside the urban service tax district on or after July 1, 2030; amend KRS 67C.111, regarding incorporation and annexation of cities in a county containing a consolidated local government, to adjust the number of signatures required in a petition for mandatory action; prohibit a city in a county containing a consolidated local government from annexing manufacturing areas, as defined, primarily for the purpose of obtaining occupational license tax revenue unless the annexation is consented to by each property owner in the area to be annexed; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to provide that members of local boards, commission, committees, and other bodies created by or appointed by local governments have geographic and political party affiliation diversity; amend KRS 67C.103 to require the election of council members in a consolidated local government to be nonpartisan; amend KRS 67C.105 to require the election of a mayor in a consolidated local government to be nonpartisan; amend KRS 117.125 to conform; amend KRS 177.360 to direct consolidated local governments to establish procedures to prioritize projects undertaken with county road aid funds; establish the Property Valuation Review Commission to review assessments in a county containing a consolidated local government; ensure that the assessments are consistent and uniform; provide for appointments by mayor from recommendations of various entities; require that the commission report to the Legislative Research Commission, the mayor and metro council of the consolidated local government, and the Finance and Administration Cabinet no later than December 31, 2024; Sections 4, 5, and 6 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025; EMERGENCY, in part.

## 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/hb388/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 181** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0181.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb388/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 388 W/ scs1 sfa1 sfa2 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Veto Override HB 388 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- E. Callaway — primary (person)
- J. Bauman — primary (person)
- J. Hodgson — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- K. Bratcher — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- S. Witten — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 09, 2024
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Floor Amendment (1) defeated
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** passed 70-20 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 25, 2024
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) (2) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) withdrawn
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (4) defeated
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed 25-11 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2) `passage`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendments (1) and (2) and Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 79-21 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2) `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
- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed 71-22 `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed 22-10 `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 181) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ef78ee5-1fe2-4078-8b4e-bacc2c700733`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).