republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-418.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to agricultural districts."
description: "Amend KRS 262.850 to decrease the minimum number of acres to qualify as an agricultural district from 250 acres to 50 acres; add cities that are within one mile of the agricultural district to the list of entities to be notified of the proposal, approval, and withdrawal of property from, an agricultural district; allow a district board of supervisors of supervisors to consider possible dissolution of an agricultural district if an owner's withdrawal of property results in the remaining land no longer qualifying as agricultural land."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 418"
citation: "Kentucky HB 418 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory Boards", "Commissions", "and Committees", "Agriculture", "Boards and Commissions", "Cities", "Counties", "County Clerks", "Courts", "Fiscal", "Deeds and Conveyances", "Economic Development", "Environment and Conservation", "Land Use", "Local Government", "Planning and Zoning", "Property", "Property Valuation Administrators"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Stevenson", "D. Lewis", "M. Meredith", "M. Pollock", "T. Truett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9402872a-92d4-47f4-823d-993d2af630db"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb418.html"
source_hash: "85cf6a0838de18fba98210c5a19ea66c402214c516573fad53d9b35f7cdba537"
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 418 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to agricultural districts.

Amend KRS 262.850 to decrease the minimum number of acres to qualify as an agricultural district from 250 acres to 50 acres; add cities that are within one mile of the agricultural district to the list of entities to be notified of the proposal, approval, and withdrawal of property from, an agricultural district; allow a district board of supervisors of supervisors to consider possible dissolution of an agricultural district if an owner's withdrawal of property results in the remaining land no longer qualifying as agricultural land.

## 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/hb418/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 136** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0136.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb418/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 418 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Stevenson — primary (person)
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- M. Pollock — primary (person)
- T. Truett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `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
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 11, 2024
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **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. 136) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9402872a-92d4-47f4-823d-993d2af630db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).