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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to disaster relief, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 48.210, relating to branch budget bills, to require the Transportation Cabinet to provide assistance to the General Assembly during the budgeting process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 544"
citation: "Kentucky HB 544 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Budget and Financial Administration", "State Agencies", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1df1e5a9-d382-48a9-b724-cb9c98d77bec"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb544.html"
source_hash: "51050b0c3d553642a41db9e97f4b7071ab63849b6639c70c290fea6e731edb6d"
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 544 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to disaster relief, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 48.210, relating to branch budget bills, to require the Transportation Cabinet to provide assistance to the General Assembly during the budgeting process.
## 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/25RS/hb544/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 129** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0129.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb544/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Final Passage — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 544 W/ scs1 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day for concurrence in House Committee Substitute
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 100-0 `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 129) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1df1e5a9-d382-48a9-b724-cb9c98d77bec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).