republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/hb-552.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to economic development."
description: "Amend KRS Chapter 91A.360 to allow the appropriate chief executive officer or officers of a local tourist and convention center to appoint to the commission persons representing local restaurants, hotels, or motels residing within the city or county of the commission if no formal local city or county restaurant association, hotel and motel association, or chamber of commerce is in existence; make technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 552"
citation: "Kentucky HB 552 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Associations", "Cities", "Counties", "Hotels and Motels", "Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f9d5368-2d9e-4369-b386-5fe6ae83f7da"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb552.html"
source_hash: "28b9a8bc3cffb43210798bf757c3554e9e1865d781230adb8a51b0962fcbe472"
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 552 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to economic development.

Amend KRS Chapter 91A.360 to allow the appropriate chief executive officer or officers of a local tourist and convention center to appoint to the commission persons representing local restaurants, hotels, or motels residing within the city or county of the commission if no formal local city or county restaurant association, hotel and motel association, or chamber of commerce is in existence; make technical corrections.

## 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/hb552/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0109.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb552/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **85–10** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **82–9** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 552 W/ scs1 sfa1 sfa2 scta1 — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Override Veto Final Passage HB 552 — **33–4** (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`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 14, 2025
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Floor Amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1) and (2), and Committee Amendment (1-title) `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** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1) and (2), and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1) and (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 82-9 `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 85-10 `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 33-4 `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 109) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f9d5368-2d9e-4369-b386-5fe6ae83f7da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).