republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-313.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to city franchises.	Amend KRS 69.010 to change the time period that a city has to provide for the sale of a new franchise before the expiration of the current utility franchise from 18 months to 6 months.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 313	Kentucky HB 313 (2026RS)	bill	Cities Cities First Class Public Utilities	enacted	R. Bivens R. White	3	19	2	2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2a66bd5d-3649-43bd-8ba2-cc5cd7427d36	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb313.html	0bc39d941f5b55719d9e75589bb82a4902b9b66f2442a4e13e7dfa5ef7a0385a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 313 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to city franchises.

Amend KRS 69.010 to change the time period that a city has to provide for the sale of a new franchise before the expiration of the current utility franchise from 18 months to 6 months.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 108 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 313 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 93–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• R. Bivens — primary (person)
• R. White — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 10 2026
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 93-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 to Natural Resources & Energy (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 108) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a66bd5d-3649-43bd-8ba2-cc5cd7427d36. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).