republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-647.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to economic relief for local communities of the Commonwealth and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 154.14-020, relating to the GRANT Program, to include the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Defense as eligible agencies; amend KRS 154.14-030 to push the sunset date of the program from December 31, 2026, to December 31, 2028; amend KRS 154.14-040 to increase the possible extension of a project from 6 months to 12 months; amend KRS 154.14-070 to make technical changes; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 647	Kentucky HB 647 (2026RS)	bill	Area Development Districts Cities Counties Economic Development Effective Dates Emergency Local Government Property Public Buildings And Grounds Public Health Public Utilities Sewer Systems State Agencies Sunset Legislation Telecommunications Transportation Water Supply Waterways And Dams Workforce	enacted	J. Petrie S. McPherson	3	29	2	2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/55dcf6dd-89ac-45a9-a055-1f9626462f8f	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb647.html	58bc7fc9b1bd4b576a0df2e8cd636c7b8e1bfb83f8b2f6410fa3fabecb08e200	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 647 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to economic relief for local communities of the Commonwealth and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 154.14-020, relating to the GRANT Program, to include the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Defense as eligible agencies; amend KRS 154.14-030 to push the sunset date of the program from December 31, 2026, to December 31, 2028; amend KRS 154.14-040 to increase the possible extension of a project from 6 months to 12 months; amend KRS 154.14-070 to make technical changes; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 115 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 647 — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• J. Petrie — primary (person)
• S. McPherson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12 2026
• 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill committee-passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 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. 115) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55dcf6dd-89ac-45a9-a055-1f9626462f8f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).