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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to economic relief for local communities of the Commonwealth and declaring an emergency."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 647"
citation: "Kentucky HB 647 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["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"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Petrie", "S. McPherson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55dcf6dd-89ac-45a9-a055-1f9626462f8f"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb647.html"
source_hash: "58bc7fc9b1bd4b576a0df2e8cd636c7b8e1bfb83f8b2f6410fa3fabecb08e200"
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 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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb647/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 115** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0115.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb647/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Pass — **970** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 647 — **380** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55dcf6dd-89ac-45a9-a055-1f9626462f8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).