republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-900.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to government agencies, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriate General Fund moneys from the budget reserve trust fund account in each fiscal year of the 2026-2028 fiscal biennium to various state agencies for miscellaneous projects and programs; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 900"
citation: "Kentucky HB 900 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Budget And Financial Administration", "Economic Development", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "J. Bray", "J. Petrie", "S. Rudy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/340feed4-6246-4c4d-90dd-ca78989c8f8a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb900.html"
source_hash: "8875480bca3a2210cbde2ea0cb23aad77b2ead2e877d0e2942fccc3eecab306a"
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 900 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to government agencies, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Appropriate General Fund moneys from the budget reserve trust fund account in each fiscal year of the 2026-2028 fiscal biennium to various state agencies for miscellaneous projects and programs; APPROPRIATION; 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/hb900/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 142** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0142.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb900/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **85–13** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE OF HB 900 — **36–1** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 900 w/ SCS 1 — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 85-13 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 36-1 `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 97-0 `passage`
- **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. 142) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/340feed4-6246-4c4d-90dd-ca78989c8f8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).