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| Bill | AN ACT providing funding and establishing conditions for state government agencies and institutions, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency. | Create a new section of Subchapter 32 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish a tiered county system for eligible companies to receive incentives under the Kentucky Business Investment Program; amends KRS 154.32-010 to define "tier"; amends KRS 154.32-020 and 154.32-040 to conform; amend KRS 154.32-050 to specify tiering procedures; amend KRS 154.32-060 to require the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority to identify and certify or decertify the tiers for all counties on an annual basis into 4 tax credit tiers; provide that the incentives available under this subchapter be determined based on the county where the economic development project is located by an approved company; provide a county's tier will be based on a 5 year average of its unemployment rate and population ranking; amend KRS 154.32-090, 154.61-010, 154.61-020, and 141.383 to conform. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2026RS | SB 197 | Kentucky SB 197 (2026RS) |
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Kentucky SB 197 (2026RS) — AN ACT providing funding and establishing conditions for state government agencies and institutions, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Create a new section of Subchapter 32 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish a tiered county system for eligible companies to receive incentives under the Kentucky Business Investment Program; amends KRS 154.32-010 to define "tier"; amends KRS 154.32-020 and 154.32-040 to conform; amend KRS 154.32-050 to specify tiering procedures; amend KRS 154.32-060 to require the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority to identify and certify or decertify the tiers for all counties on an annual basis into 4 tax credit tiers; provide that the incentives available under this subchapter be determined based on the county where the economic development project is located by an approved company; provide a county's tier will be based on a 5 year average of its unemployment rate and population ranking; amend KRS 154.32-090, 154.61-010, 154.61-020, and 141.383 to conform.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 202 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Pass — 82–7 (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 197 w/ SCS 1, SFA 2, SFA 1, SCA 1 (T) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 197 w/ HCS 2, HCA 2 (T) — 35–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- P. Wheeler — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- R. Webb — primary (person)
- S. Funke Frommeyer — primary (person)
- S. Madon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate
introduction - 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
referral-committee - 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
committee-passage - 2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction - 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 05 2026
- 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
passage - 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction - 2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (2) and (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
referral-committee - 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading
reading-1 - 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading
reading-2 - 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
committee-passage - 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026
- 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction - 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 taken from the Orders of the Day
- 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (2-title)
committee-passage - 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
- 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 placed in the Orders of the Day
- 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 82-7 with Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (2-title)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S)
referral-committee - 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (2-title)
- 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (2-title)
- 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 passed 35-1
passage - 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
- 2026-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 line items vetoed
executive-veto-line-item - 2026-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 202)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/481c13c3-b0a5-4b3d-b0ce-e6a084a0567a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).