Kentucky
General Assembly

02/18/25	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/20/25	to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
02/25/25	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/26/25	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 27, 2025
02/27/25	3rd reading, passed 95-0
02/28/25	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/04/25	to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
03/05/25	taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S) 1st reading returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
03/06/25	taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S) 2nd reading returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
03/12/25	reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 12, 2025 3rd reading, passed 36-0-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) received in House to Rules (H)
03/13/25	taken from Rules (H) posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
03/27/25	House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) received in Senate to Rules (S) posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate Free Conference Committee report filed in House
03/28/25	Free Conference Committee report filed in Senate posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Report Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate passed 37-0 received in House to Rules (H) taken from Rules posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report (1) Free Conference Committee report adopted in House passed 82-17 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House enrolled, signed by President of the Senate delivered to Governor

Amendment	Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 1 and the State/Executive Branch biennial budget to revise and provide funding for various programs and projects and establish conditions for state government agencies, institutions, and programs receiving funding; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings	Education, Finance - General obligation bonds, reporting requirements Effective Dates, Emergency - Appropriations, state government agencies, institutions, and programs State Agencies - Appropriations, state government agencies, institutions, and programs Appropriations - Appropriations, state government agencies, institutions, and programs Bonds, Public - General obligation bonds, reporting requirements Budget and Financial Administration - Appropriations, state government agencies, institutions, and programs Capital Construction - Western Kentucky University, capital project reauthorization Reports Mandated - General obligation bonds, reports to statutory and interim joint committees Fiscal Note - Appropriations, state government agencies, institutions, and programs

Amendment	Senate Committee Amendment 1
Sponsor	C. McDaniel
Summary	Make title amendment.
Index Headings	Title Amendments - HB 606/GA

Amendment	Conference Committee Report 1
Summary	Cannot agree.
Index Headings	Conference Committee Reports - HB 606

Amendment	Free Conference Committee Report 1
Summary	Delete original provisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms; allow two or more local governments to enter into an interlocal agreement to develop real estate as part of a regional economic development project; establish requirements for a regional economic development project; allow the territory used in the regional economic development project to be organized into a taxing district; establish requirements for the taxing district; allow the district to levy a special ad valorem tax; establish requirements for the special ad valorem tax; allow local governments to impose an occupational license fee on businesses, trades, and professions performed, rendered, or conducted within a regional industrial taxing district; establish requirements for the occupational license fee; require the establishment of a board to manage the affairs of the taxing district; require reporting by the board overseeing the taxing district and the Department for Local Government; amend 2025 RS HB 775/EN to include public property owned, operated, or controlled by the Commonwealth in the definition of "venue" for purposes of a sales tax incentive; amend title.
Index Headings	Economic Development - Regional economic development projects, taxing district establishment Economic Development - Sales tax incentive, qualifying attraction, venue, definition Interlocal Cooperation - Regional economic development projects, taxing district establishment Local Government - Regional economic development projects, taxing district establishment Property - Regional industrial taxing districts, economic development projects Public Buildings and Grounds - Venue, qualifying attraction, sales tax incentive, definition State Agencies - Department for Local Government, regional economic development projects, reporting requirement Taxation - Occupational license fees, special ad valorem taxes, regional economic development projects Taxation - Sales tax, venue, qualifying attraction, tax incentive, definition Taxation, Property - Regional economic development projects, taxing district establishment Taxation, Sales and Use - Venue, qualifying attraction, tax incentive, definition Title Amendments - HB 606 Cities - Regional economic development projects, taxing district establishment Conference Committee Reports - HB 606 Contracts - Regional economic development projects, interlocal agreement, requirements Counties - Occupational license fees, special ad valorem taxes, regional economic development projects Reports Mandated - Regional economic development projects