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Senate Bill 224

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Last Action 03/17/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title AN ACT relating to land use.
Bill Documents Current/Final
Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements Local Mandate
Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist
Bill Request Number 2202
Sponsor R. Mills
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms; establish that an applicant has a vested right to the development standards in place at the time of application for a building permit, development plan, or subdivision plat upon the submission of the application to a relevant authority; establish vesting periods; allow for extensions to the vesting period; establish that the relevant authority may terminate the vested rights under specified circumstances; establish enforcement authority; allow for the amendment to a development plan on a vested right; amend KRS 100.347 to limit entities which have standing to challenge a final action of a planning and zoning authority.
Index Headings of Original Version Civil Actions - Final action, standing, limitation
Housing, Building, And Construction - Development plans, building permits, vested rights, establishment
Land Use - Development plans, building permits, vested rights, establishment
Land Use - Final action, standing, limitation
Local Government - Development plans, building permits, vested rights, establishment
Local Mandate - Development plans, building permits, vested rights, establishment
Planning And Zoning - Development plans, building permits, vested rights, establishment
Planning And Zoning - Final action, standing, limitation
Property - Development plans, building permits, vested rights, establishment
Jump to Proposed Amendments Senate Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements
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Actions

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02/23/26
  • introduced in Senate
  • to Committee on Committees (S)
03/09/26
  • to State & Local Government (S)
03/10/26
  • taken from State & Local Government (S)
  • 1st reading
  • returned to State & Local Government (S)
03/11/26
  • reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 13 2026
03/13/26
  • 3rd reading, passed 27-10 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/17/26
  • received in House
  • to Committee on Committees (H)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment Senate Committee Substitute 1
Fiscal Impact Statement Local Mandate to Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary Retain original provisions except state that a relevant authority shall consider an application for approval based on the development standards in effect at the time the application was submitted.
Index Headings Housing, Building, And Construction - Development plans, building permits, vested rights, establishment
Land Use - Development plans, building permits, vested rights, establishment
Local Government - Development plans, building permits, vested rights, establishment
Local Mandate - Development plans, building permits, vested rights, establishment
Planning And Zoning - Development plans, building permits, vested rights, establishment
Property - Development plans, building permits, vested rights, establishment

Last updated: 4/17/2026 8:44 PM (EDT)