KY SB 9
died on adjournmentAN ACT relating to housing districts.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did KY SB 9 pass?
No. KY SB 9 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-15): Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate
What is KY SB 9 about?
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms; establish the process for a local government to establish a residential infrastructure development district and for dissolution of a district; authorize a local government to issue bonds and other obligations to pay for infrastructure costs within a residential infrastructure development district; authorize a local government to collect special assessments on property within the residential infrastructure development district to pay for infrastructure costs and use special assessment revenue for administrative costs unless restricted; establish that the special assessment constitutes a lien, address lien priority, require delinquent property taxes to be paid prior to a special assessment, and allow for redemption of property sold as a result of delinquent payment of a special assessment; permit local governments to act jointly to establish and maintain a residential infrastructure development district; define terms and allow a local government to establish a housing development district and a Housing Incentive Payment Program; allow a local government to exempt housing developments within a housing development district from planning and zoning following a public hearing; permit other local taxing authorities to participate in a housing development district; allow a local government to accept applications from developers to undertake projects within a housing development district; allow a local government to negotiate with a developer whose application it has accepted regarding rates associated with incentive payments to the developer; establish a means by which a developer shall be paid incentive payments by a local government; require area development districts to provide assistance to a local government in establishing a housing development district; require the Cabinet for Economic Development to promote awareness of the housing development district and incentive program and the Certified Child Care Community Designation program set out in KRS 199.891; require the cabinet to post information including a list of local governments that have established housing development districts and have obtained the certified child care community designation to its website; require local governments that have established housing development districts to provide information to the Department for Local Government regarding the district and utilization of the incentive program; require the Department for Local Government to submit a report to LRC summarizing information received from local governments regarding housing development districts; provide that the Act shall not be construed to prohibit a local government from establishing any other incentive program for housing development.
Who sponsors KY SB 9?
A. Mays Bledsoe, M. Deneen, J. Higdon and 1 others are the primary sponsors of KY SB 9.
Description
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms; establish the process for a local government to establish a residential infrastructure development district and for dissolution of a district; authorize a local government to issue bonds and other obligations to pay for infrastructure costs within a residential infrastructure development district; authorize a local government to collect special assessments on property within the residential infrastructure development district to pay for infrastructure costs and use special assessment revenue for administrative costs unless restricted; establish that the special assessment constitutes a lien, address lien priority, require delinquent property taxes to be paid prior to a special assessment, and allow for redemption of property sold as a result of delinquent payment of a special assessment; permit local governments to act jointly to establish and maintain a residential infrastructure development district; define terms and allow a local government to establish a housing development district and a Housing Incentive Payment Program; allow a local government to exempt housing developments within a housing development district from planning and zoning following a public hearing; permit other local taxing authorities to participate in a housing development district; allow a local government to accept applications from developers to undertake projects within a housing development district; allow a local government to negotiate with a developer whose application it has accepted regarding rates associated with incentive payments to the developer; establish a means by which a developer shall be paid incentive payments by a local government; require area development districts to provide assistance to a local government in establishing a housing development district; require the Cabinet for Economic Development to promote awareness of the housing development district and incentive program and the Certified Child Care Community Designation program set out in KRS 199.891; require the cabinet to post information including a list of local governments that have established housing development districts and have obtained the certified child care community designation to its website; require local governments that have established housing development districts to provide information to the Department for Local Government regarding the district and utilization of the incentive program; require the Department for Local Government to submit a report to LRC summarizing information received from local governments regarding housing development districts; provide that the Act shall not be construed to prohibit a local government from establishing any other incentive program for housing development.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-02
- Latest action
- 2026-04-15 — Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- A. Mays Bledsoeprimary
- M. Deneenprimary
- J. Higdonprimary
- R. Millsprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-15
Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate
2026-04-14
Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
2026-04-14
House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2026-04-14
posted for passage for receding from House
2026-04-14
to Rules (H)
referral-committee
2026-04-14
received in House
2026-04-14
Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2026-04-01
posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
2026-04-01
to Rules (S)
referral-committee
2026-04-01
received in Senate
2026-04-01
floor amendments (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction
2026-04-01
3rd reading, passed 71-21 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
passage,reading-3
2026-04-01
placed in the Orders of the Day
2026-04-01
taken from Rules
2026-04-01
reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
committee-passage
2026-03-31
floor amendment (2) filed
amendment-introduction
2026-03-24
floor amendment (1) filed
amendment-introduction
2026-03-19
returned to Local Government (H)
2026-03-19
2nd reading
reading-2
2026-03-19
taken from Local Government (H)
2026-03-13
returned to Local Government (H)
2026-03-13
1st reading
reading-1
2026-03-13
taken from Local Government (H)
2026-03-02
to Local Government (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-18
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-18
received in House
2026-02-17
3rd reading, passed 35-2 with Committee Substitute (1)
passage,reading-3
2026-02-12
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 17 2026
2026-02-12
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-02-11
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage
2026-02-04
to State & Local Government (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-02
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-02
introduced in Senate
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
PASS SB 9 w/ SCS 1
2026-02-17 · pass · 35-2
Member-level votes (38)
- Berg: yes
- Funke Frommeyer: yes
- Mills: yes
- Stivers: yes
- Boswell: yes
- Givens: yes
- Neal: yes
- Storm: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Herron: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carroll: yes
- Higdon: yes
- Nunn: yes
- Webb: yes
- ChambersArmstrong: yes
- Howell: yes
- Raque Adams: yes
- West: yes
- Clemons: yes
- Madon: yes
- Rawlings: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Deneen: yes
- Mays Bledsoe: yes
- Reed: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Douglas: yes
- McDaniel: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wise: yes
- Elkins: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Smith: yes
- Tichenor: no
- Williams: no
- Girdler: not voting
Pass
2026-04-01 · pass · 71-21
Member-level votes (100)
- Baker: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- Meade: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Banta: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Smith: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Fister: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Miles: yes
- Tate: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Flannery: yes
- Imes: yes
- Moser: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Fleming: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Bowling: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Fugate: yes
- King: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Koch: yes
- Payne: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Bray: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Proctor: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Raymer: yes
- White: yes
- Calloway: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Riley: yes
- Williams: yes
- Clines: yes
- Hale: yes
- McCool: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Doan: yes
- Hampton: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Witten: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Aull: no
- Decker: no
- Hancock: no
- Marzian: no
- Rabourn: no
- Bojanowski: no
- Dietz: no
- Holloway: no
- Massaroni: no
- Stalker: no
- Brown: no
- Donworth: no
- Lehman: no
- Moore: no
- Stevenson P: no
- Burke: no
- Gentry: no
- Maddox: no
- Petrie: no
- Willner: no
- Camuel: no
- Chester-Burton: not voting
- Hart: not voting
- Lewis S: not voting
- Tackett Laferty: not voting
- Watkins: not voting
- Elliott: not voting
- Lawrence: not voting
- Roarx: not voting
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