KY SB9 | 2026 | Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: Engrossed on February 18 2026 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-04-15 - Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on February 18 2026 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-04-15 - Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
AN ACT relating to housing districts.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2026-04-01 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 408 (Y: 71 N: 21 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2026-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3830 (Y: 35 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3830 (Y: 35 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | House | Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate |
| 2026-04-14 | House | Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate |
| 2026-04-14 | House | House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2026-04-14 | House | posted for passage for receding from House |
| 2026-04-14 | House | to Rules (H) |
| 2026-04-14 | House | received in House |
| 2026-04-14 | Senate | Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2026-04-01 | Senate | posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2026-04-01 | Senate | to Rules (S) |
| 2026-04-01 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2026-04-01 | House | floor amendments (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute |
| 2026-04-01 | House | 3rd reading, passed 71-21 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2026-04-01 | House | placed in the Orders of the Day |
| 2026-04-01 | House | taken from Rules |
| 2026-04-01 | House | reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) |
| 2026-03-31 | House | floor amendment (2) filed |
| 2026-03-24 | House | floor amendment (1) filed |
| 2026-03-19 | House | returned to Local Government (H) |
| 2026-03-19 | House | 2nd reading |
| 2026-03-19 | House | taken from Local Government (H) |
| 2026-03-13 | House | returned to Local Government (H) |
| 2026-03-13 | House | 1st reading |
| 2026-03-13 | House | taken from Local Government (H) |
| 2026-03-02 | House | to Local Government (H) |
| 2026-02-18 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2026-02-18 | House | received in House |
| 2026-02-17 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 35-2 with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2026-02-12 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 17 2026 |
| 2026-02-12 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) |
| 2026-02-04 | Senate | to State & Local Government (S) |
| 2026-02-02 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2026-02-02 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
