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HB500Introduced in the House

AN ACT relating to appropriations measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities.

Passed

Introduced by Jason Petrie, District 16

What does this bill do?

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Official description

The State/Executive Branch Budget: Details Part I, Operating Budget; details Part II, Capital Projects Budget; details Part III, General Provisions; details Part IV, State Salary/Compensation, Benefit, and Employment Policy; details Part V, Funds Transfer; details Part VI, General Fund Budget Reduction Plan; details Part VII, General Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; details Part VIII, Road Fund Budget Reduction Plan; details Part IX, Road Fund Surplus Expenditure Plan; details Part X, Phase I Tobacco Settlement; and details Part XI, Executive Branch Budget Summary; APPROPRIATION.

Where it stands

delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 168)

April 14, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

10 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Senate: Veto Override RSN# 4177 · April 14, 2026

32

Yes

6

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

38 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Jason Howell1Yes
Danny Carroll2Yes
Craig Richardson3Yes
Robert Mills4Yes
Stephen Meredith5Yes
Lindsey Tichenor6Yes
Aaron Reed7Yes
Gary Boswell8Yes
David Givens9Yes
Matthew Deneen10Yes

Bill history

  1. introduced in House

  2. to Committee on Committees (H)

  3. to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

  4. floor amendments (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) filed

  5. floor amendment withdrawn Floor Amendment (2)

  6. floor amendment (8) filed

  7. taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)

  8. 1st reading

  9. returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

  10. taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)

  11. 2nd reading

  12. returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)

  13. reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)

  14. taken from Rules

  15. placed in the Orders of the Day

  16. 3rd reading

  17. floor amendments (12), (14) and (15) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendments (9), (10), (11) and (13) filed to bill

  18. passed 81-18 with Committee Substitute (1)

  19. received in Senate

  20. to Committee on Committees (S)

  21. to Appropriations & Revenue (S)

  22. taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)

  23. 1st reading

  24. returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)

  25. taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)

  26. 2nd reading

  27. returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)

  28. reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)

  29. taken from Rules

  30. placed in the Orders of the Day

  31. 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

  32. received in House

  33. to Rules (H)

  34. posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

  35. House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1)

  36. received in Senate

  37. to Rules (S)

  38. taken from Rules

  39. posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1)

  40. Senate refused to recede

  41. Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate

  42. Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate

  43. Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate

  44. Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate

  45. Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate

  46. posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report

  47. Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate

  48. passed 38-0

  49. received in House

  50. to Rules (H)

  51. taken from Rules

  52. posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report

  53. Free Conference Committee report adopted in House

  54. passed 73-21

  55. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

  56. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

  57. delivered to Governor

  58. line items vetoed

  59. received in House

  60. to Rules (H)

  61. taken from Rules

  62. posted for consideration of Governor's line vetoes

  63. vetoes overridden in-part

  64. passed 74-19

  65. received in Senate

  66. to Rules (S)

  67. posted for consideration of Governor's line vetoes

  68. vetoes overridden in-part

  69. passed 32-6

  70. received in House

  71. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House

  72. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate

  73. delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 168)

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