AN ACT relating to the rights of property owners and declaring an emergency.
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 65 to prohibit local governments from adopting or enforcing ordinances that prohibit owners of housing accommodations from refusing to lease or rent the housing accommodation to a person when the person's source of income to pay rent includes funding from a federal housing assistance program; prohibit local governments from requiring an owner of property occupied by an individual other than the owner to pay an emergency response fee that arises out of the actions of another over which the owner has no control; EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 2, 2024
Signed Mar 6, 2024
Floor votes · House Jan 23, 2024
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
14
Committee
11
Mar 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
passed 31-7
lower
Mar 6, 2024
Vetoed
posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
lower
Mar 6, 2024
Committee
to Rules (S)
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
passed 76-19
lower
Mar 6, 2024
Vetoed
veto overridden
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Vetoed
posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Committee
to Rules (H)
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Vetoed
Vetoed
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
passed 75-20
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Committee
to Rules (H)
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 25-11 with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
to State & Local Government (S)
upper
Jan 24, 2024
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Jan 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 74-20
lower
Jan 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Jan 12, 2024
Committee
to State Government (H)
lower
Jan 2, 2024
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 2, 2024
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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