Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB939: AN ACT relating to cities.
Status: In committee, March 13, 2026
Repeal KRS 6.945, relating to a restriction on the authority of the General Assembly to require cities to make expenditures or levy taxes; amend KRS 65.504 to conform.
What the bill says
An act relating to cities.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to cities. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 65.504 is amended to read as follows: (1) [Notwithstanding KRS 6.945, ]Beginning in the calendar year following the full receipt of the initial funds statutorily required to be invested by private sector investors, a consolidated local government, and the Commonwealth to the West End Opportunity Partnership and continuing for twenty (20) years, eighty percent (80%) of the incremental revenues shall be pledged to the West End Opportunity Partnership by a consolidated local government and the Commonwealth. (2) A local participation agreement shall be executed between the West End Opportunity Partnership and the governing body involved in providing financing or pledging incremental revenues to support the implementation of a development plan in a development area. (3) The local participation agreement shall be adopted by the governing body by ordinance and shall include but not be limited to the following provisions: (a) Identification of the parties to the local participation agreement and the duties and responsibilities of each entity under the agreement; (b) Specific identification of the incremental revenues released or pledged by type of tax by each taxing district; (c) The anticipated benefit to be received by each taxing district for the release or pledge, including a detailed summary of old …
Sponsors
- Steven Rudy (R, HD-001) · primary sponsor
- David Osborne (R, HD-059)
Latest actions
- : returned to Local Government (H)
- : 1st reading
- : taken from Local Government (H)
- : to Local Government (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: General Assembly, Taxation, Local Government, Cities
Common questions
- What is HB939?
- HB939 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to cities.
- What does HB939 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to cities.
- What is the status of HB939?
- In committee as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: returned to Local Government (H) (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB939?
- Steven Rudy (R, HD-001), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB939?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb939.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.