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SB 224 KY
Passed One Chamber

AN ACT relating to land use.

KY · session 2026RS · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 23, 2026

Latest action (Mar 17, 2026) to Committee on Committees (H)

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to define terms; establish that an applicant has a vested right to the development standards in place at the time of application for a building permit, development plan, or subdivision plat upon the submission of the application to a relevant authority; establish vesting periods; allow for extensions to the vesting period; establish that the relevant authority may terminate the vested rights under specified circumstances; establish enforcement authority; allow for the amendment to a development plan on a vested right; amend KRS 100.347 to limit entities which have standing to challenge a final action of a planning and zoning authority.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (11)

  1. Feb 23, 2026 introduced in Senate · upper
  2. Feb 23, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  3. Mar 9, 2026 to State & Local Government (S) · upper
  4. Mar 10, 2026 taken from State & Local Government (S) · upper
  5. Mar 10, 2026 1st reading · upper
  6. Mar 10, 2026 returned to State & Local Government (S) · upper
  7. Mar 11, 2026 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) · upper
  8. Mar 11, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 13 2026 · upper
  9. Mar 13, 2026 3rd reading, passed 27-10 with Committee Substitute (1) · upper
  10. Mar 17, 2026 received in House · lower
  11. Mar 17, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
Subjects
Civil ActionsHousing, Building, And ConstructionLand UseLocal GovernmentLocal MandatePlanning And ZoningProperty

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