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Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 224: AN ACT relating to land use.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 224 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky Senate on February 23, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to land use. Most recent recorded action (March 17, 2026): to Committee on Committees (H).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
No sponsor recorded in source data.

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. to Committee on Committees (H)
  2. received in House
  3. 3rd reading, passed 27-10 with Committee Substitute (1)
  4. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 13 2026
  5. reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
  6. returned to State & Local Government (S)
  7. 1st reading
  8. taken from State & Local Government (S)
  9. to State & Local Government (S)
  10. to Committee on Committees (S)
  11. introduced in Senate

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source