Kentucky 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

SB 234 — AN ACT relating to short-term rentals.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 100 to define terms related to short-term rentals; make owner-occupied short-term rentals a permitted residential use; permit non-owner-occupied short-term rentals to be subject to a conditional use permit or variance; permit regulation of short-term rentals in certain circumstances if enforcement is in the same manner as other properties; allow planning unit to require permitting for the operation of short-term rentals and enumerate the contents of a permit application, procedures for application, revocation of a permit, benefits of permit, and penalties for operating without a permit when planning unit has adopted a permitting ordinance; state that the Act shall not be construed to affect regulations of a homeowner's association or other similar property owner association; state that any ordinance that conflicts with provisions of the Act is unenforceable; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Short-Term Rental Regulation Act.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. to Appropriations & Revenue (S)

  2. to Committee on Committees (S)

  3. introduced in Senate

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 137 not signed on

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Not signed on (137)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 234 do?
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 100 to define terms related to short-term rentals; make owner-occupied short-term rentals a permitted residential use; permit non-owner-occupied short-term rentals to be subject to a conditional use permit or variance; permit regulation of short-term rentals in certain circumstances if enforcement is in the same manner as other properties; allow planning unit to require permitting for the operation of short-term rentals and enumerate the contents of a permit application, procedures for application, revocation of a permit, benefits of permit, and penalties for operating without a permit when planning unit has adopted a permitting ordinance; state that the Act shall not be construed to affect regulations of a homeowner's association or other similar property owner association; state that any ordinance that conflicts with provisions of the Act is unenforceable; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Short-Term Rental Regulation Act.
Who sponsors SB 234?
SB 234 is sponsored by Stephen West (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 234?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 234?
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