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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky Bill HB 802 allows adjacent planning units to form regional planning units
Last action · March 13, 2026: taken from Local Government (H) 1st reading returned to Local Government (H)Sponsor: Patrick Flannery
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What This Bill Proposed
Legislative bodies of cities and counties in two or more adjacent s are permitted to enter an agreement to form a regional planning unit based on shared physical, economic, or social features.
Enables local governments to restructure planning oversight by combining adjacent units or replacing existing joint commissions through formal agreements.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Cities and counties with adjacent planning units
Local legislative bodies gain the legal option to form regional planning units and must negotiate the division of functions and financing if agreements are pursued.
Existing joint planning commissions
Existing joint units and commissions may either continue with reassigned functions or be replaced under a new regional agreement.
Key Facts
- Legislative bodies of cities and counties comprising two or more adjacent planning units with logical functional areas may form a regional planning unit.
- Agreements for regional units may permit the continuation of existing joint units and planning commissions or replace them.
- Continuing joint units must have a clear division or assignment of functions stated in the regional agreement.
- Regional units are financed by the participating legislative parties in accordance with their agreement.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 13, 2026HouseCommitteetaken from Local Government (H) 1st reading returned to Local Government (H)
- Mar 9, 2026HouseCommitteeto Local Government (H)
- Mar 2, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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