---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to pregnancy-related accommodations."
description: "AN ACT relating to pregnancy-related accommodations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "Kentucky SB 18 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor and Industry", "Personnel and Employment", "Women", "Civil Rights", "Workforce", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Kerr", "C. Embry Jr.", "D. Harper Angel", "J. Adams", "J. Petrie", "M. McGarvey", "P. Hornback", "R. Thomas", "R. Webb", "S. Meredith", "W. Schroder", "W. Westerfield", "W. Westerfield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-08-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beb57e98-6d08-4588-885a-04eefc719280"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/sb18.html"
source_hash: "c039c4dc76101ca77431851c57d184d8fa8ef4a62618e0ebe120cd2dc4ffc5cf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky SB 18 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to pregnancy-related accommodations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/sb18/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Kerr — primary (person)
- C. Embry Jr. — primary (person)
- D. Harper Angel — primary (person)
- J. Adams — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- M. McGarvey — primary (person)
- P. Hornback — primary (person)
- R. Thomas — primary (person)
- R. Webb — primary (person)
- S. Meredith — primary (person)
- W. Schroder — primary (person)
- W. Westerfield — primary (person)
- W. Westerfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-08-17T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute and floor amendment (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 25-7 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendments (1) and (2-title) `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (H)
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (H)
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2019
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 87-5 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts Ch. 200) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/beb57e98-6d08-4588-885a-04eefc719280`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).