---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to abortion."
description: "AN ACT relating to abortion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "Kentucky SB 50 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs and Medicines", "Health and Medical Services", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Public Health", "Reproductive Issues"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Embry Jr.", "D. Bentley", "D. Bentley", "D. Carroll", "D. Thayer", "M. Castlen", "M. Marzian", "M. Marzian", "M. Marzian", "M. Wilson", "M. Wise", "R. Mills", "S. Meredith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f6d9436-c761-4254-ad05-896e6c1247c8"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/sb50.html"
source_hash: "fa9df471707873edc1e29ff61e74c2aecda91badd8eb4ddd420542b38c981787"
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 50 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to abortion.

## 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/sb50/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Embry Jr. — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- D. Thayer — primary (person)
- M. Castlen — primary (person)
- M. Marzian — primary (person)
- M. Marzian — primary (person)
- M. Marzian — primary (person)
- M. Wilson — primary (person)
- M. Wise — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- S. Meredith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2019-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2019-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules
- **2019-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 11, 2019
- **2019-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 30-6 `reading-3`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2019
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (4-title) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) ruled not germane
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 75-19 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1-title) `passage`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1-title) on Thursday, March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1-title)
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 31-4
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 191) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f6d9436-c761-4254-ad05-896e6c1247c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).