---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to expanding organ donor registration."
description: "AN ACT relating to expanding organ donor registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "SB 77"
citation: "Kentucky SB 77 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Effective Dates", "Delayed", "Health and Medical Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Embry Jr.", "D. Carroll", "J. Adams", "M. McGarvey", "R. Alvarado", "R. Girdler", "S. Meredith", "T. Buford"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02808ce9-2e5a-40c5-8d2e-d44d1ead1c78"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/sb77.html"
source_hash: "8f864da71ba1bd5709adfef8423be39b7677fb593a0f304e96b7b98b0068e7c9"
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 77 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to expanding organ donor registration.

## 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/sb77/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Embry Jr. — primary (person)
- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- J. Adams — primary (person)
- M. McGarvey — primary (person)
- R. Alvarado — primary (person)
- R. Girdler — primary (person)
- S. Meredith — primary (person)
- T. Buford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Health & Welfare (S)
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Health & Welfare (S)
- **2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 7, 2019
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3`
- **2019-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-02-11T05:00:00+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 Consent Calendar
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 26, 2019
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 99-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 001) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02808ce9-2e5a-40c5-8d2e-d44d1ead1c78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).