---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to driving under the influence and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "AN ACT relating to driving under the influence and making an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "SB 85"
citation: "Kentucky SB 85 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections Impact", "Local Mandate", "Crimes and Punishments", "Criminal Procedure", "Effective Dates", "Delayed", "Motor Vehicles", "Driver Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Carroll", "J. Hoover", "J. Hoover", "J. Hoover", "J. Hoover", "M. Sorolis", "R. Heath", "R. Heath", "R. Heath", "R. Thomas", "S. Meredith", "W. Westerfield", "W. Westerfield", "W. Westerfield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a75f4c34-a06e-464b-a5d2-23874c106639"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/sb85.html"
source_hash: "dbd9784146a942496957f6090fc172f1cd889cafe7b4acac25a75986d4f2709b"
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 85 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to driving under the influence and making an appropriation therefor.

## 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/sb85/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- J. Hoover — primary (person)
- J. Hoover — primary (person)
- J. Hoover — primary (person)
- J. Hoover — primary (person)
- M. Sorolis — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- R. Thomas — primary (person)
- S. Meredith — primary (person)
- W. Westerfield — primary (person)
- W. Westerfield — primary (person)
- W. Westerfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+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`
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 20, 2019
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendments (1) and (2) `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2019
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (3), (4), (5) and (6) filed to Committee Substitute
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (7) and (8) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendments (7) and (8) `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendments (7) and (8)
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendments (7) and (8)
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 37-0
- **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. 103) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a75f4c34-a06e-464b-a5d2-23874c106639`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).