---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to special purpose governmental entities."
description: "AN ACT relating to special purpose governmental entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Kentucky SB 5 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Effective Dates", "Delayed", "Local Government", "Special Districts", "Taxation", "Taxation", "Property", "Cities", "Counties", "Special Purpose Governmental Entities", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-12-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/debf17f0-a3c1-4460-a27a-9c4296e68c8e"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb5.html"
source_hash: "b58a4b71754d02f7b23630336b427f51fa5538c9ff920941caab187d458d2284"
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 5 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to special purpose governmental entities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb5/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb5/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 5 W/ scs 1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 5 W/ hcs1 FINAL PASSAGE — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 5 FINAL PASSAGE not w/stand veto — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2020-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2020-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2020-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 23, 2020
- **2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 28-10 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 18, 2020
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 49-33 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** passed 24-4 `passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto message received in Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden in Senate `veto-override-passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** bill passed 26-7 `passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden in House `veto-override-passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** bill passed 56-30 `passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts ch. 90) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/debf17f0-a3c1-4460-a27a-9c4296e68c8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).