---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to female genital mutilation and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to female genital mutilation and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Kentucky SB 72 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Punishments", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Parental Rights", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Public Health", "Reproductive Issues", "Women", "Children and Minors", "Civil Actions", "Reports Mandated"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd8dc50c-2f11-4135-b88e-22eeef37b4cf"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb72.html"
source_hash: "35dc744cf536a5d078b956d19dcd335a5300dc015a5b3436f99835de68a7d8a5"
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 72 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to female genital mutilation and declaring an emergency.

## 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/sb72/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb72/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 72 W/ hcta1 FINAL PASSAGE — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 72 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FOR CONSENT — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 22, 2020
- **2020-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (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 amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 17, 2020
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Rules
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2020
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 84-0 with committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House committee amendment (1-title)
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House committee amendment (1-title)
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed 31-0 `passage`
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts ch. 74) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd8dc50c-2f11-4135-b88e-22eeef37b4cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).