---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to executive branch ethics."
description: "AN ACT relating to executive branch ethics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 81"
citation: "Kentucky HB 81 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Agencies", "Ethics"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Koenig", "D. Graham", "J. Hoover", "J. Hoover", "J. Hoover", "J. Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82a0d95d-0794-46b9-bcaa-023e8d858aa0"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb81.html"
source_hash: "0156645975c4da2cd87c5cc3102316fe933f665af9f581f75160d65188c33981"
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 HB 81 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to executive branch ethics.

## 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/hb81/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Koenig — primary (person)
- D. Graham — primary (person)
- J. Hoover — primary (person)
- J. Hoover — primary (person)
- J. Hoover — primary (person)
- J. Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-26T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
- **2019-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (2) (3) and (4-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 15, 2019
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (5) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) ruled not germane
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** passed 89-5 `passage`
- **2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2019
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts Ch. 195) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82a0d95d-0794-46b9-bcaa-023e8d858aa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).