---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the publication of local government legal advertisements."
description: "AN ACT relating to the publication of local government legal advertisements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "HB 195"
citation: "Kentucky HB 195 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Local Government", "News Media", "Notices", "Consolidated Local Governments", "Unified Local Governments", "Advertising", "Cities", "Communications", "Counties", "Urban", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/658c7762-5568-49c3-a994-e4ea372041e6"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb195.html"
source_hash: "395cb2aae2613e58b9da787852a1b7286c769699ee2e162130b0399bcdbb7d2a"
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 195 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to the publication of local government legal advertisements.

## 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/hb195/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb195/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 195 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Suspend the Rules — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 195 FINAL PASSAGE not w/stand veto — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 14, 2020
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) defeated
- **2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** passed 51-40 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1) `passage`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 20-12 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** veto message received in House
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **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 55-32 `passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted 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** passed 23-9 `passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts ch. 87) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/658c7762-5568-49c3-a994-e4ea372041e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).