---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to governmental operations and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to governmental operations and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "HB 351"
citation: "Kentucky HB 351 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fiscal Note", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Taxation", "Taxation", "Income--Corporate", "Tobacco"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 52
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d641fa1-adad-4621-a10d-1b71a741d6f3"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb351.html"
source_hash: "7aba1fcd1d3b64bfa3c09e8544fe96a2cbb9e2dd04fbd984445ab5cd17f39848"
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 351 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to governmental operations 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/hb351/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb351/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 351 FINAL PASSAGE not w/stand veto — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 351 W/ scs2, scta1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Suspend the Rules — **fail** (fail) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (H)
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2020-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 57-34 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (S)
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) and committee amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, April 1, 2020
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute (1) withdrawn
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 20-8-5 with Committee Substitute (2) and committee amendment (1-title) `passage`
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (H)
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (2) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (2) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 68-22 `passage`
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** line items vetoed `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto message received in House
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden in House `veto-override-passage`
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** bill passed 57-32 `passage`
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden in Senate `veto-override-passage`
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** bill passed 24-9 `passage`
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 91) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d641fa1-adad-4621-a10d-1b71a741d6f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).