---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to blockchain technology."
description: "AN ACT relating to blockchain technology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Kentucky SB 55 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Local Government", "Public Utilities", "Information Technology", "Communications", "Fiscal Note"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/feb491cd-ef32-449f-9faa-c60bd9672eea"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb55.html"
source_hash: "31ffeee90f530fec63789bd68559916134c9faa8685ec17b11c22e83bfa7d16e"
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 55 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to blockchain technology.

## 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/sb55/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb55/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 55 W/ scs1 — **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`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Banking & Insurance (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
- **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`
- **2020-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 24, 2020
- **2020-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Small Business & Information Technology (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Rules
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 87-2 `reading-3, 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 Governor
- **2020-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 108) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/feb491cd-ef32-449f-9faa-c60bd9672eea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).