---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to recall petitions."
description: "AN ACT relating to recall petitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 133"
citation: "Kentucky HB 133 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Clerks", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Elections and Voting", "Local Mandate", "Taxation", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Massey", "D. Fister", "F. Rabourn", "J. Miller", "J. Nemes", "K. Bratcher", "K. Fleming", "R. Webber"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-12-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf31ec42-3a6f-41af-b5fa-f724eb1deb02"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb133.html"
source_hash: "3ee1638abb8cb3c33e12665b15602a225979dfb80bb082a9b14161b99416b057"
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 133 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to recall petitions.

## 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/21RS/hb133/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 149** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0149.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb133/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 133 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Massey — primary (person)
- D. Fister — primary (person)
- F. Rabourn — primary (person)
- J. Miller — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- K. Bratcher — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- R. Webber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 1, 2021
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 72-21 with Committee Substitute `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 12, 2021
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 28-6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 149) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf31ec42-3a6f-41af-b5fa-f724eb1deb02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).