---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky."
description: "AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 194"
citation: "Kentucky HB 194 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Budget and Financial Administration", "General Assembly", "Legislative Research Commission", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "C. Massey", "J. Petrie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29ac5d9d-6d0a-4f7a-8e26-03c284057bde"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb194.html"
source_hash: "c9aa39ada70fe542e0a396d947d34b436c3b815b45d755177ff7c411e3ef9c01"
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 194 (2021RS) — AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, and support of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

## 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/hb194/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 118** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0118.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb194/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 194 w/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASS HB 194 W/ fccr — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 76-11 with Committee Substitute `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 13, 2021
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 32-0-1 with Committee Substitute `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day for concurrence or non-concurrence
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference for Monday, March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 36-0 `passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Report
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 83-2 `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 118) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29ac5d9d-6d0a-4f7a-8e26-03c284057bde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).