---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT related to adoption leave."
description: "AN ACT related to adoption leave."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 210"
citation: "Kentucky HB 210 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor and Industry", "Parental Rights", "Personnel and Employment", "Reproductive Issues", "Wages and Hours"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Wesley", "C. Massey", "D. Hale", "D. Meade", "DJ Johnson", "J. Raymond", "K. King", "K. Timoney", "M. Prunty", "N. Tate", "R. Palumbo", "S. Heavrin", "S. Sheldon", "T. Bojanowski"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da121e9f-e771-4b65-bc24-8ac7d9f51f91"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb210.html"
source_hash: "98f2c4ef7a1b23840dfe801877caba51e3212410a8582d960583396ac9798aec"
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 210 (2021RS) — AN ACT related to adoption leave.

## 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/hb210/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 76** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0076.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb210/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 210 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Wesley — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- D. Hale — primary (person)
- D. Meade — primary (person)
- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- J. Raymond — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- K. Timoney — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- N. Tate — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- S. Heavrin — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)
- T. Bojanowski — 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`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 23, 2021
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 12, 2021
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-2 `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
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 76) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da121e9f-e771-4b65-bc24-8ac7d9f51f91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).