---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT proposing to amend the Constitution of Kentucky relating to sessions of the General Assembly."
description: "AN ACT proposing to amend the Constitution of Kentucky relating to sessions of the General Assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "Kentucky HB 4 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitution", "Ky.", "General Assembly", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "B. Reed", "B. Wesley", "C. Fugate", "C. Massey", "C. McCoy", "D. Bentley", "D. Fister", "D. Frazier", "D. Givens", "D. Hale", "D. Lewis", "D. Meade", "D. Osborne", "DJ Johnson", "J. Branscum", "J. Miller", "J. Nemes", "J. Tipton", "K. King", "K. Moser", "K. Upchurch", "L. Bechler", "M. Hart", "M. Prunty", "P. Flannery", "P. Pratt", "R. Goforth", "R. Heath", "R. Mills", "S. Miles", "S. Rudy", "S. Santoro", "S. Sheldon", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0fe42b1-b489-4d77-a43e-2f4e3db9214c"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb4.html"
source_hash: "71186f850404d040f1d07c251b7e6dad2477026acec1eeac5fac56be0bdeddd8"
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 4 (2021RS) — AN ACT proposing to amend the Constitution of Kentucky relating to sessions of the General Assembly.

## 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/hb4/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 27** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0027.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb4/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 4 W/ scs1 sfa1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- B. Reed — primary (person)
- B. Wesley — primary (person)
- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- C. McCoy — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- D. Fister — primary (person)
- D. Frazier — primary (person)
- D. Givens — primary (person)
- D. Hale — primary (person)
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- D. Meade — primary (person)
- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- J. Branscum — primary (person)
- J. Miller — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- K. Upchurch — primary (person)
- L. Bechler — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- P. Flannery — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- R. Goforth — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- S. Miles — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)
- S. Santoro — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 7, 2021
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 77-16 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+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 31-4 with Committee Substitute, floor amendment (1), and committee amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, senate floor amendment (1), and senate committee amendment (1-title)
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, Senate floor amendment (1), and Senate committee amendment (1-title)
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 78-16 `passage`
- **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`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 27) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0fe42b1-b489-4d77-a43e-2f4e3db9214c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).