---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to reorganizations and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to reorganizations and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 5"
citation: "Kentucky HB 5 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Governor", "Public Officers and Employees", "Reorganization"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "A. Koenig", "B. Reed", "B. Wesley", "C. Massey", "C. McCoy", "D. Bentley", "D. Fister", "D. Frazier", "D. Hale", "D. Lewis", "D. Meade", "D. Osborne", "J. Branscum", "J. Miller", "J. Tipton", "K. Upchurch", "L. Bechler", "M. Hart", "M. Meredith", "M. Prunty", "N. Tate", "P. Pratt", "R. Bridges", "R. Goforth", "R. Heath", "S. Miles", "S. Rudy", "S. Santoro", "S. Sharp", "S. Sheldon", "T. Huff", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa70b8ea-f742-4b33-9691-1b9c4851b408"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb5.html"
source_hash: "bec5c5a783501c341b07a82c5343523007e3199cc767b86f304312e0665fc55b"
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 5 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to reorganizations and declaring an emergency.

## 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/hb5/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0005.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb5/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 5 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 5 OVERRIDE GOV VETO — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- A. Koenig — primary (person)
- B. Reed — primary (person)
- B. Wesley — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- C. McCoy — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- D. Fister — primary (person)
- D. Frazier — primary (person)
- D. Hale — primary (person)
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- D. Meade — primary (person)
- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- J. Branscum — primary (person)
- J. Miller — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- K. Upchurch — primary (person)
- L. Bechler — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- N. Tate — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- R. Bridges — primary (person)
- R. Goforth — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- S. Miles — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)
- S. Santoro — primary (person)
- S. Sharp — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)
- T. Huff — 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 State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State Government (H)
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State Government (H)
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `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 73-22 `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** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Saturday, January 9, 2021
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 29-7 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day for consideration of Governor's veto.
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** bill passed 71-23 `passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 30-7 `passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 5) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa70b8ea-f742-4b33-9691-1b9c4851b408`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).