---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Advisory Council for Recovery Ready Communities."
description: "AN ACT relating to the Advisory Council for Recovery Ready Communities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "Kentucky HB 7 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Alcoholism", "Cities", "Counties", "Diseases", "Drugs and Medicines", "Public Health", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "A. Bowling", "B. Reed", "B. Rowland", "C. Fugate", "C. Massey", "D. Elliott", "D. Lewis", "J. Branscum", "J. Bray", "J. Dixon", "J. Tipton", "K. Fleming", "K. Moser", "M. Prunty", "P. Flannery", "R. Huff", "S. Heavrin", "S. Miles", "S. Rudy", "S. Sheldon", "S. Westrom", "T. Smith", "W. Lawrence", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82f46748-b014-490e-95da-74b1f3ce9340"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb7.html"
source_hash: "fbc7260aadb8a138f970e62d8ce9d9d8d4e7c5f0e6faf89231360e6b72e28b0b"
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 7 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to the Advisory Council for Recovery Ready Communities.

## 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/hb7/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 77** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0077.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb7/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 7 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- B. Reed — primary (person)
- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- J. Branscum — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Dixon — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- P. Flannery — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- S. Heavrin — primary (person)
- S. Miles — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)
- T. Smith — primary (person)
- W. Lawrence — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-03T05:00:00+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 Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 9, 2021
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-1 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 2, 2021
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** passed 89-5 `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 77) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82f46748-b014-490e-95da-74b1f3ce9340`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).