---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to exemptions for disaster response businesses and employees."
description: "AN ACT relating to exemptions for disaster response businesses and employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 84"
citation: "Kentucky HB 84 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disasters", "Fiscal Note", "Licensing", "Local Mandate", "Taxation", "Taxation", "Income--Corporate", "Taxation", "Income--Individual"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "B. Wesley", "D. Hale", "D. Lewis", "M. Dossett", "M. Hart", "M. Prunty", "S. Santoro"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-11-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b3675c9-f25b-4272-8b23-16064a648b24"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb84.html"
source_hash: "cd89560683c435e4b52a073a59a6cceb69bdafbf682cc66ed1197436d3c96ed3"
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 84 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to exemptions for disaster response businesses and employees.

## 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/hb84/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 31** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0031.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb84/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 84 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- B. Wesley — primary (person)
- D. Hale — primary (person)
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- M. Dossett — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- S. Santoro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09T05:00:00+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`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 11, 2021
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (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 Thursday, March 11, 2021
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 31) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b3675c9-f25b-4272-8b23-16064a648b24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).