---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to National Guard leadership."
description: "AN ACT relating to National Guard leadership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "Kentucky SB 161 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs and Civil Defense", "State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Storm", "C. Embry Jr.", "J. Howell", "P. Hornback"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7374c4c-9c13-4f36-8b34-187dc8445b8a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb161.html"
source_hash: "584e94aed91b9a156bd844d9d147edaab2b7b0bf6e98098ebb621f4b753a6ad6"
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 SB 161 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to National Guard leadership.

## 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/sb161/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 110** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0110.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb161/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 161 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Storm — primary (person)
- C. Embry Jr. — primary (person)
- J. Howell — primary (person)
- P. Hornback — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent 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 Consent 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 Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 11, 2021
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 110) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7374c4c-9c13-4f36-8b34-187dc8445b8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).