---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to state government."
description: "AN ACT relating to state government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "Kentucky SB 162 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Reorganization", "Secretary of State", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Storm", "J. Howell", "P. Flannery", "P. Hornback", "S. Rudy", "S. Rudy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db822d07-c8e7-4bde-896d-0a28338b2285"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb162.html"
source_hash: "7d870eaf6556a19cbf3fbcdefedcab490bc434902b609803ffec1a5b41a987b8"
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 162 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to state government.

## 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/sb162/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 185** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0185.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb162/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Suspend the Rules — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 162 W/ fccr — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 162 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Storm — primary (person)
- J. Howell — primary (person)
- P. Flannery — primary (person)
- P. Hornback — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — 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 State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (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
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1), (2-title) and (3) filed
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 85-10 with floor amendments (1), (3) and (2-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House floor amendments (1) (3) and (2-title) for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2-title) ruled out of order
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to concur in House floor amendments (1) and (3)
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from House floor amendments (1) (3) and (2-title)
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** House refused to recede from floor amendments (1) (3) and (2-title)
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Conference Report and Free Conference Report
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Bill 53-34 passed
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 33-2 `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 185) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db822d07-c8e7-4bde-896d-0a28338b2285`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).