---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to charitable health care providers."
description: "AN ACT relating to charitable health care providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 163"
citation: "Kentucky SB 163 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable Organizations and Institutions", "Health and Medical Services", "Insurance", "Technical Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Kerr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a56f30e-e365-465c-a442-d04203ec0187"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb163.html"
source_hash: "9b341f42b3685416971db915666440c92413c623a7e0793fa901eae1555eae83"
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 163 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to charitable health care providers.

## 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/sb163/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 63** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0063.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb163/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 163 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Kerr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Health & Welfare (S)
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Health & Welfare (S)
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Health & Welfare (S)
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Health & Welfare (S)
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 4, 2021
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `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
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 63) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a56f30e-e365-465c-a442-d04203ec0187`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).