---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to a vacancy in Congress."
description: "AN ACT relating to a vacancy in Congress."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "Kentucky SB 228 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Clerks", "Elections and Voting", "Local Mandate", "Secretary of State", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Southworth", "A. Southworth", "A. Southworth", "A. Southworth", "A. Southworth", "R. Stivers", "S. Rudy", "T. Buford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a65b596a-d00c-4ab7-bb42-1896e809186e"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb228.html"
source_hash: "a37fab14910654ec1064dea8ed435c579f2b744e5d7923c895e834516bea46e9"
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 228 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to a vacancy in Congress.

## 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/sb228/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 154** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0154.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb228/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Suspend the Rules — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 228 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASS SB 228 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- R. Stivers — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)
- T. Buford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 1, 2021
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (3), (4) and (5) filed to Committee Substitute
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) ruled out of order
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (3) (4) and (5) defeated
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** passed 28-8 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 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** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 73-25 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 29-8 `passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 70-24 `passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 154) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a65b596a-d00c-4ab7-bb42-1896e809186e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).