---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Department of Law."
description: "AN ACT relating to the Department of Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "Kentucky SB 251 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Storm"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/443cc3e9-d9d3-47e8-abe1-aa7b12395ded"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb251.html"
source_hash: "bd770edead46648427b15b7a4e1d4105ae241570316810bd70754e595d93c2f9"
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 251 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to the Department of Law.

## 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/sb251/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 173** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0173.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb251/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASS SB 251 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 251 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Suspend the Rules — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASS SB 251 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Storm — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **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 35-1 `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`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (H)
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (H)
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (H)
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (H)
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 73-24 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 29-5 `passage`
- **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
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+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 27-7 `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 71-23 `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **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 Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 173) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/443cc3e9-d9d3-47e8-abe1-aa7b12395ded`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).