---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to indemnification of prosecutors."
description: "AN ACT relating to indemnification of prosecutors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 29"
citation: "Kentucky SB 29 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Attorney", "Commonwealth's", "Attorney", "County", "Civil Actions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Girdler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-08-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/146c33ce-e30e-4c78-8ac2-e268b9ba1037"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb29.html"
source_hash: "870ace4e6ed47ce659f65e38311ff41b0a93040db53b17082cf47b1cabfdcd78"
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 29 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to indemnification of prosecutors.

## 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/sb29/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 131** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0131.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb29/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 29 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- R. Girdler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-19T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 11, 2021
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 29-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 5, 2021
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 `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
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 131) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/146c33ce-e30e-4c78-8ac2-e268b9ba1037`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).