---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to children."
description: "AN ACT relating to children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 32"
citation: "Kentucky SB 32 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Courts", "Family", "Domestic Relations", "Guardians", "Parental Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["P. Wheeler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/345b1b42-0a0f-4408-b9d0-90be45811811"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb32.html"
source_hash: "27f49831312c7a1da469e431c9b2ce7378c5e32ddba6d77c77ff44af058e45de"
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 32 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to children.

## 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/sb32/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 132** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0132.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb32/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 32 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASS SB 32 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- P. Wheeler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-11T05:00:00+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`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+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 and committee amendment (1-title) `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 91-3 with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 33-0 `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** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 132) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/345b1b42-0a0f-4408-b9d0-90be45811811`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).