---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 36"
citation: "Kentucky SB 36 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Courts", "Courts", "Circuit", "Courts", "District", "Criminal Procedure", "Fiscal Note"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["W. Westerfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b51db717-3cc5-4f32-9319-0e9bea896e89"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb36.html"
source_hash: "b08a86f6438a7781f04d371f4453d26383504cbdf18c5c79bc9467423cdaf8ce"
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 36 (2021RS) — AN ACT providing financing and conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

## 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/sb36/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 195** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0195.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb36/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 36 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASS SB 36 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- W. Westerfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **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`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to 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 26-3 `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`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+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`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 36-0 `passage`
- **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 Governor
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 195) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b51db717-3cc5-4f32-9319-0e9bea896e89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).