---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to home and community based services waiver providers."
description: "AN ACT relating to home and community based services waiver providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 49"
citation: "Kentucky SB 49 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medicaid", "Personnel and Employment", "Small Business", "Unemployment Compensation", "Wages and Hours", "Workers' Compensation", "Workforce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Carroll"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fb373df-ddf6-4700-9c6f-42fa79bbfe9b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb49.html"
source_hash: "09179ac9ab5edb96a9c107075e09a77154a47e26519c4780473fd348ade8342b"
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 49 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to home and community based services waiver providers.

## 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/sb49/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 153** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0153.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb49/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 49 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Suspend the Rules — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASS SB 49 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Carroll — 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`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 28-7 `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`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Small Business & Information Technology (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Small Business & Information Technology (H)
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Small Business & Information Technology (H)
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 12, 2021
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 72-20 `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** 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 24-13 `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 68-26 `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. 153) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fb373df-ddf6-4700-9c6f-42fa79bbfe9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).