---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to direct-care staff."
description: "AN ACT relating to direct-care staff."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "Kentucky SB 61 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Aged Persons and Aging", "Nurses", "Public Health", "Safety", "Workforce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Carroll", "R. Mills", "S. Meredith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d90d6baf-7b01-48a3-b98c-b1f6e8cc8ea3"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb61.html"
source_hash: "197eb6524788b60daba8883baed2d9b3246d78156acec9e3f3f711444f8ee695"
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 61 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to direct-care staff.

## 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/sb61/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 72** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0072.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb61/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 61 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- S. Meredith — 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`
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 3, 2021
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-1-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **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
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 72) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d90d6baf-7b01-48a3-b98c-b1f6e8cc8ea3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).