---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations."
description: "AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "Kentucky SB 65 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "General Assembly", "Governor", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Alvarado", "S. West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
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/e78318a4-583f-4aa5-8e9b-8c326ed691a6"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb65.html"
source_hash: "091f9486e4669f9158611480ba55da6522d5f0f2934e41bbc311bfbba5e6b54a"
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 65 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations.

## 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/sb65/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 165** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0165.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb65/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 65 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASS SB 65 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Suspend the Rules — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- R. Alvarado — primary (person)
- S. West — 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 State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+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 Tuesday, February 23, 2021
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 30-6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (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 68-23 `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
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+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 30-7 `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 71-23 `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. 165) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e78318a4-583f-4aa5-8e9b-8c326ed691a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).