---
type: "Bill"
title: "A JOINT RESOLUTION extending emergency executive actions and declaring an emergency."
description: "A JOINT RESOLUTION extending emergency executive actions and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021SS"
identifier: "HJR 1"
citation: "Kentucky HJR 1 (2021SS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Disasters", "Diseases", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Governor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Osborne", "J. Jenkins", "R. Alvarado", "S. Rudy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a20f21bc-5a71-4013-bddc-da5ae29c632e"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/hjr1.html"
source_hash: "8a3333050c04b797981ecaf5922f67c9f8535a12e9a4d7d5dbea36468ac66926"
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 HJR 1 (2021SS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION extending emergency executive actions 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/21SS/hjr1/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21SS/documents/0001.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21SS/hjr1/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HJR 1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Dispense W/ second and third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consider Motion — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- J. Jenkins — primary (person)
- R. Alvarado — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** posting waived
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd and 3rd readings dispensed with
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) ruled not germane
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** passed 92-3 `passage`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, September 7, 2021
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd and 3rd readings dispensed with
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-4 `passage`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 1) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a20f21bc-5a71-4013-bddc-da5ae29c632e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).