---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Imagination Library of Kentucky Program and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Imagination Library of Kentucky Program; direct the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development to administer the program; require the program to contribute matching funds, if available, required of local programs participating in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library; establish duties of the state program; establish the Imagination Library of Kentucky Program trust fund; provide the fund shall be administered by the Council on Postsecondary Education; APPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "Kentucky SB 164 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Children and Minors", "Fiscal Note", "Libraries", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Harper Angel", "M. McGarvey", "R. Stivers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e312f81-b23d-4203-9bbd-6d2c15a2a057"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb164.html"
source_hash: "1a8c88b08b345743d786bd0dba8defecb96a64497f58d0a10fd14c8de57ea631"
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 164 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to the Imagination Library of Kentucky Program and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Imagination Library of Kentucky Program; direct the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development to administer the program; require the program to contribute matching funds, if available, required of local programs participating in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library; establish duties of the state program; establish the Imagination Library of Kentucky Program trust fund; provide the fund shall be administered by the Council on Postsecondary Education; APPROPRIATION.

## 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/22RS/sb164/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 95** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0095.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb164/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- No Motion Provided — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 164 W/ scs1 sfa1 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Harper Angel — primary (person)
- M. McGarvey — primary (person)
- R. Stivers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 07, 2022
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 95) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e312f81-b23d-4203-9bbd-6d2c15a2a057`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).