---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify proposed amendments to an administrative regulation after those amendments were found deficient during the 2021 legislative interim; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "Kentucky SB 65 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "General Assembly", "Governor", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["S. West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeded0f2-49c5-4d57-8102-19e7d6881951"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb65.html"
source_hash: "ef1bafe940b0fc058c51ced2ecd272a9a483230f199b20011c69b380de81b45a"
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 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify proposed amendments to an administrative regulation after those amendments were found deficient during the 2021 legislative interim; 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/22RS/sb65/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 217** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0217.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb65/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 65 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE SB 65 w/ hcs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASS SB 65 VETO OVERRIDE — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- S. West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 24, 2022
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 28-7 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 25, 2022
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (2-title) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 73-22 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to concur in House Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from House
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House receded from floor amendments (1) and (2-title)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 70-22 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 26-7 `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 28-8 `passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 70-22 `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 217) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aeded0f2-49c5-4d57-8102-19e7d6881951`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).