---
type: "Bill"
title: "A JOINT RESOLUTION terminating the declaration of emergency regarding the SARS-CoV-2 virus and declaring an emergency."
description: "Terminate the declaration of emergency regarding the SARS-COV-2 virus in 2020 Executive Order 2020-215 and all subsequent actions directives based upon the declaration of emergency in 2020 Executive Order 2020-215; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SJR 150"
citation: "Kentucky SJR 150 (2022RS)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Disasters", "Diseases", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Governor", "Public Health", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Southworth", "B. Smith", "B. Storm", "D. Carroll", "D. Douglas", "D. Thayer", "J. Higdon", "J. Schickel", "M. Nemes", "M. Wilson", "M. Wise", "P. Wheeler", "R. Alvarado", "R. Mills", "R. Stivers", "S. Meredith", "S. West", "W. Westerfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5955402-d56a-4ae3-8c09-227467cf0062"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sjr150.html"
source_hash: "1b2ffbf4441591b360a06ca19250db14ec52a34d53e2e8c4a834d104be1308e3"
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 SJR 150 (2022RS) — A JOINT RESOLUTION terminating the declaration of emergency regarding the SARS-CoV-2 virus and declaring an emergency.

Terminate the declaration of emergency regarding the SARS-COV-2 virus in 2020 Executive Order 2020-215 and all subsequent actions directives based upon the declaration of emergency in 2020 Executive Order 2020-215; 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/sjr150/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 22** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0022.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sjr150/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Override Veto SJR 150 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT SJR 150 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- VETO OVERRIDE — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- B. Smith — primary (person)
- B. Storm — primary (person)
- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- D. Douglas — primary (person)
- D. Thayer — primary (person)
- J. Higdon — primary (person)
- J. Schickel — primary (person)
- M. Nemes — primary (person)
- M. Wilson — primary (person)
- M. Wise — primary (person)
- P. Wheeler — primary (person)
- R. Alvarado — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- R. Stivers — primary (person)
- S. Meredith — primary (person)
- S. West — primary (person)
- W. Westerfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 24, 2022
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted 28-8 `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (H)
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, adopted 75-20 `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Resolution adopted 25-8
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Resolution adopted 68-16
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 22) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5955402-d56a-4ae3-8c09-227467cf0062`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).