---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to banning social media applications from state government technology and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit the use or download of TikTok on any state government network or any state government-issued devices; direct the Commonwealth Office of Technology and the legislative branch to implement controls to block access to TikTok on state government-issued devices and on any state government network; permit the judicial branch of state government to implement its own ban and restrictions of TikTok; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Kentucky SB 20 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Effective Dates", "Emergency", "General Assembly", "Governor", "Information Technology", "Legislative Research Commission", "Public Officers and Employees", "State Agencies", "State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71ade921-c664-4b6d-90e6-c897aa47f0dc"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb20.html"
source_hash: "49482659c6d5337ec5b294bbbd876a9c3a5c829057c9ecc305fd7bcef35fef93"
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 20 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to banning social media applications from state government technology and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit the use or download of TikTok on any state government network or any state government-issued devices; direct the Commonwealth Office of Technology and the legislative branch to implement controls to block access to TikTok on state government-issued devices and on any state government network; permit the judicial branch of state government to implement its own ban and restrictions of TikTok; 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/23RS/sb20/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 50** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0050.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb20/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE SB 20 W/ hcs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 20 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 10, 2023
- **2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 31-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from State Government (H)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to State Government (H)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-3 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 34-0 `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 50) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71ade921-c664-4b6d-90e6-c897aa47f0dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).