---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to disaster relief funding and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to define \"relief fund\"; direct government agency head, cabinet secretary, or appointed official to provide a report and analysis of all relief funds created to accept and expend funds recieved from any source to provide assistance to entities impacted by an emergency; direct report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by the end of each fiscal year; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 99"
citation: "Kentucky SB 99 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable Organizations and Institutions", "Disasters", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Fiscal Note", "Reports Mandated", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68b754e6-7856-4a76-81e9-c71b094b993d"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb99.html"
source_hash: "4a5f74ab2e132a832fec0bebdb6c9c69ee4c6c0e6e5e57388ebdbed8822b831a"
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 99 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to disaster relief funding and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 12 to define "relief fund"; direct government agency head, cabinet secretary, or appointed official to provide a report and analysis of all relief funds created to accept and expend funds recieved from any source to provide assistance to entities impacted by an emergency; direct report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission by the end of each fiscal year; 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/sb99/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 91** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0091.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb99/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE SB 99 W/ hcs1 hcta1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 99 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 22, 2023
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-2 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 `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
- **2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor(Acts Ch. 91) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68b754e6-7856-4a76-81e9-c71b094b993d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).