---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the film industry."
description: "Create new sections of subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the Kentucky Film Office within the Cabinet for Economic Development for administrative purposes only; establish duties of the office; establish the Kentucky Film Leadership Council to be administratively attached to the Kentucky Film Office; establish duties and membership of the council; amend KRS 12.020 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Kentucky SB 1 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Effective Dates", "Delayed", "Labor and Industry", "State Agencies", "Workforce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e61b8eaa-7135-4a4a-83bf-7f8c0685647e"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb1.html"
source_hash: "820cc36ae747d14e858fae88f27ca7e2316a8b8563bc0d48ddf5c8dc718d05b3"
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 1 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to the film industry.

Create new sections of subchapter 12 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the Kentucky Film Office within the Cabinet for Economic Development for administrative purposes only; establish duties of the office; establish the Kentucky Film Leadership Council to be administratively attached to the Kentucky Film Office; establish duties and membership of the council; amend KRS 12.020 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.

## 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/25RS/sb1/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 91** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0091.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb1/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 1 W/ scs1 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **77–8** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S)
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 04, 2025
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 77-8 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+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/e61b8eaa-7135-4a4a-83bf-7f8c0685647e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).