---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to correctional facilities."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 197 to define terms; prohibit hormone treatment or elective surgery for gender reassignment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Kentucky SB 2 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections Impact", "Corrections and Correctional Facilities", "State", "Crimes and Punishments", "Criminal Procedure", "Health and Medical Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba9b8cc1-71c2-432f-80b1-dc62b9982e01"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb2.html"
source_hash: "5f27e0a62cf5a8b238b489a0927e67f934a6f3d5a59cefd0c26aa2e1a8384bab"
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 2 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to correctional facilities.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 197 to define terms; prohibit hormone treatment or elective surgery for gender reassignment.

## 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/sb2/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 99** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0099.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb2/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 2 — **31–6** (pass) · upper
- Previous Question — **71–17** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **73–12** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 31-6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (4) and (5) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (6) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 73-12 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 99) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba9b8cc1-71c2-432f-80b1-dc62b9982e01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).