---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to judicial review of state agency action."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to establish the legal standard for judicial review of agency action; amend KRS 13B.150 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "Kentucky SB 84 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Civil Procedure", "Court of Appeals", "Court", "Supreme", "Courts", "Circuit", "Governor", "State Agencies", "Statutes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baa3573c-8b8b-4da8-8c0d-66d9e6b5ed64"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb84.html"
source_hash: "297aea7aa128c9fa61e1ec649ac88b8ee8095144298a312292a935e329b4a653"
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 84 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to judicial review of state agency action.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 446 to establish the legal standard for judicial review of agency action; amend KRS 13B.150 to conform.

## 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/sb84/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 112** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0112.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb84/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **74–18** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **80–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage SB 84 W/ hcs1 — **32–6** (pass) · upper
- Override Veto Final Passage SB 84 — **32–6** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 84 — **28–6** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+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`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+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 `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Floor Amendment (1) defeated
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** passed 28-6 `passage`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 07, 2025
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 80-19 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-6 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-6 `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 74-18 `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 112) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/baa3573c-8b8b-4da8-8c0d-66d9e6b5ed64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).