---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to state symbols."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the Treeing Walker Coonhound as the official state dog of Kentucky."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "Kentucky SB 37 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals", "Livestock", "And Poultry", "Hunting And Fishing", "State Symbols And Emblems"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Webb"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/861f4791-2926-4695-a03a-dae49f82c6c0"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb37.html"
source_hash: "fa84d5395cc556d94694aa47ea4e36ad0f03c60945632bea6ac5c65d027e43d4"
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 37 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to state symbols.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the Treeing Walker Coonhound as the official state dog of Kentucky.

## 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/26RS/sb37/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 200** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0200.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb37/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 37 w/ HFA 1, HFA 3, HFA 2 (T) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **83–7** (pass) · upper
- Suspend the Rules — **75–3** (pass) · upper
- Adopt — **64–17** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 37 — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- R. Webb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 26 2026
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 83-7 with Floor Amendments (1) and (3) and Floor Amendment (2-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (S)
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1) and (3) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in Floor Amendments (1) and (3) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 36-1 `passage`
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 200) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/861f4791-2926-4695-a03a-dae49f82c6c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).