---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend KRS 12.020, 45.001, and 148.522 to abolish the Office of Capital Plaza Operations of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet; confirm Executive Order 2017-0888."
description: "AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend KRS 12.020, 45.001, and 148.522 to abolish the Office of Capital Plaza Operations of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet; confirm Executive Order 2017-0888."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 138"
citation: "Kentucky SB 138 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Girdler"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef13ce07-a6f2-495b-bb5f-259b73c435a1"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB138.htm"
source_hash: "5302bd7fb82c77e3d3e37e3a6736766afa076f9763243c12cbe6fa30ef727a79"
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 138 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to reorganization. Amend KRS 12.020, 45.001, and 148.522 to abolish the Office of Capital Plaza Operations of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet; confirm Executive Order 2017-0888.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/SB138/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- R. Girdler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-12** To Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 6, 2018
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-07** Received in House
- **2018-03-09** To Tourism & Outdoor Recreation (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-15** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-16** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-19** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 20, 2018
- **2018-03-20** Taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
- **2018-03-21** 3rd reading, passed 68-24 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-22** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 69) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef13ce07-a6f2-495b-bb5f-259b73c435a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).