---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to public health, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to public health, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "HB 129"
citation: "Kentucky HB 129 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Mandate", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Health and Medical Services", "Inspections", "Public Health", "State Agencies", "State Employees", "Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-12-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e75d2a4-7acd-4427-b453-8fb767f29b04"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb129.html"
source_hash: "adc1e71d0961380b9932ab7fd0f163312e55309a29440708d50ab2f33bd97183"
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 HB 129 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to public health, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

## 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/20RS/hb129/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb129/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 129 W/ sfa1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-02T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2020-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 12, 2020
- **2020-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 88-1 with Committee Substitute (2) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-2 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendment (1) on Tuesday, March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate floor amendment (1)
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** passed 81-3 `passage`
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts ch. 21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e75d2a4-7acd-4427-b453-8fb767f29b04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).