---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Auditor of Public Accounts."
description: "AN ACT relating to the Auditor of Public Accounts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "SB 186"
citation: "Kentucky SB 186 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher", "Local Government", "Secretary of State", "Auditor of Public Accounts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9564b8d3-e6f4-4e8b-818a-96ae1a0b0d18"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb186.html"
source_hash: "a21d7887624936685d0aff296a36ce41e245c8661844b8d45b8f04910293e64a"
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 186 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to the Auditor of Public Accounts.

## 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/sb186/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb186/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FOR CONSENT — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 186 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (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 Monday, March 2, 2020
- **2020-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2020
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 70-14 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts ch. 59) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9564b8d3-e6f4-4e8b-818a-96ae1a0b0d18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).