---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the creation of a Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity."
description: "AN ACT relating to the creation of a Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 10"
citation: "Kentucky SB 10 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory Boards", "Commissions", "and Committees", "Education", "Elementary and Secondary", "Education", "Higher", "Legislative Research Commission", "Race Relations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Kerr", "D. Carroll", "D. Givens", "D. Parrett", "D. Thayer", "G. Neal", "J. Adams", "J. Nemes", "J. Nemes", "K. Berg", "M. McGarvey", "M. Wilson", "R. Alvarado", "R. Mills", "R. Stivers", "R. Thomas", "W. Westerfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7783526-c600-4a50-86da-97c802a36012"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb10.html"
source_hash: "ccea53f62dfab3120bab2c55b4f9062b00866e68ce1f5d38522e72ae262c9136"
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 10 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to the creation of a Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity.

## 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/21RS/sb10/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 146** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0146.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb10/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASS SB 10 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Suspend the Rules — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 10 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Kerr — primary (person)
- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- D. Givens — primary (person)
- D. Parrett — primary (person)
- D. Thayer — primary (person)
- G. Neal — primary (person)
- J. Adams — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- K. Berg — primary (person)
- M. McGarvey — primary (person)
- M. Wilson — primary (person)
- R. Alvarado — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- R. Stivers — primary (person)
- R. Thomas — primary (person)
- W. Westerfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 23, 2021
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-1 with Committee Substitute `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 11, 2021
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (2) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 65-24 with Committee Substitute and floor amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1) for Monday, March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and House floor amendment (1)
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 27-9 `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 146) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7783526-c600-4a50-86da-97c802a36012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).