---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to local government."
description: "AN ACT relating to local government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 274"
citation: "Kentucky SB 274 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Annexation", "Cities", "Cities", "Home Rule Class", "Counties", "Fees", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Stivers", "S. Rudy", "S. Rudy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a90c523-823b-44af-9358-39f23a91c7b3"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb274.html"
source_hash: "8f7081613d7030b90a36f22e59c1f6c273891882c4c2650c93f5fe2fff50801f"
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 274 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to local government.

## 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/sb274/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 145** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0145.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb274/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- LAY ON THE CLERK'S DESK SB 274 w/ scs1 — **fail** (fail) · upper
- PASS SB 274 w/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Consider Motion — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Table — **fail** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- R. Stivers — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 2, 2021
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 20-12-2 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Local Government (H)
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Local Government (H)
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 62-25 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **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. 145) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a90c523-823b-44af-9358-39f23a91c7b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).