---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance benefits, making an appropriation therefore, and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance benefits, making an appropriation therefore, and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Kentucky SB 7 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Appropriations", "Labor and Industry", "Unemployment Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Southworth", "D. Carroll", "D. Givens", "D. Givens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce322c55-2fcf-49a0-a9b2-483677055cb3"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb7.html"
source_hash: "3fac840dc5ef7eefbf62f3e5136809f077120618c3e54965025508020837b5e2"
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 7 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance benefits, making an appropriation therefore, 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/21RS/sb7/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 16** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0016.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb7/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 7 W/ scs1 sfa1 sfa2 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- D. Givens — primary (person)
- D. Givens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute and floor amendments (1) and (2) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 5, 2021
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 16) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce322c55-2fcf-49a0-a9b2-483677055cb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).