---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to districts of the Supreme Court and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 21A.010 to divide the Commonwealth into the following Supreme Court Districts: DISTRICT 1 - Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Fulton, Graves, Hancock, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Todd, Trigg, Union, and Webster Counties; DISTRICT 2 - Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Logan, Meade, Monroe, Simpson, Spencer, and Warren Counties; DISTRICT 3 - Adair, Anderson, Bell, Boyle, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Garrard, Green, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Lincoln, Marion, McCreary, Mercer, Metcalfe, Nelson, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Taylor, Washington, Wayne, and Whitley Counties; DISTRICT 4 - Jefferson County; DISTRICT 5 - Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Madison, Scott, and Woodford Counties; DISTRICT 6 - Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Henry, Kenton, Oldham, Owen, Pendleton, Shelby, and Trimble Counties; DISTRICT 7 - Bath, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Greenup, Harrison, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Magoffin, Martin, Mason, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Robertson, Rowan, and Wolfe Counties; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 179"
citation: "Kentucky HB 179 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Court of Appeals", "Court", "Supreme", "Courts", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Judges and Court Commissioners", "Local Mandate", "Redistricting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Osborne", "J. Nemes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de6b6537-179b-43ab-adb3-dd5b7e531ae7"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb179.html"
source_hash: "a9ee28083b83510364f08c57a5ca297be2f7a48f3e5f63179fcc2f489ba1a697"
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 179 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to districts of the Supreme Court and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 21A.010 to divide the Commonwealth into the following Supreme Court Districts: DISTRICT 1 - Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Fulton, Graves, Hancock, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Todd, Trigg, Union, and Webster Counties; DISTRICT 2 - Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Logan, Meade, Monroe, Simpson, Spencer, and Warren Counties; DISTRICT 3 - Adair, Anderson, Bell, Boyle, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Garrard, Green, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Lincoln, Marion, McCreary, Mercer, Metcalfe, Nelson, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Taylor, Washington, Wayne, and Whitley Counties; DISTRICT 4 - Jefferson County; DISTRICT 5 - Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Madison, Scott, and Woodford Counties; DISTRICT 6 - Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Henry, Kenton, Oldham, Owen, Pendleton, Shelby, and Trimble Counties; DISTRICT 7 - Bath, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Greenup, Harrison, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Magoffin, Martin, Mason, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Robertson, Rowan, and Wolfe Counties; 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/22RS/hb179/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0005.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb179/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 179 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 06, 2022
- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 81-2 with Floor Amendments (1) and (2) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Saturday, January 08, 2022
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 75-7 `passage`
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 5) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de6b6537-179b-43ab-adb3-dd5b7e531ae7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).