---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify an administrative regulation and any subsequently filed amendments after that administrative regulation was found deficient during the 2022 legislative interim; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "Kentucky SB 65 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "General Assembly", "Governor", "Labor and Industry", "Personnel and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 57
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1631b2fa-37eb-4d3f-9eb0-410f321d3755"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb65.html"
source_hash: "f76b703f1e65e7fe82fbb870fb6928087512f65b3269cf9b02d76d270cd1900e"
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 65 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify an administrative regulation and any subsequently filed amendments after that administrative regulation was found deficient during the 2022 legislative interim; 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/23RS/sb65/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 137** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0137.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb65/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE SB 65 W/ fccr — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 65 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Motion to move the previous question on SB 65 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override Final Passage SB 65 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 21, 2023
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 29-5 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 10, 2023
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 72-19 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report filed in House
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 70-19 `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report filed in Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report (1)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 31 -6 `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed 30 -7 `passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed 75-20 `passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 137) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1631b2fa-37eb-4d3f-9eb0-410f321d3755`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).