republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2021rs/sb-8.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to exceptions to mandatory immunization requirements and declaring an emergency.	AN ACT relating to exceptions to mandatory immunization requirements and declaring an emergency.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2021RS	SB 8	Kentucky SB 8 (2021RS)	bill	Civil Rights Drugs and Medicines Effective Dates Emergency Governor Health and Medical Services Nurses Parental Rights Pharmacists Physicians and Practitioners Public Health Public Safety State Agencies	enacted	A. Southworth L. Bechler L. Bechler L. Bechler L. Willner L. Willner L. Willner M. Castlen M. Hart M. Marzian M. Wilson R. Mills	3	30	4	2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00	2021-03-28T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2cbbd989-168b-41e4-adea-50364597a9f5	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb8.html	a686fbdc5ee787f6e243fc40d9387a9b683d0a2abffaab69397b2c48d2684598	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 8 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to exceptions to mandatory immunization requirements and declaring an emergency.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 147 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS SB 8 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASS SB 8 — pass (pass) · upper
• Suspend the Rules — pass (pass) · upper
• Pass — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• A. Southworth — primary (person)
• L. Bechler — primary (person)
• L. Bechler — primary (person)
• L. Bechler — primary (person)
• L. Willner — primary (person)
• L. Willner — primary (person)
• L. Willner — primary (person)
• M. Castlen — primary (person)
• M. Hart — primary (person)
• M. Marzian — primary (person)
• M. Wilson — primary (person)
• R. Mills — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 to Health & Welfare (S) referral-committee
• 2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Health & Welfare (S)
• 2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Health & Welfare (S)
• 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute committee-passage
• 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 4, 2021
• 2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 34-1-1 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Health & Family Services (H) referral-committee
• 2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 posted in committee
• 2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute committee-passage
• 2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1), (2), (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute
• 2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 12, 2021
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (5), (6) and (7) filed to Committee Substitute
• 2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (8) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (8) defeated
• 2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 passed 77-20 with Committee Substitute passage
• 2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Bill passed 33-1 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. 147) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2cbbd989-168b-41e4-adea-50364597a9f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).