republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2021rs/sb-9.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to the protection of born-alive infants and declaring an emergency.	AN ACT relating to the protection of born-alive infants and declaring an emergency.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2021RS	SB 9	Kentucky SB 9 (2021RS)	bill	Children and Minors Civil Actions Civil Procedure Corrections Impact Crimes and Punishments Criminal Procedure Effective Dates Emergency Health and Medical Services Local Mandate Nurses Pharmacists Physicians and Practitioners Reproductive Issues Short Titles and Popular Names Women	enacted	A. Kerr B. Smith B. Storm C. Embry Jr. C. McDaniel D. Carroll D. Givens D. Parrett D. Thayer J. Higdon J. Howell J. Schickel J. Turner M. Castlen M. Nemes M. Wilson M. Wise P. Hornback P. Wheeler R. Alvarado R. Girdler R. Stivers S. Meredith S. West T. Buford W. Schroder W. Westerfield	3	24	2	2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00	2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5c7b15d2-dfe7-4f52-9c28-9bd294efd9c3	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb9.html	0bf8e751530fa8b2a3b5c5431a8ff4c3595b24c3b6e03d7a95cf260ea721f209	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 9 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to the protection of born-alive infants 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 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS SB 9 — pass (pass) · upper
• Final Passage — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• A. Kerr — primary (person)
• B. Smith — primary (person)
• B. Storm — primary (person)
• C. Embry Jr. — primary (person)
• C. McDaniel — primary (person)
• D. Carroll — primary (person)
• D. Givens — primary (person)
• D. Parrett — primary (person)
• D. Thayer — primary (person)
• J. Higdon — primary (person)
• J. Howell — primary (person)
• J. Schickel — primary (person)
• J. Turner — primary (person)
• M. Castlen — primary (person)
• M. Nemes — primary (person)
• M. Wilson — primary (person)
• M. Wise — primary (person)
• P. Hornback — primary (person)
• P. Wheeler — primary (person)
• R. Alvarado — primary (person)
• R. Girdler — primary (person)
• R. Stivers — primary (person)
• S. Meredith — primary (person)
• S. West — primary (person)
• T. Buford — primary (person)
• W. Schroder — primary (person)
• W. Westerfield — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) referral-committee
• 2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
• 2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
• 2021-01-06T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules committee-passage
• 2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 7, 2021
• 2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 32-4 passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (H)
• 2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 posted in committee
• 2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules committee-passage
• 2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for January 9, 2021
• 2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 76-18 passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 1) became-law
• 2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c7b15d2-dfe7-4f52-9c28-9bd294efd9c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).