republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/sb-20.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to banning social media applications from state government technology and declaring an emergency.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit the use or download of TikTok on any state government network or any state government-issued devices; direct the Commonwealth Office of Technology and the legislative branch to implement controls to block access to TikTok on state government-issued devices and on any state government network; permit the judicial branch of state government to implement its own ban and restrictions of TikTok; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	SB 20	Kentucky SB 20 (2023RS)	bill	Effective Dates Emergency General Assembly Governor Information Technology Legislative Research Commission Public Officers and Employees State Agencies State Employees	enacted		3	25	3	2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/71ade921-c664-4b6d-90e6-c897aa47f0dc	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb20.html	49482659c6d5337ec5b294bbbd876a9c3a5c829057c9ecc305fd7bcef35fef93	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 20 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to banning social media applications from state government technology and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit the use or download of TikTok on any state government network or any state government-issued devices; direct the Commonwealth Office of Technology and the legislative branch to implement controls to block access to TikTok on state government-issued devices and on any state government network; permit the judicial branch of state government to implement its own ban and restrictions of TikTok; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 50 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE SB 20 W/ hcs1 — pass (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 20 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · upper
• Pass — pass (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 10, 2023
• 2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 31-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to State Government (H) referral-committee
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 taken from State Government (H)
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 returned to State Government (H)
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 96-3 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 passed 34-0 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
• 2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 50) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/71ade921-c664-4b6d-90e6-c897aa47f0dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).