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Bill	AN ACT relating to state symbols.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the Treeing Walker Coonhound as the official state dog of Kentucky.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 37	Kentucky SB 37 (2026RS)	bill	Animals Livestock And Poultry Hunting And Fishing State Symbols And Emblems	enacted	R. Webb	3	27	5	2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-27T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/861f4791-2926-4695-a03a-dae49f82c6c0	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb37.html	fa84d5395cc556d94694aa47ea4e36ad0f03c60945632bea6ac5c65d027e43d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 37 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to state symbols.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate the Treeing Walker Coonhound as the official state dog of Kentucky.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 200 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 37 w/ HFA 1, HFA 3, HFA 2 (T) — 36–1 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 83–7 (pass) · upper
• Suspend the Rules — 75–3 (pass) · upper
• Adopt — 64–17 (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 37 — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• R. Webb — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 to Agriculture (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 26 2026
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 to Agriculture (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (3) and (4-title) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 83-7 with Floor Amendments (1) and (3) and Floor Amendment (2-title) passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules (S)
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1) and (3) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in Floor Amendments (1) and (3) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 passed 36-1 passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-27T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 200) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/861f4791-2926-4695-a03a-dae49f82c6c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).