republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2020rs/sb-2.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to voter identification and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "AN ACT relating to voter identification and making an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Kentucky SB 2 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Clerks", "Courts", "Elections and Voting", "Secretary of State", "State Agencies", "Transportation", "Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Circuit Clerks", "Counties", "Corrections Impact", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 73
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07435b7b-482e-4a84-8892-3ce7d3515938"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb2.html"
source_hash: "2955d2d857f99894d94edd60f0ff7f13431473c84b097b9cab75f339fec49f7c"
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 2 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to voter identification and making an appropriation therefor.

## 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/20RS/sb2/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb2/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 2 W/ FINAL Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 2 Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- No Motion Provided — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 2 W/scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 2 W/ fccr FINAL PASSAGE — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2020-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2020-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2020-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 23, 2020
- **2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 29-9 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) filed to Committee Substitute
- **2020-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (14), (15), (16), (17) and (18) filed to Committee Substitute; floor amendment (13-title) filed to bill
- **2020-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2020
- **2020-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (19) filed to Committee Substitute; floor amendments (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25), (26), (27), (28), (29), (30), (31), and (32) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (34) and (35) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (33) and (36) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (37) and (38) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (39) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (40), (41) and (42) filed to Committee Substitute
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) (4) (5) (6) (7) (10) (11) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35) (36) (37) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35) (36) (37) and (38) ruled out of order
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (8) (9) and (12) ruled not germane
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (42) defeated
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** passed 62-35 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (40) `passage`
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Subsitute (1) and floor amendment (40) on Thursday, March 5, 2020
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (40)
- **2020-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (40) on Tuesday, March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (40)
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in House
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in Senate
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in House
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in House
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in Senate
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Report
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** passed 58-25 with FCCR `passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** passed 29-2 with FCCR `passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** bill reconsidered (change PASSED status)
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Report
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** passed 25-2 with FCCR `passage`
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto message received in Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden in Senate `veto-override-passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** bill passed 27-6 `passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden in House `veto-override-passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** bill passed 60-29 `passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts ch. 89) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07435b7b-482e-4a84-8892-3ce7d3515938`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).