republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2021rs/hb-195.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities."
description: "AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 195"
citation: "Kentucky HB 195 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Budget and Financial Administration", "Court", "Supreme", "Courts", "Courts", "Circuit", "Courts", "District", "Courts", "Family", "Judges and Court Commissioners", "Judicial Circuits", "Judicial Districts", "State Agencies", "State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "C. Massey", "J. Nemes", "J. Petrie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 64
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a2b5f2d-9e17-4657-94a9-da1f3604d1c0"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb195.html"
source_hash: "b4ddce4e3f6c7ef88fe5b7be19e1eca92c3af44fc13d0f205977f669647418a5"
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 HB 195 (2021RS) — AN ACT making appropriations for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the Judicial Branch of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, boards, commissions, subdivisions, and other state-supported activities.

## 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/21RS/hb195/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 170** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0170.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb195/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASS HB 195 W/ fccr — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Suspend the Rules — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Suspend the Rules — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASS HB 195 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 195 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 13, 2021
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-0-1 with Committee Substitute `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day for concurrence or non-concurrence
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference for Monday, March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 32-1 `passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report filed in House
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Report
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 90-4 `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** line items 1 through 4 vetoed
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** line item veto #1 not overridden
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** line item vetoes #2, #3, and #4 overridden
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 69-23 `passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** line item vetoes #2, #3, and #4 overridden
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 27-11 `passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** line item veto #1 not overridden
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State Acts Ch. 170) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a2b5f2d-9e17-4657-94a9-da1f3604d1c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).