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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to medical procedures and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to medical procedures and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Kentucky HB 2 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Civil Actions", "Crimes and Punishments", "Criminal Procedure", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Reproductive Issues"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "B. McCool", "B. Reed", "B. Rowland", "B. Wesley", "C. Freeland", "C. Fugate", "C. Massey", "C. McCoy", "D. Bentley", "D. Elliott", "D. Fister", "D. Frazier", "D. Hale", "D. Lewis", "D. Meade", "D. Osborne", "J. Branscum", "J. Bray", "J. Calloway", "J. Decker", "J. DuPlessis", "J. Fischer", "J. Tipton", "K. King", "K. Moser", "K. Upchurch", "L. Bechler", "M. Hart", "M. Imes", "M. Prunty", "N. Tate", "P. Flannery", "P. Pratt", "R. Bridges", "R. Goforth", "R. Heath", "R. Huff", "S. Baker", "S. Lewis", "S. Maddox", "S. McPherson", "S. Miles", "S. Rudy", "S. Santoro", "S. Sharp", "S. Sheldon", "T. Huff", "T. Smith", "W. Lawrence", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-12-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2dc686f-aae9-4768-9261-f84afdda5903"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb2.html"
source_hash: "935382384f4963f858d133f5e03a5032b91460d5366985b63a3739207ba9082c"
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 2 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to medical procedures and declaring an emergency.
## 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/hb2/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0004.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb2/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- PASS HB 2 OVERRIDE GOV VETO — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 2 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- B. McCool — primary (person)
- B. Reed — primary (person)
- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- B. Wesley — primary (person)
- C. Freeland — primary (person)
- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- C. McCoy — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. Fister — primary (person)
- D. Frazier — primary (person)
- D. Hale — primary (person)
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- D. Meade — primary (person)
- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- J. Branscum — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Calloway — primary (person)
- J. Decker — primary (person)
- J. DuPlessis — primary (person)
- J. Fischer — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- K. Upchurch — primary (person)
- L. Bechler — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Imes — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- N. Tate — primary (person)
- P. Flannery — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- R. Bridges — primary (person)
- R. Goforth — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- S. Baker — primary (person)
- S. Lewis — primary (person)
- S. Maddox — primary (person)
- S. McPherson — primary (person)
- S. Miles — primary (person)
- S. Rudy — primary (person)
- S. Santoro — primary (person)
- S. Sharp — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)
- T. Huff — primary (person)
- T. Smith — primary (person)
- W. Lawrence — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-03T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (H)
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (H)
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** posting waived
- **2021-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-06T05:00:00+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 75-18 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (S)
- **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 Saturday, January 9, 2021
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 30-5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day for consideration of Governor's veto.
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** bill passed 73-20 `passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 32-5 `passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 4) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2dc686f-aae9-4768-9261-f84afdda5903`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).