republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2021rs/hb-312.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to public records."
description: "AN ACT relating to public records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 312"
citation: "Kentucky HB 312 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banks and Financial Institutions", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Southworth", "A. Southworth", "B. Rowland", "B. Wesley", "C. Massey", "J. Miller"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40284bc9-5b45-4a1c-8083-bb5341079540"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb312.html"
source_hash: "1612abf1e7f5b2fd351923f44ad0fab9b6928849dec65a5afb4635ed269f5c94"
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 312 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to public records.

## 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/hb312/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 160** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0160.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb312/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASS HB 312 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Suspend the Rules — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 312 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consider Motion — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- B. Rowland — primary (person)
- B. Wesley — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- J. Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State Government (H)
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State Government (H)
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 71-27 with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 11, 2021
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 22-11 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (H)
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** passed 70-26 `passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **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** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 66-29 `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** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 22-16 `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`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 160) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40284bc9-5b45-4a1c-8083-bb5341079540`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).