republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2021rs/hb-44.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to mental health and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "AN ACT relating to mental health and making an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 44"
citation: "Kentucky HB 44 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Cities", "Counties", "Education", "Vocational", "Firefighters and Fire Departments", "Fiscal Note", "Health and Medical Services", "Insurance", "Health", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Mental Disability", "Mental Health", "Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Bowling", "A. Gentry", "A. Hatton", "A. Scott", "B. McCool", "B. Reed", "B. Wesley", "B. Wheatley", "C. Freeland", "C. Massey", "C. Miller", "D. Graham", "D. Lewis", "DJ Johnson", "G. Brown Jr.", "J. Blanton", "J. Donohue", "J. DuPlessis", "J. Jenkins", "J. Miller", "J. Nemes", "J. Petrie", "K. Banta", "K. Fleming", "K. King", "K. Moser", "L. Willner", "M. Hart", "M. Meredith", "M. Prunty", "N. Kulkarni", "N. Tate", "P. Flannery", "P. Stevenson", "R. Huff", "R. Palumbo", "R. Roberts", "R. Webber", "S. Lewis", "S. Westrom", "T. Bojanowski", "T. Huff", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-09-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fc76799-fa6a-415c-b6ea-5f01f7120314"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb44.html"
source_hash: "b13fffb0866f3613107df652390dd26e0cf8ff99a4a380d0e0a2c2a9ca20cb26"
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 44 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to mental health 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/21RS/hb44/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 114** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0114.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb44/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 44 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Bowling — primary (person)
- A. Gentry — primary (person)
- A. Hatton — primary (person)
- A. Scott — primary (person)
- B. McCool — primary (person)
- B. Reed — primary (person)
- B. Wesley — primary (person)
- B. Wheatley — primary (person)
- C. Freeland — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- C. Miller — primary (person)
- D. Graham — primary (person)
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- G. Brown Jr. — primary (person)
- J. Blanton — primary (person)
- J. Donohue — primary (person)
- J. DuPlessis — primary (person)
- J. Jenkins — primary (person)
- J. Miller — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- K. Banta — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- L. Willner — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- N. Kulkarni — primary (person)
- N. Tate — primary (person)
- P. Flannery — primary (person)
- P. Stevenson — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- R. Roberts — primary (person)
- R. Webber — primary (person)
- S. Lewis — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)
- T. Bojanowski — primary (person)
- T. Huff — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-16T04:00:00+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 Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (2) and committee amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (2) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **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
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 114) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fc76799-fa6a-415c-b6ea-5f01f7120314`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).