republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2021rs/hb-91.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky relating to abortion."
description: "AN ACT proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky relating to abortion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 91"
citation: "Kentucky HB 91 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Constitution", "Ky.", "Local Mandate", "Reproductive Issues", "Women"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "B. Wesley", "C. Freeland", "C. Fugate", "C. Massey", "D. Elliott", "D. Fister", "D. Hale", "D. Lewis", "J. Blanton", "J. Bray", "J. Calloway", "J. Decker", "J. Fischer", "K. King", "K. Moser", "K. Upchurch", "L. Bechler", "M. Hart", "M. Imes", "M. Lockett", "M. Prunty", "N. Tate", "P. Pratt", "R. Bridges", "R. Dotson", "R. Goforth", "R. Heath", "R. Webber", "R. White", "S. Baker", "S. Maddox", "S. McPherson", "S. Santoro", "S. Sheldon", "T. Huff", "W. Lawrence", "W. Thomas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0fc2f8a-75d0-48ad-8303-f88fd7b89dd1"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb91.html"
source_hash: "da039b9d23c3b4233b9170dfae0e182767c9476978b3031d38e4bf1b4fd8c916"
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 91 (2021RS) — AN ACT proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Kentucky relating to abortion.

## 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/hb91/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 174** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0174.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb91/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 91 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- B. Wesley — primary (person)
- C. Freeland — primary (person)
- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. Fister — primary (person)
- D. Hale — primary (person)
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- J. Blanton — primary (person)
- J. Bray — primary (person)
- J. Calloway — primary (person)
- J. Decker — primary (person)
- J. Fischer — 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. Lockett — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- N. Tate — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- R. Bridges — primary (person)
- R. Dotson — primary (person)
- R. Goforth — primary (person)
- R. Heath — primary (person)
- R. Webber — primary (person)
- R. White — primary (person)
- S. Baker — primary (person)
- S. Maddox — primary (person)
- S. McPherson — primary (person)
- S. Santoro — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)
- T. Huff — primary (person)
- W. Lawrence — primary (person)
- W. Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+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`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 25, 2021
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 76-20 `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`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 30, 2021
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 32-6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-30T04:00:00+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** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 174) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0fc2f8a-75d0-48ad-8303-f88fd7b89dd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).