republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2021rs/sb-1.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to emergencies and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to emergencies and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Kentucky SB 1 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Disasters", "Elections and Voting", "General Assembly", "Governor", "Public Health", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Smith", "C. Embry Jr.", "D. Carroll", "D. Thayer", "J. Nemes", "J. Schickel", "J. Tipton", "J. Turner", "M. Castlen", "M. Castlen", "M. Castlen", "M. Nemes", "M. Wilson", "M. Wise", "P. Hornback", "P. Wheeler", "R. Alvarado", "R. Girdler", "S. Maddox", "S. Maddox", "S. Maddox", "S. Meredith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-08-06T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8657fc6-6698-488e-ad77-a2028b904bb4"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb1.html"
source_hash: "25ce302de50958bc70987c937c07341f6777966e05d61b11f2baae1d67f5c31e"
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 SB 1 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to emergencies 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/sb1/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0006.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb1/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 1 W/ scs1 sfa1 sca 1T — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 1 W/ hfa1 hfa 4 FINAL PASSAGE — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 1 OVERRIDE GOV VETO — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Smith — primary (person)
- C. Embry Jr. — primary (person)
- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- D. Thayer — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- J. Schickel — primary (person)
- J. Tipton — primary (person)
- J. Turner — primary (person)
- M. Castlen — primary (person)
- M. Castlen — primary (person)
- M. Castlen — primary (person)
- M. Nemes — primary (person)
- M. Wilson — primary (person)
- M. Wise — primary (person)
- P. Hornback — primary (person)
- P. Wheeler — primary (person)
- R. Alvarado — primary (person)
- R. Girdler — primary (person)
- S. Maddox — primary (person)
- S. Maddox — primary (person)
- S. Maddox — primary (person)
- S. Meredith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-06T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to State & Local Government (S)
- **2021-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+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 27-9-1 with Committee Substitute (1), floor amendment (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **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 January 9, 2021
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) and (3) and (4) and (5) filed
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (5) withdrawn
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 75-21 with floor amendments (1) and (4) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House floor amendments (1) and (4)
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House floor amendments (1) and (4)
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** passed 26-5 `passage`
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `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 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 for Tuesday, February 2, 2021
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 29-8 `passage`
- **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 (H)
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day for consideration of the Governor's Veto
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 69-20 `passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 6) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8657fc6-6698-488e-ad77-a2028b904bb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).