republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2021rs/sb-165.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to financial transactions."
description: "AN ACT relating to financial transactions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "Kentucky SB 165 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter County Government", "Cities", "Consolidated Local Governments", "Counties of 75", "000 or More", "Counties", "Charter", "Counties", "Urban", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Notices", "Publications", "Unified Local Governments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["W. Westerfield", "W. Westerfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/766b58ea-84f5-4f87-9352-12c8e61a8447"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb165.html"
source_hash: "fd9ed7890da098343f3f340aab13bac72b1e358d58263bfb32d0821ea015f459"
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 165 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to financial transactions.

## 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/sb165/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 151** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0151.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb165/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Suspend the Rules — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 165 W/ sfa1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASS SB 165 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASS SB 165 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- W. Westerfield — primary (person)
- W. Westerfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 3, 2021
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with floor amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 71-26 with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 24-9 `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **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 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 22-14 `passage`
- **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 66-26 `passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 151) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/766b58ea-84f5-4f87-9352-12c8e61a8447`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).