republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2021rs/sb-228.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to a vacancy in Congress.	AN ACT relating to a vacancy in Congress.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2021RS	SB 228	Kentucky SB 228 (2021RS)	bill	County Clerks Elections and Voting Local Mandate Secretary of State State Agencies	enacted	A. Southworth A. Southworth A. Southworth A. Southworth A. Southworth R. Stivers S. Rudy T. Buford	3	52	5	2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00	2021-03-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a65b596a-d00c-4ab7-bb42-1896e809186e	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb228.html	a37fab14910654ec1064dea8ed435c579f2b744e5d7923c895e834516bea46e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 228 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to a vacancy in Congress.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 154 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Suspend the Rules — pass (pass) · upper
• Veto Override — pass (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 228 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASS SB 228 — pass (pass) · upper
• Pass — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• A. Southworth — primary (person)
• A. Southworth — primary (person)
• A. Southworth — primary (person)
• A. Southworth — primary (person)
• A. Southworth — primary (person)
• R. Stivers — primary (person)
• S. Rudy — primary (person)
• T. Buford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 taken from State & Local Government (S)
• 2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 returned to State & Local Government (S)
• 2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 taken from State & Local Government (S)
• 2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 returned to State & Local Government (S)
• 2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2) filed amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 1, 2021
• 2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (3), (4) and (5) filed to Committee Substitute
• 2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2) ruled out of order
• 2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (3) (4) and (5) defeated
• 2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 passed 28-8 with Committee Substitute (1) passage
• 2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (H)
• 2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (H)
• 2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 taken from Committee on Committees (H)
• 2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading reading-2
• 2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 returned to Committee on Committees (H)
• 2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) referral-committee
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 posted in committee
• 2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules committee-passage
• 2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 15, 2021
• 2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) withdrawn
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 73-25 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 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
• 2021-03-22T04:00:00+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 29-8 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 70-24 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. 154) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a65b596a-d00c-4ab7-bb42-1896e809186e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).