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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to surgical smoke evacuation."
description: "AN ACT relating to surgical smoke evacuation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "Kentucky SB 38 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Health and Medical Services", "Hospitals and Nursing Homes", "Nurses", "Physicians and Practitioners"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Adams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-10-30T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4125e18-db59-4864-bcb2-13ed6172ca4b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb38.html"
source_hash: "7ac34950d2354e6c507773bc2955678aaed794fc5b9fb17bd4a4c91e4f041d34"
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 38 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to surgical smoke evacuation.
## 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/sb38/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 57** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0057.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb38/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 38 — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- J. Adams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-10-30T04:00:00+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`
- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 3, 2021
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 11, 2021
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 91-2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 57) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4125e18-db59-4864-bcb2-13ed6172ca4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).