republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2021ss/sb-2.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to COVID-19 emergency actions and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to COVID-19 emergency actions and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021SS"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Kentucky SB 2 (2021SS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Crimes and Punishments", "Diseases", "Drugs and Medicines", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "General Assembly", "Governor", "Health and Medical Services", "Nurses", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Public Health", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Southworth", "A. Southworth", "A. Southworth", "A. Southworth", "A. Southworth", "A. Southworth", "A. Southworth", "A. Southworth", "B. Wheatley", "B. Wheatley", "J. Jenkins", "M. McGarvey", "R. Stivers", "S. West", "S. West", "S. West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e12b983d-4898-462d-a251-071b1e6eb4f1"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21SS/sb2.html"
source_hash: "6cbe5ce9df0f88a9742b1574a155bd36c12529367c9a0efce46aa478ed3076af"
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 2 (2021SS) — AN ACT relating to COVID-19 emergency actions 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/21SS/sb2/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21SS/documents/0005.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21SS/sb2/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Suspend the Rules — **fail** (fail) · upper
- PASS SB 2 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Procedural Vote — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Suspend the Rules — **fail** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- A. Southworth — primary (person)
- B. Wheatley — primary (person)
- B. Wheatley — primary (person)
- J. Jenkins — primary (person)
- M. McGarvey — primary (person)
- R. Stivers — primary (person)
- S. West — primary (person)
- S. West — primary (person)
- S. West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Health & Welfare (S)
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2021-09-07T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Health & Welfare (S)
- **2021-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Health & Welfare (S)
- **2021-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Health & Welfare (S)
- **2021-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) filed
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (8) (9) (10) (11) and (12) filed to Committee Substitute
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, September 9, 2021
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) and (7) ruled out of order
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** passed 26-10 with Committee Substitute `passage`
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** to Health & Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** substituted for identical House Bill 2
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd and 3rd readings dispensed with
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) (2) and (3) filed
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** passed 69-24 `passage`
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 23-5 `passage`
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 69-22 `passage`
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-09-09T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-09-10T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 5) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e12b983d-4898-462d-a251-071b1e6eb4f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).