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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to legislative redistricting challenges and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 5.005 to establish that an action challenging the constitutionality of any created legislative district shall be filed in the Circuit Court of the plaintiff's residence; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Kentucky SB 20 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Actions", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Redistricting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Stivers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd8201b9-9702-4f2e-a86a-b268626801ae"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb20.html"
source_hash: "b039e8030ef95e0f6f849eafdb125add93ccd4ee6df6cec18bb2e97265baad0c"
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 20 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to legislative redistricting challenges and declaring an emergency.
Amend KRS 5.005 to establish that an action challenging the constitutionality of any created legislative district shall be filed in the Circuit Court of the plaintiff's residence; 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/22RS/sb20/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0006.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb20/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 20 — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- R. Stivers — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 06, 2022
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 31-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
- **2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (H)
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 85-4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 6) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd8201b9-9702-4f2e-a86a-b268626801ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).