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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Office of State Veterinarian."
description: "Amend KRS 246.030 to change the Office of State Veterinarian's Division of Animal Health to the Division of Regulatory Field Services, change the Division of Producer Services to the Division of Animal Health Programs, and establish the Division of Emergency Preparedness and Response; amend KRS 257.330, 257.350, 257.370, 257.380, 257.390, 257.400, 257.410, 257.420, 257.440, 257.450, 257.470, and 321.200 to conform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "Kentucky SB 46 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animals", "Livestock", "and Poultry", "Reorganization", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5db67c5d-e8fd-464c-b78d-44374c413c09"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb46.html"
source_hash: "2cb6d61384084aa6dcdb9230325ba8d0e75284688544c6a1d131257fdf2a4089"
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 46 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to the reorganization of the Office of State Veterinarian.
Amend KRS 246.030 to change the Office of State Veterinarian's Division of Animal Health to the Division of Regulatory Field Services, change the Division of Producer Services to the Division of Animal Health Programs, and establish the Division of Emergency Preparedness and Response; amend KRS 257.330, 257.350, 257.370, 257.380, 257.390, 257.400, 257.410, 257.420, 257.440, 257.450, 257.470, and 321.200 to conform.
## 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/23RS/sb46/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 16** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0016.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb46/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- PASS SB 46 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 24, 2023
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 32-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 13, 2023
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 16) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5db67c5d-e8fd-464c-b78d-44374c413c09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).