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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to farmer suicide prevention and awareness."
description: "AN ACT relating to farmer suicide prevention and awareness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "HB 59"
citation: "Kentucky HB 59 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Health", "Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-09-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d532232-493f-403b-8f09-5d1cdc4be55f"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb59.html"
source_hash: "6f29829b43055198f3aa0a618f87c37a6c434f946d6c24dc50fe2e630c8d6cdd"
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 HB 59 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to farmer suicide prevention and awareness.
## 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/20RS/hb59/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb59/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 59 — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-09-18T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 7, 2020
- **2020-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 86-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 9, 2020
- **2020-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+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/2d532232-493f-403b-8f09-5d1cdc4be55f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).