A JOINT RESOLUTION establishing that the Commonwealth of Kentucky will recognize a positive COVID-19 antibody test as equivalent to having been vaccinated against COVID-19 and declaring an emergency.
Summary
Require the Commonwealth of Kentucky and any of its agencies or entities to recognize individuals whose serology test results show measurable neutralizing antibodies to COVID-19, quantified above the 20th percentile of the population of immunized individuals, as equivalent to being fully vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19; EMERGENCY.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 31, 2022
Last action Feb 15, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2022
How they voted
25–5
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 34
Feb 15, 2022
D
Democratic6
83% Nay
R
Republican28
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Feb 15, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
3rd reading, passed 28-6-1
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
upper
Feb 9, 2022
Upper · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
upper
Feb 1, 2022
Committee
to Health & Welfare (S)
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Danny Carroll
RRepublican
P
Max Wise
RRepublican
P
Ralph Alvarado
RRepublican
P
Steve Meredith
RRepublican
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