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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT relating to veterinarians and declaring an emergency."
+description: "Amend KRS 218A.025 to remove 1 physician and 1 nurse from the Controlled Substances Prescribing Council and to add 1 livestock veterinarian and 1 equine veterinarian."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
+legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
+session: "2026RS"
+identifier: "HB 387"
+citation: "Kentucky HB 387 (2026RS)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Animals", "Livestock", "And Poultry", "Drugs And Medicines", "Health And Medical Services", "Health Care Professionals", "Horses And Horse Racing", "Opioids", "Substance Use", "Veterinarians"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["D. Meade", "V. Grossl"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f897d5ed-b9da-4ce5-a209-b33201cf9243"
+source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb387.html"
+source_hash: "43be915dfb6120cc04fec109d34dee70d5827d3d1fbc44500ad513539bbe5889"
+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 387 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to veterinarians and declaring an emergency.
+
+Amend KRS 218A.025 to remove 1 physician and 1 nurse from the Controlled Substances Prescribing Council and to add 1 livestock veterinarian and 1 equine veterinarian.
+
+## 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/26RS/hb387/orig_bill.pdf)
+2. **Acts Chapter 170** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0170.pdf)
+3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb387/bill.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE HB 387 — **32–6** (pass) · lower
+- Veto Override — **83–16** (pass) · lower
+- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 387 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
+- Pass — **91–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- D. Meade — primary (person)
+- V. Grossl — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 06 2026
+- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 91-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
+- **2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Health Services (S)
+- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
+- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 83-16 `passage`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-6 `passage`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 170) `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f897d5ed-b9da-4ce5-a209-b33201cf9243`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
+