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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT relating to physician assistants."
+description: "Amend KRS 311.840 to define terms; amend KRS 311.842, 311.848, 311.850, 202A.011, 202C.010, 216B.175, and 600.020 to change references to \"supervising physician\" to \"collaborating physician\" to conform; amend KRS 311.844 to include Schedule II controlled substances in the list of controlled substances authorized license holders may prescribe; amend KRS 311.858 to list the services a physician assistant may provide; require a physician assistant to consult and collaborate with or refer a patient to an appropriate licensed physician as indicated by the patient's condition and the standard of care; create a new section of KRS 311.840 to 311.862 to establish requirements for a collaboration agreement between a collaborating physician and a physician assistant; amend KRS 186.577 to allow physician assistants to administer driver vision tests; amend KRS 218A.202 to conform; repeal KRS 311.854, 311.856, and 311.860, relating to supervising physicians."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
+legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
+session: "2026RS"
+identifier: "SB 116"
+citation: "Kentucky SB 116 (2026RS)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Advisory Boards", "Commissions", "And Committees", "Driver Licensing", "Drugs And Medicines", "Health Care Professionals", "Hospitals And Health Facilities", "Occupations And Professions", "Physicians", "Transportation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["L. Tichenor", "S. Madon", "S. Meredith"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28a4d2e5-aebd-47c9-93ca-6363a00b30f1"
+source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb116.html"
+source_hash: "37a6027a8544d32fc411574bc09062fdb68516a69da7df95e32455e1d9ce4f0e"
+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 116 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to physician assistants.
+
+Amend KRS 311.840 to define terms; amend KRS 311.842, 311.848, 311.850, 202A.011, 202C.010, 216B.175, and 600.020 to change references to "supervising physician" to "collaborating physician" to conform; amend KRS 311.844 to include Schedule II controlled substances in the list of controlled substances authorized license holders may prescribe; amend KRS 311.858 to list the services a physician assistant may provide; require a physician assistant to consult and collaborate with or refer a patient to an appropriate licensed physician as indicated by the patient's condition and the standard of care; create a new section of KRS 311.840 to 311.862 to establish requirements for a collaboration agreement between a collaborating physician and a physician assistant; amend KRS 186.577 to allow physician assistants to administer driver vision tests; amend KRS 218A.202 to conform; repeal KRS 311.854, 311.856, and 311.860, relating to supervising physicians.
+
+## 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/sb116/orig_bill.pdf)
+2. **Acts Chapter 94** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0094.pdf)
+3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb116/bill.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 116 w/ HFA 2 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASS SB 116 w/ SCS 1 — **33–2** (pass) · upper
+- Pass — **90–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- L. Tichenor — primary (person)
+- S. Madon — primary (person)
+- S. Meredith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 06 2026
+- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
+- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-2 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
+- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
+- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (2), (3) and (4-title) filed
+- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (5) and (6-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
+- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 90-1 with Floor Amendment (2) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
+- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (2)
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in Floor Amendment (2)
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed 36-0 `passage`
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
+- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
+- **2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 94) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28a4d2e5-aebd-47c9-93ca-6363a00b30f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
+