---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to long-term care administrators."
description: "AN ACT relating to long-term care administrators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "HB 29"
citation: "Kentucky HB 29 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Medical Services", "Hospitals and Nursing Homes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-07-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cac766b9-5165-492c-8f04-d18e8a875706"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb29.html"
source_hash: "406623c109587f48b99ce342963d53e08eb269d2a7107a6a80645d863d4da53c"
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 29 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to long-term care administrators.

## 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/hb29/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb29/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 29 FINAL PASSAGE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 29 W/ scs1, sca1T — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-07-19T04:00:00+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 Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 22, 2020
- **2020-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 90-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 17, 2020
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate receded from Committee Substitute (1)
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 33-0 `passage`
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 120) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cac766b9-5165-492c-8f04-d18e8a875706`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).