---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to prescription drugs. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to establish requirements related to the dispensing of prescription drugs."
description: "AN ACT relating to prescription drugs. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to establish requirements related to the dispensing of prescription drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "SB 205"
citation: "Kentucky SB 205 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a69fbfd-9b39-4913-b259-1ed22c45db94"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/SB205.htm"
source_hash: "f9db09c8bf7b5be957daee72f6c5c343f37ec98d99c2e1efe64402c3e1b5ab97"
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 205 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to prescription drugs. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to establish requirements related to the dispensing of prescription drugs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB205/bill.pdf)
2. **SB 205 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB205/orig_bill.pdf)
3. **SCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/SB205/SCS1.pdf)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-02-16** To Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Taken from Health & Welfare (S)
- **2017-02-28** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-28** Returned to Health & Welfare (S)
- **2017-03-01** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 2, 2017
- **2017-03-02** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-03** Received in House
- **2017-03-06** To Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Taken from Health and Family Services (H)
- **2017-03-07** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Returned to Health and Family Services (H)
- **2017-03-08** Taken from Health and Family Services (H)
- **2017-03-08** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Returned to Health and Family Services (H)
- **2017-03-08** Posted in committee
- **2017-03-14** Reported favorably, to Rules
- **2017-03-14** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2017
- **2017-03-14** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-15** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-15** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-15** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 113) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a69fbfd-9b39-4913-b259-1ed22c45db94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).