---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to prescription medications in hospice programs. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 381 to shift ownership of controlled substances from a deceased hospice patient to a hospice program so the hospice program may dispose of the controlled substances."
description: "AN ACT relating to prescription medications in hospice programs. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 381 to shift ownership of controlled substances from a deceased hospice patient to a hospice program so the hospice program may dispose of the controlled substances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 148"
citation: "Kentucky HB 148 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Wuchner", "K. Moser", "R. Palumbo"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd7bd756-7ed8-4dd9-ba57-7724b1d288cd"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB148.htm"
source_hash: "60390c5dfc1fd45e2d06f52a19bc4cc2c4674cf4ab7e68689098479347930886"
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 148 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to prescription medications in hospice programs. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 381 to shift ownership of controlled substances from a deceased hospice patient to a hospice program so the hospice program may dispose of the controlled substances.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 148 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB148/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB148/HCA1.pdf)
3. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB148/HCS1.pdf)
4. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB148/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Wuchner — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** To Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-01** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 6, 2018
- **2018-02-06** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-07** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-08** To Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 21, 2018
- **2018-03-21** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22** Received in House
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-22** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2018-04-13** Received in House
- **2018-04-13** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-14** Taken from Rules (H)
- **2018-04-14** Posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2018-04-14** Veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2018-04-14** Bill passed 82-3
- **2018-04-14** Received in Senate
- **2018-04-14** To Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-14** Posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2018-04-14** Veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2018-04-14** Bill passed 35-0
- **2018-04-14** Received in House
- **2018-04-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-04-14** Delivered to Secretary of State (Acts, ch. 172) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd7bd756-7ed8-4dd9-ba57-7724b1d288cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).