---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to patient quality of life."
description: "AN ACT relating to patient quality of life."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "Kentucky SB 65 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor", "Health and Medical Services", "Physicians and Practitioners", "State Agencies", "Aged Persons and Aging"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Adams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1f7de73-b030-4602-9141-7ba5088a04ff"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/sb65.html"
source_hash: "5c2f2a7f0293cb926ca1e4c109fc8be9d5416da200e1951a12880d6d9a3cc428"
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 65 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to patient quality of life.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/sb65/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Adams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 19, 2019
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) for Tuesday, March 12, 2019
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 37-0
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 084) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1f7de73-b030-4602-9141-7ba5088a04ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).