---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to licensed certified professional midwives."
description: "AN ACT relating to licensed certified professional midwives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "Kentucky SB 84 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Medical Services", "Licensing", "Nurses", "Occupations and Professions", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Women", "Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Boards and Commissions", "Background Checks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. McCoy", "C. McCoy", "D. Givens", "D. Harper Angel", "J. Adams", "M. Wilson", "P. Clark", "P. Hornback", "R. Alvarado", "R. Alvarado", "R. Alvarado", "R. Thomas", "T. Buford"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24df5147-fff0-4885-905b-6d9bdd500aec"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/sb84.html"
source_hash: "e27657dad3e16716e42a07b1d32735341db4eb023b01108676a816c502697e6d"
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 84 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to licensed certified professional midwives.

## 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/sb84/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. McCoy — primary (person)
- C. McCoy — primary (person)
- D. Givens — primary (person)
- D. Harper Angel — primary (person)
- J. Adams — primary (person)
- M. Wilson — primary (person)
- P. Clark — primary (person)
- P. Hornback — primary (person)
- R. Alvarado — primary (person)
- R. Alvarado — primary (person)
- R. Alvarado — primary (person)
- R. Thomas — primary (person)
- T. Buford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2) ruled out of order
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** passed 32-4 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (3) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2019
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (2) `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (2) on Thursday, March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (2)
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 35-1
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 104) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24df5147-fff0-4885-905b-6d9bdd500aec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).