---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to substance use disorders."
description: "AN ACT relating to substance use disorders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "SB 191"
citation: "Kentucky SB 191 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs and Medicines", "Health and Medical Services", "Licensing", "Mental Health", "Occupations and Professions", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Public Health", "Substance Abuse", "Alcoholism", "Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-04-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/331cb1d8-0571-430d-8079-c02c8c024c91"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb191.html"
source_hash: "cee952b5846d22fe7bed48f314c1a647004471426bdc19f5fa9bf788f9d6c10b"
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 191 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to substance use disorders.

## 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/sb191/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb191/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 191 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 191 w/ SCS1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 191 w/ fccr FINAL PASSAGE — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-2 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posting waived
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H)
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posting waived
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2020
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 81-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to concur in House Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in Senate
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from House Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** House refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2020-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in House
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** bill passed 86-4 `passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** bill passed 33-0 `passage`
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 99) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/331cb1d8-0571-430d-8079-c02c8c024c91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).