---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to essential caregivers and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 216.505 to include communicable disease outbreaks and resident communicable disease status to exemptions for essential personal care visitors; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "Kentucky SB 43 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Aged Persons and Aging", "Disabilities and the Disabled", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Health and Medical Services", "Hospitals and Nursing Homes", "Mental Disability", "Mental Health", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aad07104-a26f-4f32-85a3-72a535893d03"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb43.html"
source_hash: "c723951ca201ee422875b5c4b496fc61dd610b82595083647954199c8aace0f3"
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 43 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to essential caregivers and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 216.505 to include communicable disease outbreaks and resident communicable disease status to exemptions for essential personal care visitors; EMERGENCY.

## 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/23RS/sb43/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 47** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0047.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb43/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 43 w/ scs1, sfa2, sfa1(T) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE SB 43 W/ hcs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** floor title amendment (1) filed
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 03, 2023
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 27 -6 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Health Services (H)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Health Services (H)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 31 -6 `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 47) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aad07104-a26f-4f32-85a3-72a535893d03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).