---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to prescriptive authority."
description: "Amend KRS 314.042 to establish requirements related to \"Collaborative Agreement for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse's Prescriptive Authority for Nonscheduled Legend Drugs\" (CAPA-NS) and \"Collaborative Agreement for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse's Prescriptive Authority for Controlled Substances\" (CAPA-CS); establish the CAPA-CS Committee; establish membership and duties of the committee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to establish the Controlled Substances Prescribing Council; establish membership, duties, and reporting requirements of the council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 94"
citation: "Kentucky SB 94 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs and Medicines", "Health and Medical Services", "Nurses", "Physicians and Practitioners", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f745929b-c8e7-4f80-a9d2-3a9d3630a2ba"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb94.html"
source_hash: "a6709d3c38a67c623a0002fc354e58eb0c7d95f49b1d5978882c32dfc9db3d73"
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 94 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to prescriptive authority.

Amend KRS 314.042 to establish requirements related to "Collaborative Agreement for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse's Prescriptive Authority for Nonscheduled Legend Drugs" (CAPA-NS) and "Collaborative Agreement for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse's Prescriptive Authority for Controlled Substances" (CAPA-CS); establish the CAPA-CS Committee; establish membership and duties of the committee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to establish the Controlled Substances Prescribing Council; establish membership, duties, and reporting requirements of the council.

## 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/sb94/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 73** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0073.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb94/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 94 W/ sfa1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 24, 2023
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 30 -2 -1 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 10, 2023
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 73) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f745929b-c8e7-4f80-a9d2-3a9d3630a2ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).