---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to purchase limits for pseudoephedrine."
description: "Amend KRS 218A.1446 to remove annual and package purchase limits for pseudoephedrine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 386"
citation: "Kentucky HB 386 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Affairs", "Drugs and Medicines", "Pharmacists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Elliott", "J. Justice", "K. Bratcher", "R. Duvall", "S. McPherson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73bee783-31dd-4d52-9bfd-c4e67a76f049"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb386.html"
source_hash: "65e57a07d06cbd109fa102b752878a90827fa8ec3834376c6f8f9793fc7f7746"
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 HB 386 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to purchase limits for pseudoephedrine.

Amend KRS 218A.1446 to remove annual and package purchase limits for pseudoephedrine.

## 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/24RS/hb386/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 117** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0117.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb386/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 386 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- J. Justice — primary (person)
- K. Bratcher — primary (person)
- R. Duvall — primary (person)
- S. McPherson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** to Small Business & Information Technology (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 09, 2024
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 80-9 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 117) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73bee783-31dd-4d52-9bfd-c4e67a76f049`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).