---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to workers' compensation."
description: "Amend KRS 342.0011 to expand the definition of \"physician\" to include physicians with a license issued by any state, Commonwealth, district, or territory of the United States."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 401"
citation: "Kentucky HB 401 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor and Industry", "Licensing", "Occupations and Professions", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Workers' Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Pollock"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa7bec58-7f9b-4013-9695-64be01aac899"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb401.html"
source_hash: "e7d2e2890b989b92b2a6b79e7f3a2a0c5141d04a2d948fec0ca63500d87a301e"
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 401 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.

Amend KRS 342.0011 to expand the definition of "physician" to include physicians with a license issued by any state, Commonwealth, district, or territory of the United States.

## 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/hb401/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 33** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0033.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb401/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 401 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Pollock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 12, 2024
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 89-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 91-0 `passage`
- **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
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch.33) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa7bec58-7f9b-4013-9695-64be01aac899`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).