---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to health care workers."
description: "Amend KRS 314.042 to create the provisional advanced practice registered nurse applicant license; amend KRS 314.121 to require APRNs and registered nurses experienced in long-term care on the Board of Nursing; amend KRS 314.131 to allow the exective director of the Board of Nursing to hire officers and other personnel with the approval of the board; and repeal KRS 314.193, which creates the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 459"
citation: "Kentucky HB 459 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Licensing", "Nurses", "Occupations and Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Chester-Burton", "B. McCool", "J. Nemes", "K. Moser", "K. Timoney", "R. Palumbo", "R. Raymer", "S. Bratcher", "S. Dietz", "W. Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/699e32ab-104b-4ad7-a3ae-00f4f73ecee3"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb459.html"
source_hash: "45072a30750cec96466e6c534f16bc89bfe565b885604a67d319b3e9aa925cb2"
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 459 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to health care workers.

Amend KRS 314.042 to create the provisional advanced practice registered nurse applicant license; amend KRS 314.121 to require APRNs and registered nurses experienced in long-term care on the Board of Nursing; amend KRS 314.131 to allow the exective director of the Board of Nursing to hire officers and other personnel with the approval of the board; and repeal KRS 314.193, which creates the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse 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/24RS/hb459/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 218** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0218.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb459/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 459 W/ scs1 sfa2 sfta1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- B. McCool — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- K. Timoney — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- R. Raymer — primary (person)
- S. Bratcher — primary (person)
- S. Dietz — primary (person)
- W. Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 06, 2024
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (1-title) filed to bill `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title)
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 95-0 `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 218) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/699e32ab-104b-4ad7-a3ae-00f4f73ecee3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).