---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to assisted living communities."
description: "Amend KRS 194A.705 to limit the provision of enumerated health and health-related services to assisted living communities and nursing homes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 493"
citation: "Kentucky HB 493 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Medical Services", "Nurses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Neighbors", "S. Bratcher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d7bc1cc-3f23-4645-a7ea-99348356e393"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb493.html"
source_hash: "f6fea51e4e212ab0fd4b993e57d00fbaf863f67398a1d2d44e1c39a1f4285164"
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 493 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to assisted living communities.

Amend KRS 194A.705 to limit the provision of enumerated health and health-related services to assisted living communities and nursing homes.

## 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/hb493/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 57** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0057.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb493/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 493 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Neighbors — primary (person)
- S. Bratcher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 22, 2024
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 91-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 57) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d7bc1cc-3f23-4645-a7ea-99348356e393`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).