---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to establish requirements for pharmacists when dispensing prescriptions in the event of a practitioner's death."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 501"
citation: "Kentucky HB 501 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Deaths", "Drugs and Medicines", "Health and Medical Services", "Pharmacists", "Physicians and Practitioners"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/465bd49f-83ae-43ec-8461-32e8839bd5de"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb501.html"
source_hash: "b175b9d953662b4a990bcf3c5df6b288fb97138ddcd4392fc3c6738d7d08df2a"
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 501 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to establish requirements for pharmacists when dispensing prescriptions in the event of a practitioner's death.

## 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/25RS/hb501/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 161** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0161.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb501/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 501 W/ sfa2 sfta1 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **83–16** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 04, 2025
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 28, 2025
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 83-16 `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 161) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/465bd49f-83ae-43ec-8461-32e8839bd5de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).