---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to sexual assault nurse examiners."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to employ a health professional as a statewide sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) coordinator; establish requirements for the description, essential duties, and responsibilities of the SANE coordinator position; require the cabinet to collaborate with others to develop a statewide strategic plan that utilizes a regional model to ensure SANE coverage for all Kentucky hospitals; require the cabinet to develop a state registry of SANEs that is accessible from the cabinet's website by December 1, 2026; amend KRS 314.142 to require the board to notify newly registered SANEs of the state SANE registry on the cabinet's website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 134"
citation: "Kentucky HB 134 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations And Proceedings", "Boards And Commissions", "Crime Victims", "Health And Medical Services", "Health Care Professionals", "Hospitals And Health Facilities", "Nurses", "Physicians", "Public Health", "Reports Mandated", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Chester-Burton", "C. Aull", "D. Grossberg", "K. Moser", "P. Stevenson", "R. Raymer", "S. Bratcher", "S. Stalker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e710994b-6c1f-415b-8c5b-ff995344ce0a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb134.html"
source_hash: "19db31cfebe464e3782c0f8a8b53e04da862dafbe5b41f7a97d6c731da3a30ab"
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 134 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to sexual assault nurse examiners.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to employ a health professional as a statewide sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) coordinator; establish requirements for the description, essential duties, and responsibilities of the SANE coordinator position; require the cabinet to collaborate with others to develop a statewide strategic plan that utilizes a regional model to ensure SANE coverage for all Kentucky hospitals; require the cabinet to develop a state registry of SANEs that is accessible from the cabinet's website by December 1, 2026; amend KRS 314.142 to require the board to notify newly registered SANEs of the state SANE registry on the cabinet's website.

## 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/26RS/hb134/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 66** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0066.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb134/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 134 w/ SCS 1 — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- C. Aull — primary (person)
- D. Grossberg — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- P. Stevenson — primary (person)
- R. Raymer — primary (person)
- S. Bratcher — primary (person)
- S. Stalker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 26, 2026
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19 2026
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed 91-0 `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 66) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e710994b-6c1f-415b-8c5b-ff995344ce0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).