---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to interstate licensure compacts."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 314A to enact and enter into the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; establish participation requirements; recognize a licensure privilege and establish requirements; designate home state licensure for active military members; establish penalties and adverse actions against a licensee; establish the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission; create membership rules, establish voting requirements, and permit the commission to establish rules and perform duties; require the compact commission to create a data system and outline the requirements; permit the executive and judicial branches within each state to enforce the compact; establish dispute resolution and outline termination procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 36"
citation: "Kentucky HB 36 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards And Commissions", "Compacts", "Interstate", "Health And Medical Services", "Licensing", "Physicians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Moore", "A. Thompson", "B. Chester-Burton", "D. Grossberg", "K. Moser", "S. Bratcher", "V. Grossl"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-06T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d585903-3272-44bc-9372-2e63c4dbebd0"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb36.html"
source_hash: "dc028645fff48da9c8cb125fb7e0bfe901458a996d18e771e80a40f4a4d2cf08"
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 36 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to interstate licensure compacts.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 314A to enact and enter into the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; establish participation requirements; recognize a licensure privilege and establish requirements; designate home state licensure for active military members; establish penalties and adverse actions against a licensee; establish the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission; create membership rules, establish voting requirements, and permit the commission to establish rules and perform duties; require the compact commission to create a data system and outline the requirements; permit the executive and judicial branches within each state to enforce the compact; establish dispute resolution and outline termination procedures.

## 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/hb36/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 33** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0033.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb36/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 36 w/ SCS 1, SFA 2, SCA 1 (T) — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Moore — primary (person)
- A. Thompson — primary (person)
- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- D. Grossberg — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- S. Bratcher — primary (person)
- V. Grossl — 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 Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 03 2026
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Licensing & Occupations (S)
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** passed 90-0 `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-06T04:00:00+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/9d585903-3272-44bc-9372-2e63c4dbebd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).