---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to veterinarians and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 218A.025 to remove 1 physician and 1 nurse from the Controlled Substances Prescribing Council and to add 1 livestock veterinarian and 1 equine veterinarian."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 387"
citation: "Kentucky HB 387 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals", "Livestock", "And Poultry", "Drugs And Medicines", "Health And Medical Services", "Health Care Professionals", "Horses And Horse Racing", "Opioids", "Substance Use", "Veterinarians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Meade", "V. Grossl"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f897d5ed-b9da-4ce5-a209-b33201cf9243"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb387.html"
source_hash: "43be915dfb6120cc04fec109d34dee70d5827d3d1fbc44500ad513539bbe5889"
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 387 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to veterinarians and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 218A.025 to remove 1 physician and 1 nurse from the Controlled Substances Prescribing Council and to add 1 livestock veterinarian and 1 equine veterinarian.

## 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/hb387/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 170** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0170.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb387/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE HB 387 — **32–6** (pass) · lower
- Veto Override — **83–16** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 387 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **91–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Meade — primary (person)
- V. Grossl — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 06 2026
- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 91-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Health Services (S)
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **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
- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 83-16 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-6 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 170) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f897d5ed-b9da-4ce5-a209-b33201cf9243`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).