---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to legislative oversight of the Medicaid state plan and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; establish an annual Medicaid state plan and Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program state plan legislative review process; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "Kentucky SB 173 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards And Commissions", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "General Assembly", "Legislative Research Commission", "Medicaid", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Givens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3df6bcb-b35e-4da2-990d-4a13641fcecf"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb173.html"
source_hash: "735e1492bd28bc3686d643481e8367bc20e395d7f13c78d4b08223e32485b6ab"
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 SB 173 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to legislative oversight of the Medicaid state plan and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to define terms; establish an annual Medicaid state plan and Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program state plan legislative review process; EMERGENCY.

## 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/sb173/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 159** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0159.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb173/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 173 w/ SCS 1 — **30–6** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **74–16** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **80–19** (pass) · upper
- OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE SB 173 — **32–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Givens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `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 30-6 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 26 2026
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 74-16 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **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 passage 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** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (H)
- **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 80-19 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 159) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3df6bcb-b35e-4da2-990d-4a13641fcecf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).