---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to data-sharing of prescription drug monitoring information. Amend KRS 218A.245 to allow KASPER data-sharing agreements with different types of jurisdictions."
description: "AN ACT relating to data-sharing of prescription drug monitoring information. Amend KRS 218A.245 to allow KASPER data-sharing agreements with different types of jurisdictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 213"
citation: "Kentucky HB 213 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Bentley", "D. Elliott", "G. Brown Jr", "K. King", "K. Moser", "R. Benvenuti III"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92f9ae0b-c90a-419c-ad5c-c4b820dc9980"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB213.htm"
source_hash: "9640a4c6495877af32612ac58d2b21df6e9789bd81e13ddcfad97e37d9e9c5f1"
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 213 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to data-sharing of prescription drug monitoring information. Amend KRS 218A.245 to allow KASPER data-sharing agreements with different types of jurisdictions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB213/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- G. Brown Jr — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- R. Benvenuti III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** To Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Posted in committee
- **2018-01-25** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, January 29, 2018
- **2018-01-29** 3rd reading, passed 89-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-30** Received in Senate
- **2018-01-31** To Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 15, 2018
- **2018-03-15** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-16** Received in House
- **2018-03-16** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-16** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-16** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-28** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 30) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92f9ae0b-c90a-419c-ad5c-c4b820dc9980`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).