---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits in the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits in the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "Kentucky SB 50 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs and Medicines", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Pharmacists", "Public Medical Assistance", "Medicaid", "Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Fiscal Note"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36ba96f1-7fd8-4887-8411-7215557c995c"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/sb50.html"
source_hash: "85b075cb8a3485831966b5f8e4b9036a4a9e8e9bcb06d4519ea58a0d1703d2dd"
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 50 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits in the Medicaid program and declaring an 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/20RS/sb50/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/sb50/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 50 W/ hcs1, hca 1T, FINAL PASSAGE — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 50 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 19, 2020
- **2020-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Health & Welfare (S)
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 20, 2020
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and House committee amendment (1-title)
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** passed 30-1 `passage`
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts ch. 70) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36ba96f1-7fd8-4887-8411-7215557c995c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).