---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to telehealth."
description: "AN ACT relating to telehealth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "HB 140"
citation: "Kentucky HB 140 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Effective Dates", "Delayed", "Health Benefit Mandate", "Health and Medical Services", "Insurance", "Health", "Medicaid", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Public Assistance", "Public Medical Assistance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Wheatley", "C. Massey", "D. Frazier", "D. Frazier", "J. Miller", "K. Fleming", "K. Moser", "K. Moser", "K. Moser", "K. Timoney", "L. Willner", "R. Dotson", "R. Huff", "R. Roberts", "S. Westrom", "T. Bojanowski"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81566958-584d-4370-8eca-0983ff0dc88c"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb140.html"
source_hash: "06956a95df91c083dd734aa2dd4ba3a3a34e6733e85a4fe4e10afd7778a1ad16"
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 140 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to telehealth.

## 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/21RS/hb140/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 67** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0067.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb140/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 140 w/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Wheatley — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- D. Frazier — primary (person)
- D. Frazier — primary (person)
- J. Miller — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- K. Timoney — primary (person)
- L. Willner — primary (person)
- R. Dotson — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- R. Roberts — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)
- T. Bojanowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1), (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 11, 2021
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute and floor amendments (1) and (4) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 5, 2021
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed 91-0 `passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 67) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81566958-584d-4370-8eca-0983ff0dc88c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).