---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to education required by the Board of Examiners of Psychology."
description: "Amend KRS 319.032 to require three contact hours of continuing education per three-year renewal period on the topic of social and cultural factors that affect health, functioning, and quality of life; amend KRS 319.064 to allow individuals with education equivalent to a master’s degree who have been accepted into a psychology predoctoral program to qualify for a psychological associate license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 237"
citation: "Kentucky HB 237 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Licensing", "Mental Health", "Occupations and Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Massey", "K. Moser", "L. Willner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4817bd20-8f67-42e1-b27e-1c4983b8aec8"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb237.html"
source_hash: "14d94d706619520140855e0774cb64d9e8bf131939981477697750ed2eda73d6"
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 237 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to education required by the Board of Examiners of Psychology.

Amend KRS 319.032 to require three contact hours of continuing education per three-year renewal period on the topic of social and cultural factors that affect health, functioning, and quality of life; amend KRS 319.064 to allow individuals with education equivalent to a master’s degree who have been accepted into a psychology predoctoral program to qualify for a psychological associate license.

## 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/22RS/hb237/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 34** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0034.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb237/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final passage HB 237 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Massey — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- L. Willner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 19, 2022
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 21, 2022
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 30-3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 34) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4817bd20-8f67-42e1-b27e-1c4983b8aec8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).