---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to make information on postpartum depression and a postpartum assessment tool available on its website; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop and implement a collaborative program aimed at improving the quality of prevention and treatment of postpartum depression."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 135"
citation: "Kentucky SB 135 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health and Medical Services", "Hospitals and Nursing Homes", "Nurses", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Public Health", "State Agencies", "Women"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d876cf91-f64d-45fa-a5a9-4aa903afe270"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb135.html"
source_hash: "8ea6b72eaf354f8b0f8455f67727dece6cb193e017181aa9672ab0b222c76677"
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 135 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to make information on postpartum depression and a postpartum assessment tool available on its website; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop and implement a collaborative program aimed at improving the quality of prevention and treatment of postpartum depression.

## 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/23RS/sb135/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 57** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0057.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb135/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Suspend the Rules — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE SB 135 W/ hfa1 hfta2 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 135 W/ scs1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Families & Children (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 24, 2023
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 33-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Families & Children (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 14, 2023
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 100-0 with Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1) and (2-title)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** passed 34 -0 `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 57) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d876cf91-f64d-45fa-a5a9-4aa903afe270`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).