---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to automated external defibrillators."
description: "Amend KRS 311.667 to remove the requirement for medical oversight of an AED program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 22"
citation: "Kentucky HB 22 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Medical Services", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["P. Pratt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b247f3db-58d8-4255-b07c-5ae76468e88a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb22.html"
source_hash: "4db1fbf3fb27ccf25acdaae789cea06b96b85fb9a44d882f7769174a293d44ad"
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 22 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to automated external defibrillators.

Amend KRS 311.667 to remove the requirement for medical oversight of an AED program.

## 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/24RS/hb22/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 66** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0066.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb22/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 22 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- P. Pratt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Small Business & Information Technology (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 26, 2024
- **2024-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 87-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Education (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 15, 2024
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 66) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b247f3db-58d8-4255-b07c-5ae76468e88a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).