republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2017rs/hb-227.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to physical therapists. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to establish a multistate physical therapy licensure compact; set out compact purpose and definitions; allow state participation in the compact if the state meets the compact criteria; require criminal background checks for licensees and applicants; enable a licensee to exercise a compact privilege if the listed requirements are met; make a licensee practicing in another jurisdiction subject to that jurisdiction's regulatory authority; authorize active duty military personnel and their spouses to designate their home state as the state of the home of record, permanent change of station, or current residence; institute rules for enforcing adverse actions against a licensee under the compact; establish the Physical Therapy Compact Commission as a joint public agency; fix commission membership, meetings, and the executive board; set out commission powers and duties, financing, and immunity and indemnification; approve commission rulemaking authority and data system requirements; initiate the commission's oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement powers; make rules for compact implementation, amendment, and withdrawal; delay the effective date of the compact until the date of its enactment by 10 states; insert a severability clause in the compact; create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to allow an out-of-state physical therapist to practice in Kentucky under a compact privilege; create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to establish procedures for criminal background investigations relating to the physical therapy compact; amend KRS 327.020 to conform.	AN ACT relating to physical therapists. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to establish a multistate physical therapy licensure compact; set out compact purpose and definitions; allow state participation in the compact if the state meets the compact criteria; require criminal background checks for licensees and applicants; enable a licensee to exercise a compact privilege if the listed requirements are met; make a licensee practicing in another jurisdiction subject to that jurisdiction's regulatory authority; authorize active duty military personnel and their spouses to designate their home state as the state of the home of record, permanent change of station, or current residence; institute rules for enforcing adverse actions against a licensee under the compact; establish the Physical Therapy Compact Commission as a joint public agency; fix commission membership, meetings, and the executive board; set out commission powers and duties, financing, and immunity and indemnification; approve commission rulemaking authority and data system requirements; initiate the commission's oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement powers; make rules for compact implementation, amendment, and withdrawal; delay the effective date of the compact until the date of its enactment by 10 states; insert a severability clause in the compact; create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to allow an out-of-state physical therapist to practice in Kentucky under a compact privilege; create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to establish procedures for criminal background investigations relating to the physical therapy compact; amend KRS 327.020 to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2017RS	HB 227	Kentucky HB 227 (2017RS)	bill		enacted		3	26	0	2017-02-07	2017-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/866f8d4b-3a16-4def-8464-6b109dc1c6e6	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB227.htm	035e7a46e144d982a9dc30c73c54ae7055cded750c79c5790ca2e4be20a58598	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 227 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to physical therapists. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to establish a multistate physical therapy licensure compact; set out compact purpose and definitions; allow state participation in the compact if the state meets the compact criteria; require criminal background checks for licensees and applicants; enable a licensee to exercise a compact privilege if the listed requirements are met; make a licensee practicing in another jurisdiction subject to that jurisdiction's regulatory authority; authorize active duty military personnel and their spouses to designate their home state as the state of the home of record, permanent change of station, or current residence; institute rules for enforcing adverse actions against a licensee under the compact; establish the Physical Therapy Compact Commission as a joint public agency; fix commission membership, meetings, and the executive board; set out commission powers and duties, financing, and immunity and indemnification; approve commission rulemaking authority and data system requirements; initiate the commission's oversight, dispute resolution, and enforcement powers; make rules for compact implementation, amendment, and withdrawal; delay the effective date of the compact until the date of its enactment by 10 states; insert a severability clause in the compact; create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to allow an out-of-state physical therapist to practice in Kentucky under a compact privilege; create a new section of KRS Chapter 327 to establish procedures for criminal background investigations relating to the physical therapy compact; amend KRS 327.020 to conform.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB 227 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
2. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source
3. SCS1 (committee substitute) — source

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-07 Introduced in House introduction
• 2017-02-09 To Health and Family Services (H) referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Posted in committee
• 2017-02-15 Posted in committee
• 2017-02-16 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar reading-1
• 2017-02-17 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2017-02-21 Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 22, 2017
• 2017-02-22 3rd reading, passed 99-0 reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-23 Received in Senate
• 2017-02-24 To Health & Welfare (S) referral-committee
• 2017-02-28 Reassigned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
• 2017-03-06 Taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
• 2017-03-06 1st reading reading-1
• 2017-03-06 Returned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
• 2017-03-07 Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute as a consent bill reading-2
• 2017-03-08 Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 8, 2017
• 2017-03-08 3rd reading, passed 36-1 with Committee Substitute reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-14 Received in House
• 2017-03-14 To Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2017-03-14 Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
• 2017-03-14 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
• 2017-03-14 Passed 93-0
• 2017-03-14 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
• 2017-03-14 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
• 2017-03-14 Delivered to Governor
• 2017-03-21 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 093) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/866f8d4b-3a16-4def-8464-6b109dc1c6e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).