republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2019rs/sb-54.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to prior authorization.	AN ACT relating to prior authorization.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2019RS	SB 54	Kentucky SB 54 (2019RS)	bill	Health and Medical Services Insurance Health Local Government Pharmacists Physicians and Practitioners State Agencies Medicaid Unified Local Governments Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Cities Counties Boards and Commissions Health Benefit Mandate	enacted	B. Rowland D. Carroll R. Alvarado R. Alvarado S. Meredith	1	24	0	2018-12-14T05:00:00+00:00	2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0c514c84-6036-4720-ad1d-52214a49b39b	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/sb54.html	f32e58b96f453edf3581e7eceeee10e269e8195802bb262aef797ef4596c36d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 54 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to prior authorization.

Version chain

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

1. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• B. Rowland — primary (person)
• D. Carroll — primary (person)
• R. Alvarado — primary (person)
• R. Alvarado — primary (person)
• S. Meredith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-14T05:00:00+00:00 Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
• 2019-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2019-01-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (S) referral-committee
• 2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
• 2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 21, 2019
• 2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 33-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1) reading-3
• 2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 to Banking & Insurance (H) referral-committee
• 2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 posted in committee
• 2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
• 2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 7, 2019
• 2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 97-1 with Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1) reading-3
• 2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1) on Wednesday, March 13, 2019
• 2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (1)
• 2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Bill passed 37-0
• 2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
• 2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
• 2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 190) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c514c84-6036-4720-ad1d-52214a49b39b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).