republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-237.md

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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
2. Acts Chapter 34 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/4817bd20-8f67-42e1-b27e-1c4983b8aec8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).