republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/sb-56.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to opioid antagonists designed to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.	Amend KRS 15.291, 217.177, and 217.186 to define "opioid antagonist" as naloxone or any United States Food and Drug Administration-approved opioid antagonist designed to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose; replace references to naloxone with opiod antagonist.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	SB 56	Kentucky SB 56 (2022RS)	bill	Drugs and Medicines Health and Medical Services Opioids Pharmacists Physicians and Practitioners Substance Abuse	enacted	D. Douglas R. Alvarado	3	24	2	2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/630e5899-b7a9-42c4-8e8f-5ce77cda28fd	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb56.html	8fa138771f613021ec0503883dc12446c9b5bdca37c36543233529a00c29f1da	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 56 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to opioid antagonists designed to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

Amend KRS 15.291, 217.177, and 217.186 to define "opioid antagonist" as naloxone or any United States Food and Drug Administration-approved opioid antagonist designed to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose; replace references to naloxone with opiod antagonist.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 154 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• No Motion Provided — pass (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 56 w/sfa1 — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• D. Douglas — primary (person)
• R. Alvarado — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Health & Welfare (S) referral-committee
• 2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 18, 2022
• 2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Health & Family Services (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2022
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 taken from the Orders of the Day
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Rules
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 98-0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 154) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/630e5899-b7a9-42c4-8e8f-5ce77cda28fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).