republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-159.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to immunity from criminal liability for health care providers.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define "health care provider" and "health services"; establish that health care providers are immune from criminal liability for harm arising from a health services-related act or omission other than gross negligence or wanton, willful, malicious, or intentional misconduct.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 159	Kentucky HB 159 (2024RS)	bill	Attorney Commonwealth's Crimes and Punishments Emergency Medical Services Health and Medical Services Hospitals and Nursing Homes Nurses Occupations and Professions Optometrists Pharmacists Physicians and Practitioners	enacted	A. Neighbors D. Bentley D. Elliott D. Lewis J. Nemes K. Bratcher K. Moser P. Flannery R. Duvall R. Raymer W. Williams	3	22	2	2024-01-04T05:00:00+00:00	2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e1a41d2c-d9de-4c37-86f4-22bf630a78ff	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb159.html	46510b25db6780415619dd46bee7caad0c4337b2fb5b9ef2be6424464e1c97b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 159 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to immunity from criminal liability for health care providers.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define "health care provider" and "health services"; establish that health care providers are immune from criminal liability for harm arising from a health services-related act or omission other than gross negligence or wanton, willful, malicious, or intentional misconduct.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 12 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 159 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Neighbors — primary (person)
• D. Bentley — primary (person)
• D. Elliott — primary (person)
• D. Lewis — primary (person)
• J. Nemes — primary (person)
• K. Bratcher — primary (person)
• K. Moser — primary (person)
• P. Flannery — primary (person)
• R. Duvall — primary (person)
• R. Raymer — primary (person)
• W. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-01-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 06, 2024
• 2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 94-0 with Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (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
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+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 37-0 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
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch.12) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1a41d2c-d9de-4c37-86f4-22bf630a78ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).