republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-166.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define "SUDEP" and encourage a health care provider to provide information regarding sudden unexpected death in epilepsy; create a new section of KRS Chapter 72 to define "SUDEP" and update autopsy requirements; provide that the Act may be cited as Jami's Law.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 166	Kentucky HB 166 (2024RS)	bill	Coroners Deaths Health and Medical Services Physicians and Practitioners Short Titles and Popular Names	enacted	A. Gentry D. Bentley J. Nemes K. King P. Stevenson S. Bratcher S. Sharp W. Williams	3	23	2	2024-01-05T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/20db9426-56ee-463f-9e35-4e258e42524c	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb166.html	01d5eef539c6a6dcdac79435583b2fca77642047e05178fbb6f0483cc85557f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 166 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define "SUDEP" and encourage a health care provider to provide information regarding sudden unexpected death in epilepsy; create a new section of KRS Chapter 72 to define "SUDEP" and update autopsy requirements; provide that the Act may be cited as Jami's Law.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 98 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 166 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Gentry — primary (person)
• D. Bentley — primary (person)
• J. Nemes — primary (person)
• K. King — primary (person)
• P. Stevenson — primary (person)
• S. Bratcher — primary (person)
• S. Sharp — primary (person)
• W. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (H) referral-committee
• 2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 05, 2024
• 2024-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title) withdrawn
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-1 passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 98) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20db9426-56ee-463f-9e35-4e258e42524c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).