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Bill	AN ACT relating to health services.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to define "voluntarily"; require treatment centers or programs licensed as a chemical dependency treatment service to provide transportation services to residents who wish to voluntarily leave the program if the resident's family, guardian, or emergency contact does not agree to transport them; outline transportation service responsibilities; prohibit facilities and law enforcement officers from taking the residents to any location other than public transportation locations, locations to meet the driver of a ride-sharing service, or the resident's home; require that the facilities conduct a search of any outstanding warrants; exempt all chemical dependency treatment service facilities holding a license issued in accordance with KRS 216B.042; require the facility to notify family members, the county attorney, local law enforcement, and the court that a resident left the treatment facility in violation of a court order; and allow a peace officer or a probation officer to arrest a resident without a warrant for violating the terms of the resident's conditional discharge or court order.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	SB 71	Kentucky SB 71 (2024RS)	bill	Alcoholism Courts Crimes and Punishments Drugs and Medicines Health and Medical Services Hospitals and Nursing Homes Local Mandate Peace Officers and Law Enforcement Transportation	enacted	J. Higdon P. Wheeler	3	27	3	2024-01-05T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2a42dc1d-9f3b-4d1d-8e17-d0d5c4acbc24	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb71.html	48251b1c91a93e9d3554deb6199a47ce8b8098295d232fa4676887b8895a77c9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 71 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to health services.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 222 to define "voluntarily"; require treatment centers or programs licensed as a chemical dependency treatment service to provide transportation services to residents who wish to voluntarily leave the program if the resident's family, guardian, or emergency contact does not agree to transport them; outline transportation service responsibilities; prohibit facilities and law enforcement officers from taking the residents to any location other than public transportation locations, locations to meet the driver of a ride-sharing service, or the resident's home; require that the facilities conduct a search of any outstanding warrants; exempt all chemical dependency treatment service facilities holding a license issued in accordance with KRS 216B.042; require the facility to notify family members, the county attorney, local law enforcement, and the court that a resident left the treatment facility in violation of a court order; and allow a peace officer or a probation officer to arrest a resident without a warrant for violating the terms of the resident's conditional discharge or court order.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 68 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASS SB 71 W/ hcs1 hfa2 hcta1 — pass (pass) · upper
• Pass — pass (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 71 W/ scs1 scta1 — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• J. Higdon — primary (person)
• P. Wheeler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2024-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (S) referral-committee
• 2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 23, 2024
• 2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Families & Children (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (2), Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (2)
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 68) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a42dc1d-9f3b-4d1d-8e17-d0d5c4acbc24. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).