republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/hb-501.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to establish requirements for pharmacists when dispensing prescriptions in the event of a practitioner's death.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2025RS	HB 501	Kentucky HB 501 (2025RS)	bill	Deaths Drugs and Medicines Health and Medical Services Pharmacists Physicians and Practitioners	enacted		3	26	3	2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00	2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/465bd49f-83ae-43ec-8461-32e8839bd5de	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb501.html	b175b9d953662b4a990bcf3c5df6b288fb97138ddcd4392fc3c6738d7d08df2a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 501 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to establish requirements for pharmacists when dispensing prescriptions in the event of a practitioner's death.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 161 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 501 W/ sfa2 sfta1 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• Pass — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — 83–16 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (H) referral-committee
• 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 04, 2025
• 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (S) referral-committee
• 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1-title) and (2) filed amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 28, 2025
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title)
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title)
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 passed 83-16 passage
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2025-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
• 2025-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 161) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/465bd49f-83ae-43ec-8461-32e8839bd5de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).