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Bill AN ACT relating to licensed occupations. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 335B to require the licensing authorities of healthcare occupations to collect workforce participation data during the annual, biennial, or triennial licensure renewal process; prohibit the collection of a licensee's Social Security number; allow licensees to decline to allow the sharing of his or her data; require licensing authorities to report collected data to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; create a new section of KRS 335.300 to 335.399 to authorize the board to grant licensure to an applicant who holds an active license from another state to practice as an independent marriage and family therapist; create a new section of KRS Chapter 335.300 to 335.399 to require the board to notify an applicant of any technical error in any licensure, permit, renewal, or reinstatement application within 1 week of its discovery; provide the applicant 2 weeks to correct the error; require the board to review the correction within 1 week of the submitted correction; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2028. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2026RS HB 459 Kentucky HB 459 (2026RS)
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Kentucky HB 459 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to licensed occupations.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 335B to require the licensing authorities of healthcare occupations to collect workforce participation data during the annual, biennial, or triennial licensure renewal process; prohibit the collection of a licensee's Social Security number; allow licensees to decline to allow the sharing of his or her data; require licensing authorities to report collected data to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; create a new section of KRS 335.300 to 335.399 to authorize the board to grant licensure to an applicant who holds an active license from another state to practice as an independent marriage and family therapist; create a new section of KRS Chapter 335.300 to 335.399 to require the board to notify an applicant of any technical error in any licensure, permit, renewal, or reinstatement application within 1 week of its discovery; provide the applicant 2 weeks to correct the error; require the board to review the correction within 1 week of the submitted correction; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2028.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 79 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASS HB 459 w/ SCS 1 — 360 (pass) · lower
  • Final Passage — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Pass — 900 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • K. Moser — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
  • 2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) referral-committee
  • 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
  • 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 13 2026
  • 2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 90-0 passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Licensing & Occupations (S) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19 2026
  • 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 96-0 passage
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
  • 2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 79) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34005cc8-4158-4c04-9c2e-5eab15242e95. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).