republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-137.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to a provisional license to practice medicine.	Amend KRS 311.571 to allow and specify requirements for a physician licensed to practice medicine in another country to obtain a provisional license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth; specify requirements for a provisional license to convert to a regular license; add conditions for the Board of Medical Licensure to revoke a provisional license; make technical changes.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 137	Kentucky SB 137 (2026RS)	bill	Health And Medical Services Health Care Professionals Licensing Occupations And Professions Physicians	enacted	D. Carroll S. Meredith	3	24	2	2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f6f328f3-4796-4358-92b6-5f5d62f52fbe	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb137.html	2fb0b1355efdbade86407ead6d23d1bd01d63b0af107fdf5d604f8ead92c6f0f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 137 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to a provisional license to practice medicine.

Amend KRS 311.571 to allow and specify requirements for a physician licensed to practice medicine in another country to obtain a provisional license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth; specify requirements for a provisional license to convert to a regular license; add conditions for the Board of Medical Licensure to revoke a provisional license; make technical changes.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 89 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 79–11 (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 137 w/ SCS 1 — 30–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• D. Carroll — primary (person)
• S. Meredith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 03 2026
• 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) withdrawn
• 2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 passed 30-7 with Committee Substitute (1) passage
• 2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 79-11 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 89) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6f328f3-4796-4358-92b6-5f5d62f52fbe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).