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type: "Bill" title: "AN ACT relating to health services." description: "Amend KRS 311.380 to define "physician assistant," “podiatric assistant,” “podiatric residency,” “podiatric resident,” podiatric supervision," and "supervising podiatrist"; amend KRS 311.400 to add the scope of practice for podiatric residents and podiatric assistants; amend KRS 311.410 to conform; amend KRS 311.420 to add qualifications to acquire a license to practice podiatry; permit the board to promulgate administrative regulations for licensure of podiatric assistants and podiatric residents, podiatric residency licenses, and the approval and regulation of podiatric supervision of physician assistants; amend KRS 311.480 to include podiatric resident and podiatric assistant licenses to the licenses the Board of Podiatry can deny, refuse to renew, suspend, place on probation, or revoke; amend KRS 311.840 to define "podiatric supervision" and "supervising podiatrist"; create a new section of KRS 311.840 to 311.862 to establish requirements for podiatrists to supervise physician assistants; amend KRS 218B.010 to add podiatrist to the definition of "medicinal cannabis practitioner"; add the State Board of Podiatry to the definition of "state licensing board"; amend KRS 218B.050 to add podiatrist to those required to apply to the same state licensing board that issued his or her license for authorization to provide written certifications for the use of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 218B.145 to add the State Board of Podiatry to those to be notified of qualifying medical conditions; amend KRS 311.450, 311.460, 311.470, and 311.475 to make technical changes; amend KRS 311.390, 311.490, 311.495, and 311.990 to conform." jurisdiction: "us/states/ky" legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly" session: "2026RS" identifier: "SB 18" citation: "Kentucky SB 18 (2026RS)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Administrative Regulations And Proceedings", "Boards And Commissions", "Cannabis", "Drugs And Medicines", "Health And Medical Services", "Health Care Professionals", "Hospitals And Health Facilities", "Licensing", "Occupations And Professions", "Physicians", "Substance Use"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["C. Richardson", "S. Meredith"] version_count: 3 action_count: 26 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00" last_action: "2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93d501cb-79fc-4a1c-8cfa-10880fad84d9" source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb18.html" source_hash: "9c8d724dc78dd8372b9662764cf25bffeaf85ba1772cab06fb54a5b20405de14" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]

Kentucky SB 18 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to health services.

Amend KRS 311.380 to define "physician assistant," “podiatric assistant,” “podiatric residency,” “podiatric resident,” podiatric supervision," and "supervising podiatrist"; amend KRS 311.400 to add the scope of practice for podiatric residents and podiatric assistants; amend KRS 311.410 to conform; amend KRS 311.420 to add qualifications to acquire a license to practice podiatry; permit the board to promulgate administrative regulations for licensure of podiatric assistants and podiatric residents, podiatric residency licenses, and the approval and regulation of podiatric supervision of physician assistants; amend KRS 311.480 to include podiatric resident and podiatric assistant licenses to the licenses the Board of Podiatry can deny, refuse to renew, suspend, place on probation, or revoke; amend KRS 311.840 to define "podiatric supervision" and "supervising podiatrist"; create a new section of KRS 311.840 to 311.862 to establish requirements for podiatrists to supervise physician assistants; amend KRS 218B.010 to add podiatrist to the definition of "medicinal cannabis practitioner"; add the State Board of Podiatry to the definition of "state licensing board"; amend KRS 218B.050 to add podiatrist to those required to apply to the same state licensing board that issued his or her license for authorization to provide written certifications for the use of medicinal cannabis; amend KRS 218B.145 to add the State Board of Podiatry to those to be notified of qualifying medical conditions; amend KRS 311.450, 311.460, 311.470, and 311.475 to make technical changes; amend KRS 311.390, 311.490, 311.495, and 311.990 to conform.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Acts Chapter 85 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 18 w/ HFA 1, HFA 2 (T) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
  • Pass — 91–1 (pass) · upper
  • PASS SB 18 w/ SCS 1 — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • C. Richardson — primary (person)
  • S. Meredith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2026-01-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
  • 2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (S) referral-committee
  • 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 06 2026
  • 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 32-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
  • 2026-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (H) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
  • 2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 25 2026
  • 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed amendment-introduction
  • 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 91-1 with Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
  • 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
  • 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
  • 2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) passage
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
  • 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 passed 37-0 passage
  • 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. 85) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93d501cb-79fc-4a1c-8cfa-10880fad84d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).

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