republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-65.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify an administrative regulation relating to the Medicaid outpatient pharmacy program, after that administrative regulation was found deficient during the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly; nullify 2 emergency administrative regulations of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control relating to tobacco, nicotine, or vapor product licenses, after those administrative regulations were found deficient during the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly; EMERGENCY.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	SB 65	Kentucky SB 65 (2026RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations And Proceedings Drugs And Medicines Effective Dates Emergency General Assembly Governor Health And Medical Services Licensing Medicaid Pharmacists State Agencies Tobacco Vaping	enacted	S. West	3	35	4	2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1b4bf490-b138-4bb4-ae36-4971ac4f6516	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb65.html	7a7508730b0fc05340de52ea2570793e7d9d88d78e68dc27fb9388518a1ff5b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky SB 65 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify an administrative regulation relating to the Medicaid outpatient pharmacy program, after that administrative regulation was found deficient during the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly; nullify 2 emergency administrative regulations of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control relating to tobacco, nicotine, or vapor product licenses, after those administrative regulations were found deficient during the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly; EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 156 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Veto Override — 79–19 (pass) · upper
• OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE SB 65 — 32–6 (pass) · upper
• Pass — 73–19 (pass) · upper
• PASS SB 65 w/ SFA 1 — 26–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• S. West — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 to Licensing & Occupations (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11 2026
• 2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 26-6 with Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) referral-committee
• 2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+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
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 73-19 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Vetoed executive-veto
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (S) referral-committee
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 passed 32-6 passage
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules (H)
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for consideration of Governor's veto
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 veto overridden veto-override-passage
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 passed 79-19 passage
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 156) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b4bf490-b138-4bb4-ae36-4971ac4f6516. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).