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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the privileging of peer review activities in health care. Amend KRS 311.377 to add medical malpractice actions, actions arising out of review of credentials or retrospective review and evaluation, and actions by an applicant for or grantee of staff privileges to materials that are confidential and privileged and not subject to discovery, subpoena, or introduction into evidence, in any civil action in any court."
description: "AN ACT relating to the privileging of peer review activities in health care. Amend KRS 311.377 to add medical malpractice actions, actions arising out of review of credentials or retrospective review and evaluation, and actions by an applicant for or grantee of staff privileges to materials that are confidential and privileged and not subject to discovery, subpoena, or introduction into evidence, in any civil action in any court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "Kentucky HB 4 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Wuchner", "D. Osborne", "K. Moser", "M. Hart", "M. Prunty", "R. Benvenuti III", "S. Santoro"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0cc1d43-e236-460f-a36d-0ad9e9634ecc"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB4.htm"
source_hash: "657a513c38b35be814583fd3748b910ec47a6c762fa3988fb25475a0c3580fcb"
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 HB 4 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to the privileging of peer review activities in health care. Amend KRS 311.377 to add medical malpractice actions, actions arising out of review of credentials or retrospective review and evaluation, and actions by an applicant for or grantee of staff privileges to materials that are confidential and privileged and not subject to discovery, subpoena, or introduction into evidence, in any civil action in any court.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 4 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB4/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB4/HCS1.pdf)
3. **HFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB4/HFA1.pdf)
4. **HFA2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB4/HFA2.pdf)
5. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB4/bill.pdf)
## Sponsors
- A. Wuchner — primary (person)
- D. Osborne — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- R. Benvenuti III — primary (person)
- S. Santoro — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-04** To Health and Family Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Posted in committee
- **2018-01-25** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute `reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30** Floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (2) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 2, 2018
- **2018-02-08** Floor amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn
- **2018-02-09** 3rd reading, passed 58-27 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-12** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-15** To Health & Welfare (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 27, 2018
- **2018-02-27** 3rd reading, passed 25-13 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-28** Received in House
- **2018-02-28** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-02-28** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-02-28** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-03-09** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 11) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0cc1d43-e236-460f-a36d-0ad9e9634ecc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).