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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to anatomical gift discrimination."
description: "Create a new section in KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit a health care provider from discriminating against an individual who has a disability based solely on the individual's disability when providing health care and other services related to an anatomical gift donation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 238"
citation: "Kentucky HB 238 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Rights", "Disabilities and the Disabled", "Health and Medical Services", "Hospitals and Nursing Homes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7aee134-4209-4a81-803c-742e5b042eda"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb238.html"
source_hash: "dee9562a59bdf2ca53967e59986ef5a32c291958e1407d1a7ec227acb88f14da"
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 238 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to anatomical gift discrimination.
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit a health care provider from discriminating against an individual who has a disability based solely on the individual's disability when providing health care and other services related to an anatomical gift donation.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb238/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 36** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0036.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb238/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- FOR CONSENT — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE HB 238 — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Families & Children (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 07, 2023
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Families & Children (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36 -0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 36) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7aee134-4209-4a81-803c-742e5b042eda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).