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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases."
description: "Amend KRS 214.430 to permit expedited partner therapy for sexually transmitted infections including but not limited to trichomoniasis, gonorrhea, or chlamydia infection; amend KRS 311.990 to remove the penalty of a Class D felony for a person who donates organs, skin, or other human tissue while being positive for the human immunodeficiency virus; create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to provide that nothing in KRS 214.181, 214.265, or 214.995 shall be construed to prohibit a person from obtaining or performing a self-test to detect human immunodeficiency virus infection; amend KRS 367.175 to allow for the sale, delivery, holding, or offering for sale of human immunodeficiency virus self-testing kits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 349"
citation: "Kentucky HB 349 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Affairs", "Diseases", "Drugs and Medicines", "Health and Medical Services", "Hospitals and Nursing Homes", "Nurses", "Physicians and Practitioners", "Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f2bf2e9-dfc8-4598-81d6-866e9cdecd52"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb349.html"
source_hash: "1d2a208c5b39b161f31c425e745e9f99c8bddcb01a077c793e4d93497cfc7d2d"
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 349 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.
Amend KRS 214.430 to permit expedited partner therapy for sexually transmitted infections including but not limited to trichomoniasis, gonorrhea, or chlamydia infection; amend KRS 311.990 to remove the penalty of a Class D felony for a person who donates organs, skin, or other human tissue while being positive for the human immunodeficiency virus; create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to provide that nothing in KRS 214.181, 214.265, or 214.995 shall be construed to prohibit a person from obtaining or performing a self-test to detect human immunodeficiency virus infection; amend KRS 367.175 to allow for the sale, delivery, holding, or offering for sale of human immunodeficiency virus self-testing kits.
## 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/hb349/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 150** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0150.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb349/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- FOR CONSENT — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 349 — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (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 Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Health Services (S)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Health Services (S)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Health Services (S)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Health Services (S)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2023
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 150) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f2bf2e9-dfc8-4598-81d6-866e9cdecd52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).