republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-361.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure."
description: "Amend KRS 311.530 to add the chair of the Physician Assistant Advisory Committee to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure as an ex officio nonvoting member; amend KRS 311.842 to change how the physician assistants on the Physician Assistant Advisory Committee are selected, establish that the chair must be a practicing physician assistant, and limit members to two consecutive terms; amend KRS 311.854 to remove the application requirement to list the name, address, and area of practice of supervising physicians; amend KRS 311.844 to remove the HIV/AIDS continuing education requirement, and allow graduating physician assistant students to apply course curriculum to the pediatric head trauma continuing education requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 361"
citation: "Kentucky HB 361 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory Boards", "Commissions", "and Committees", "Health and Medical Services", "Hospitals and Nursing Homes", "Licensing", "Occupations and Professions", "Physicians and Practitioners"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Chester-Burton", "M. Clines", "M. Pollock", "R. Palumbo", "S. Bratcher", "T. Bojanowski"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6858dc79-387c-475c-b9f8-f29d2f4df50d"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb361.html"
source_hash: "ec5682d8b108986a53a8cb37108dcd8bed6ed8939dab90f3c18681613885b88f"
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 361 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure.

Amend KRS 311.530 to add the chair of the Physician Assistant Advisory Committee to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure as an ex officio nonvoting member; amend KRS 311.842 to change how the physician assistants on the Physician Assistant Advisory Committee are selected, establish that the chair must be a practicing physician assistant, and limit members to two consecutive terms; amend KRS 311.854 to remove the application requirement to list the name, address, and area of practice of supervising physicians; amend KRS 311.844 to remove the HIV/AIDS continuing education requirement, and allow graduating physician assistant students to apply course curriculum to the pediatric head trauma continuing education requirements.

## 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/24RS/hb361/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 30** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0030.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb361/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 361 W/ scs1 scta1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- M. Clines — primary (person)
- M. Pollock — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- S. Bratcher — primary (person)
- T. Bojanowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 08, 2024
- **2024-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 90-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2024
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 94-0 `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch.30) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6858dc79-387c-475c-b9f8-f29d2f4df50d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).