republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/hb-459.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to health care workers.	Amend KRS 314.042 to create the provisional advanced practice registered nurse applicant license; amend KRS 314.121 to require APRNs and registered nurses experienced in long-term care on the Board of Nursing; amend KRS 314.131 to allow the exective director of the Board of Nursing to hire officers and other personnel with the approval of the board; and repeal KRS 314.193, which creates the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Council.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2024RS	HB 459	Kentucky HB 459 (2024RS)	bill	Boards and Commissions Licensing Nurses Occupations and Professions	enacted	B. Chester-Burton B. McCool J. Nemes K. Moser K. Timoney R. Palumbo R. Raymer S. Bratcher S. Dietz W. Williams	3	24	3	2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00	2024-04-19T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/699e32ab-104b-4ad7-a3ae-00f4f73ecee3	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb459.html	45072a30750cec96466e6c534f16bc89bfe565b885604a67d319b3e9aa925cb2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 459 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to health care workers.

Amend KRS 314.042 to create the provisional advanced practice registered nurse applicant license; amend KRS 314.121 to require APRNs and registered nurses experienced in long-term care on the Board of Nursing; amend KRS 314.131 to allow the exective director of the Board of Nursing to hire officers and other personnel with the approval of the board; and repeal KRS 314.193, which creates the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Council.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 218 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASS HB 459 W/ scs1 sfa2 sfta1 — pass (pass) · lower
• Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
• B. McCool — primary (person)
• J. Nemes — primary (person)
• K. Moser — primary (person)
• K. Timoney — primary (person)
• R. Palumbo — primary (person)
• R. Raymer — primary (person)
• S. Bratcher — primary (person)
• S. Dietz — primary (person)
• W. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2024-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (H) referral-committee
• 2024-02-29T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2024-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 06, 2024
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 to Health Services (S) referral-committee
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute , floor amendment (1-title) filed to bill amendment-introduction
• 2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) committee-passage
• 2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title)
• 2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Floor Amendment (1-title)
• 2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 passed 95-0 passage
• 2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2024-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 218) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/699e32ab-104b-4ad7-a3ae-00f4f73ecee3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).