republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2024rs/sb-65.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify three emergency administrative regulations relating to Medicaid services after those administrative regulations were found deficient during the 2023 legislative interim; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "Kentucky SB 65 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "General Assembly", "Governor", "Health and Medical Services", "Medicaid", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Deneen", "S. West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ded7cdc-8e92-4533-967e-386d360f948b"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb65.html"
source_hash: "d7332036299692c71953578e2840d89c4a6805d58882d1a237f05d8b30eee24b"
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 SB 65 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify three emergency administrative regulations relating to Medicaid services after those administrative regulations were found deficient during the 2023 legislative interim; EMERGENCY.

## 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/sb65/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 168** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0168.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb65/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 65 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASS SB 65 W/ hcs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override SB 65 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Deneen — primary (person)
- S. West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 83-12 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed 31-6 `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed 77-20 `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 168) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ded7cdc-8e92-4533-967e-386d360f948b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).