republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-280.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to health care and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 314.041, relating to registered nurse licensure, and KRS 314.051, relating to licensed practical nurse licensure, to add credential requirements; amend KRS 314.042 to require physicians collaborating with an advanced practice registered nurse to have an active and unrestricted license in Kentucky; amend KRS 314.109 to reduce the time from 90 to 30 days for a person under the jurisdiction of the board to notify the board of a conviction of certain misdemeanors or felonies; amend KRS 209.032, relating to employees of vulnerable adult service providers, to permit a state licensing board to query the cabinet for a validated substantiated finding of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation against an individual under the licensing board's jurisdiction; create a new section of KRS 158.830 to 158.838 to define terms; permit health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense undesignated glucagon in the name of a school or to a trained individual; permit trained individuals to receive, possess, and administer undesignated glucagon during diabetic medical emergencies; permit schools to stock undesignated glucagon; provide for immunity from civil liability for any personal injury resulting from good-faith actions to use undesignated glucagon to treat diabetic medical emergencies; amend KRS 158.832 to add definition of \"documented medical conditions\" and medications to the definition of \"medications\"; amend KRS 158.834 to add medical conditions and medications that may be self-administered in schools with parental authorization and a prescription; amend KRS 158.836 to require students to permit bronchodilator rescue inhalers, nebulizers, glucagon, Solu-Cortef, or other prescribed medications in their possession or in the possession of school personnel; encourage schools to stock undesignated glucagon; and require policies and Good Samaritan protection for the good-faith administration of glucagon, Solu-Cortef, or other prescribed medications for authorized school employees; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 280"
citation: "Kentucky HB 280 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards And Commissions", "Children And Minors", "Civil Actions", "Crimes And Punishments", "Diseases", "Drugs And Medicines", "Education", "Elementary And Secondary", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Health And Medical Services", "Licensing", "Nurses", "Pharmacists", "Public Health", "State Agencies", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Grossberg", "K. Moser", "S. Bratcher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/821fb624-beb9-43c1-8cc3-4ed3fd55a90e"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb280.html"
source_hash: "082660825a59acac45173a6c4d2be3249d25d53238172b0c1fb4cb2098c2e6eb"
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 280 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to health care and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 314.041, relating to registered nurse licensure, and KRS 314.051, relating to licensed practical nurse licensure, to add credential requirements; amend KRS 314.042 to require physicians collaborating with an advanced practice registered nurse to have an active and unrestricted license in Kentucky; amend KRS 314.109 to reduce the time from 90 to 30 days for a person under the jurisdiction of the board to notify the board of a conviction of certain misdemeanors or felonies; amend KRS 209.032, relating to employees of vulnerable adult service providers, to permit a state licensing board to query the cabinet for a validated substantiated finding of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation against an individual under the licensing board's jurisdiction; create a new section of KRS 158.830 to 158.838 to define terms; permit health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense undesignated glucagon in the name of a school or to a trained individual; permit trained individuals to receive, possess, and administer undesignated glucagon during diabetic medical emergencies; permit schools to stock undesignated glucagon; provide for immunity from civil liability for any personal injury resulting from good-faith actions to use undesignated glucagon to treat diabetic medical emergencies; amend KRS 158.832 to add definition of "documented medical conditions" and medications to the definition of "medications"; amend KRS 158.834 to add medical conditions and medications that may be self-administered in schools with parental authorization and a prescription; amend KRS 158.836 to require students to permit bronchodilator rescue inhalers, nebulizers, glucagon, Solu-Cortef, or other prescribed medications in their possession or in the possession of school personnel; encourage schools to stock undesignated glucagon; and require policies and Good Samaritan protection for the good-faith administration of glucagon, Solu-Cortef, or other prescribed medications for authorized school employees; 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/26RS/hb280/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 75** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0075.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb280/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 280 w/ SCS 1 — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Grossberg — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- S. Bratcher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 20, 2026
- **2026-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed with 94-0 Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19 2026
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed 94-0 `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 75) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/821fb624-beb9-43c1-8cc3-4ed3fd55a90e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).