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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT relating to a provisional license to practice medicine."
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description: "Amend KRS 311.571 to allow and specify requirements for a physician licensed to practice medicine in another country to obtain a provisional license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth; specify requirements for a provisional license to convert to a regular license; add conditions for the Board of Medical Licensure to revoke a provisional license; make technical changes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
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legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
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session: "2026RS"
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identifier: "SB 137"
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citation: "Kentucky SB 137 (2026RS)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health And Medical Services", "Health Care Professionals", "Licensing", "Occupations And Professions", "Physicians"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["D. Carroll", "S. Meredith"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6f328f3-4796-4358-92b6-5f5d62f52fbe"
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source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb137.html"
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source_hash: "2fb0b1355efdbade86407ead6d23d1bd01d63b0af107fdf5d604f8ead92c6f0f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
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---
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# Kentucky SB 137 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to a provisional license to practice medicine.
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Amend KRS 311.571 to allow and specify requirements for a physician licensed to practice medicine in another country to obtain a provisional license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth; specify requirements for a provisional license to convert to a regular license; add conditions for the Board of Medical Licensure to revoke a provisional license; make technical changes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb137/orig_bill.pdf)
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2. **Acts Chapter 89** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0089.pdf)
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3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb137/bill.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Pass — **79–11** (pass) · upper
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- PASS SB 137 w/ SCS 1 — **30–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- D. Carroll — primary (person)
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- S. Meredith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (S) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
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- **2026-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 03 2026
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- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
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- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
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- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) withdrawn
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- **2026-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** passed 30-7 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
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- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
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- **2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Health Services (H) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 79-11 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
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- **2026-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 89) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6f328f3-4796-4358-92b6-5f5d62f52fbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
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