republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/sb-65.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency."
description: "Create new sections of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify an administrative regulation relating to the Medicaid outpatient pharmacy program, after that administrative regulation was found deficient during the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly; nullify 2 emergency administrative regulations of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control relating to tobacco, nicotine, or vapor product licenses, after those administrative regulations were found deficient during the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "Kentucky SB 65 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations And Proceedings", "Drugs And Medicines", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "General Assembly", "Governor", "Health And Medical Services", "Licensing", "Medicaid", "Pharmacists", "State Agencies", "Tobacco", "Vaping"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["S. West"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b4bf490-b138-4bb4-ae36-4971ac4f6516"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb65.html"
source_hash: "7a7508730b0fc05340de52ea2570793e7d9d88d78e68dc27fb9388518a1ff5b7"
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 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify an administrative regulation relating to the Medicaid outpatient pharmacy program, after that administrative regulation was found deficient during the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly; nullify 2 emergency administrative regulations of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control relating to tobacco, nicotine, or vapor product licenses, after those administrative regulations were found deficient during the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly; 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/sb65/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 156** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0156.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb65/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Veto Override — **79–19** (pass) · upper
- OVERRIDE VETO FINAL PASSAGE SB 65 — **32–6** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **73–19** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 65 w/ SFA 1 — **26–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- S. West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11 2026
- **2026-03-10T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 26-6 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 73-19 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 32-6 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (H)
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 79-19 `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 156) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b4bf490-b138-4bb4-ae36-4971ac4f6516`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).