Kentucky House Bill 280

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Passed on April 10 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-10 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 75)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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.

AN ACT relating to health care and declaring an emergency.

Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]

Rep. Steve Bratcher [R]

Rep. Daniel Grossberg [D]

2026-03-31 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 370 (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2026-03-19 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3959 (Y: 35 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-01-21 - House - House: Veto Override RCS# 18 (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2026-01-21 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 18 (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb280.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb280/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb280/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0075.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB280/HCS1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/HB280/SCS1.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb280/vote_history.pdf