KY HB 510

enacted

AN ACT relating to organ donation safety.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did KY HB 510 pass?

Yes. KY HB 510 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-07): signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 43)

What is KY HB 510 about?

Create a new section of Chapter 311 to define terms; establish conditions and processes for pause in procedure for an organ donation; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to implement and enforce the pause in procedure requirements; establish that the provisions should not be construed to conflict with KRS 446.400, discourage ethical organ donation, interfere with independent end-of-life decision making, conflict with the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, or authorize the Commonwealth to affect the federal certification, designation, or service area of an organ procurement organization; require the cabinet to submit report on pause in procedures to the Legislative Research Commission.

Who sponsors KY HB 510?

N. Tate, T. Roberts, F. Rabourn and 5 others are the primary sponsors of KY HB 510.

Description

Introduced: 2026-01-28
Latest action: 2026-04-07 — signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 43)
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-04-07
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 43)
executive-signature
2026-03-26
delivered to Governor
2026-03-26
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage
2026-03-26
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage
2026-03-26
received in House
2026-03-25
3rd reading, passed 38-0
passage,reading-3
2026-03-24
passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
passage
2026-03-20
posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
2026-03-19
2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
reading-2
2026-03-18
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-16
to Health Services (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-26
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-02-26
received in Senate
2026-02-25
3rd reading, passed 97-0
passage,reading-3
2026-02-23
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 24 2026
2026-02-20
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-02-19
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-02-04
to Health Services (H)
referral-committee
2026-01-28
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-01-28
introduced in House
introduction

Versions

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Acts Chapter 43Compare

Documents

Votes

Pass
2026-02-25 · pass · 97-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Doan: yes
- Hart: yes
- Massaroni: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Baker: yes
- Donworth: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- McCool: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Banta: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Smith: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Holloway: yes
- Meade: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Tackett Laferty: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Imes: yes
- Miles: yes
- Tate: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Fister: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Moore: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Bowling: yes
- Flannery: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Moser: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Fleming: yes
- King: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Koch: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bray: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Lawrence: yes
- Payne: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Brown: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Burke: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Proctor: yes
- White: yes
- Calloway: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Raymer: yes
- Williams: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Riley: yes
- Willner: yes
- Chester-Burton: yes
- Hale: yes
- Maddox: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Clines: yes
- Hampton: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Witten: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hancock: yes
- Decker: not voting
- Rabourn: not voting
- Stevenson P: not voting
CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 510
2026-03-25 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (38)
- Berg: yes
- Girdler: yes
- Neal: yes
- Storm: yes
- Boswell: yes
- Givens: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Herron: yes
- Nunn: yes
- Tichenor: yes
- Carroll: yes
- Higdon: yes
- Raque Adams: yes
- Webb: yes
- ChambersArmstrong: yes
- Howell: yes
- Rawlings: yes
- West: yes
- Clemons: yes
- Madon: yes
- Reed: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Deneen: yes
- Mays Bledsoe: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Williams: yes
- Douglas: yes
- McDaniel: yes
- Smith: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Elkins: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stivers: yes
- Wise: yes
- Funke Frommeyer: yes
- Mills: yes

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https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb510.html

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