KY HB 628

died on adjournment

AN ACT relating to the Athletic Trainer Compact.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did KY HB 628 pass?

No. KY HB 628 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-13): to Licensing & Occupations (S)

What is KY HB 628 about?

Create a new section of KRS 311 to adopt the Athletic Trainer Compact; declare the intent and purpose of the compact; define terms; establish conditions under which an individual may practice in a remote state; authorize a home state to impose adverse action against an individual's license issued by the home state; authorize a member state's licensing authority to issue subpoenas for hearings and investigations as well as cease and desist orders to restrict, suspend, or revoke an individual's privilege to practice in the state; establish the Athletic Trainer Compact Commission; provide immunity from suit and liability for members, officers, executive director, employees, and representatives of the commission who act in accordance with the provisions of the compact; require the commission to develop and maintain a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, disciplinary action, and significant investigatory information on all licensed individuals participating in the compact; authorize the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of state government to enforce the provisions of the compact; establish rulemaking procedures; authorize the commission to attempt to resolve disputes related to the compact that arise among member states and between member and nonmember states; require provisions of the compact to become effective on the date the compact is enacted into law by the seventh compact state; establish withdrawal guidelines for a member state that wishes to withdraw from the compact; provide for severability for any provision in the compact that is contrary to the constitution of any member state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance.

Who sponsors KY HB 628?

T. Truett, S. Riley, S. McPherson and 7 others are the primary sponsors of KY HB 628.

Description

Introduced: 2026-02-12
Latest action: 2026-03-13 — to Licensing & Occupations (S)
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2026-03-13
to Licensing & Occupations (S)
referral-committee
2026-03-05
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-03-05
received in Senate
2026-03-04
3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
passage,reading-3
2026-03-03
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 04 2026
2026-02-26
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-02-25
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage
2026-02-20
to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-12
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-12
introduced in House
introduction

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Documents

Votes

Pass
2026-03-04 · pass · 97-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hart: yes
- Massaroni: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Baker: yes
- Doan: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Smith: yes
- Banta: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- Meade: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Dotson: yes
- Holloway: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stevenson P: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Miles: yes
- Tackett Laferty: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Elliott: yes
- Imes: yes
- Moore: yes
- Tate: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Fister: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Moser: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Bowling: yes
- Flannery: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Fleming: yes
- King: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Koch: yes
- Osborne: yes
- Truett: yes
- Bray: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Payne: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Lawrence: yes
- Petrie: yes
- Watkins: yes
- Brown: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Burke: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Proctor: yes
- Whitaker: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Raymer: yes
- White: yes
- Calloway: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Riley: yes
- Williams: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Grossl: yes
- Lockett: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Willner: yes
- Chester-Burton: yes
- Hale: yes
- Maddox: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Clines: yes
- Hampton: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Witten: yes
- Decker: yes
- Hancock: yes
- Donworth: not voting
- McCool: not voting
- Rabourn: not voting

Related bills

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Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb628.html

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