KY SB 137
enactedAN ACT relating to a provisional license to practice medicine.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did KY SB 137 pass?
Yes. KY SB 137 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-10): signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 89)
What is KY SB 137 about?
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.
Who sponsors KY SB 137?
D. Carroll, S. Meredith are the primary sponsors of KY SB 137.
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.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-29
- Latest action
- 2026-04-10 — signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 89)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- D. Carrollprimary
- S. Meredithprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-10
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 89)
executive-signature
2026-03-31
delivered to Governor
2026-03-31
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage
2026-03-31
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage
2026-03-31
received in Senate
2026-03-31
3rd reading, passed 79-11
passage,reading-3
2026-03-20
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026
2026-03-20
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-03-19
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-03-11
to Health Services (H)
referral-committee
2026-03-06
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-03-06
received in House
2026-03-05
passed 30-7 with Committee Substitute (1)
passage
2026-03-05
floor amendment (1) withdrawn
2026-03-05
3rd reading
reading-3
2026-03-04
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
passage
2026-03-03
passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
passage
2026-03-02
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 03 2026
2026-03-02
floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction
2026-02-26
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-02-25
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage
2026-02-02
to Health Services (S)
referral-committee
2026-01-29
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-01-29
introduced in Senate
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
PASS SB 137 w/ SCS 1
2026-03-05 · pass · 30-7
Member-level votes (38)
- Berg: yes
- Givens: yes
- Neal: yes
- Stivers: yes
- Boswell: yes
- Herron: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Storm: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Howell: yes
- Nunn: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carroll: yes
- Madon: yes
- Raque Adams: yes
- Webb: yes
- ChambersArmstrong: yes
- Mays Bledsoe: yes
- Rawlings: yes
- West: yes
- Clemons: yes
- McDaniel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Deneen: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wise: yes
- Girdler: yes
- Mills: yes
- Douglas: no
- Funke Frommeyer: no
- Tichenor: no
- Williams: no
- Elkins: no
- Smith: no
- Wheeler: no
- Higdon: not voting
Pass
2026-03-31 · pass · 79-11
Member-level votes (100)
- Aull: yes
- Clines: yes
- Hampton: yes
- Marzian: yes
- Rudy: yes
- Baker: yes
- Dietz: yes
- Hancock: yes
- McCool: yes
- Sharp: yes
- Bauman: yes
- Doan: yes
- Hart: yes
- McPherson: yes
- Smith: yes
- Bivens: yes
- Donworth: yes
- Heavrin: yes
- Meade: yes
- Stalker: yes
- Blanton: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Hodgson: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Stevenson P: yes
- Bojanowski: yes
- Duvall: yes
- Huff T: yes
- Miles: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Bowling: yes
- Fister: yes
- Imes: yes
- Moore: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Branscum: yes
- Fleming: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Moser: yes
- Tipton: yes
- Bratcher S.: yes
- Freeland: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Neighbors: yes
- Upchurch: yes
- Bray: yes
- Fugate: yes
- King: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Wesley: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Koch: yes
- Osborne: yes
- White: yes
- Brown: yes
- Gooch: yes
- Kulkarni: yes
- Payne: yes
- Williams: yes
- Burke: yes
- Gordon: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Pollock: yes
- Willner: yes
- Callaway: yes
- Griffee: yes
- Lewis C: yes
- Raymer: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Camuel: yes
- Grossberg: yes
- Lewis D: yes
- Riley: yes
- Witten: yes
- Chester-Burton: yes
- Hale: yes
- Lewis S: yes
- Roarx: yes
- Banta: no
- Flannery: no
- Lockett: no
- Massaroni: no
- Roberts: no
- Calloway: no
- Grossl: no
- Maddox: no
- Rabourn: no
- Tate: no
- Decker: no
- Dotson: not voting
- Holloway: not voting
- Petrie: not voting
- Tackett Laferty: not voting
- Watkins: not voting
- Elliott: not voting
- Lawrence: not voting
- Proctor: not voting
- Truett: not voting
- Whitaker: not voting
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