KY SB 72
died on adjournmentAN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of health care professionals and declaring an emergency.
Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did KY SB 72 pass?
No. KY SB 72 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 (2026-02-17): to Committee on Committees (H)
What is KY SB 72 about?
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against health care professionals who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant health care professionals the right not to participate in services that violate their conscience; exempt health care professionals from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit hiring or licensing authorities from reprimanding health care professionals; require hiring or licensing authorities to provide complaints it has received to health care professionals; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Health Care Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY.
Who sponsors KY SB 72?
M. Wise, G. Williams, S. Rawlings and 5 others are the primary sponsors of KY SB 72.
Description
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against health care professionals who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant health care professionals the right not to participate in services that violate their conscience; exempt health care professionals from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit hiring or licensing authorities from reprimanding health care professionals; require hiring or licensing authorities to provide complaints it has received to health care professionals; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Health Care Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-12
- Latest action
- 2026-02-17 — to Committee on Committees (H)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- M. Wiseprimary
- G. Williamsprimary
- S. Rawlingsprimary
- M. Nunnprimary
- R. Millsprimary
- G. Elkinsprimary
- G. Boswellprimary
- D. Douglasprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-17
to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee
2026-02-17
received in House
2026-02-13
3rd reading, passed 28-5
passage,reading-3
2026-02-12
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 13 2026
2026-02-12
2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2
2026-02-11
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage
2026-02-06
to Health Services (S)
referral-committee
2026-01-12
to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee
2026-01-12
introduced in Senate
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
PASS SB 72
2026-02-13 · pass · 28-5
Member-level votes (38)
- Boswell: yes
- Higdon: yes
- Nunn: yes
- Tichenor: yes
- Carroll: yes
- Howell: yes
- Rawlings: yes
- Webb: yes
- Deneen: yes
- Madon: yes
- Reed: yes
- West: yes
- Douglas: yes
- McDaniel: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wheeler: yes
- Elkins: yes
- Meredith: yes
- Smith: yes
- Williams: yes
- Funke Frommeyer: yes
- Mills: yes
- Stivers: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Givens: yes
- Nemes: yes
- Storm: yes
- Wise: yes
- ChambersArmstrong: no
- Herron: no
- Neal: no
- Thomas: no
- Clemons: no
- Berg: not voting
- Girdler: not voting
- Mays Bledsoe: not voting
- Raque Adams: not voting
- Carpenter: not voting
Related bills
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