House
Signed By Governor
2026 Regular Session

HB280

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AN ACT relating to health care and declaring an emergency.

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.

Boards and CommissionsChildren and MinorsCivil ActionsCrimes and PunishmentsDiseasesDrugs and MedicinesEducation, Elementary and SecondaryEffective Dates, EmergencyHealth and Medical ServicesLicensingNursesPharmacistsPublic HealthState AgenciesTeachers

Introduced: January 8, 2026

Last action: April 10, 2026

Signed By Governor (Acts Ch. 75)
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Legislative History

Jan 8, 2026 · House
Introduced In House
Jan 8, 2026 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Jan 13, 2026 · House
To Health Services (H)
Jan 15, 2026 · House
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar With Committee Substitute (1)
Jan 16, 2026 · House
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Jan 16, 2026 · House
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Tuesday, January 20, 2026 (clerical)
Jan 21, 2026 · House
3rd Reading, Passed With 94-0 Committee Substitute (1) (clerical)
Jan 22, 2026 · Senate
Received In Senate

Primary Sponsor

Portrait of Kimberly Moser
Kimberly Moser

Representative · House District 064

Primary sponsor
Kimberly.Moser@kylegislature.gov
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Co-sponsors (2)

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Steve Bratcher

Representative · House District 025

Co-sponsor
steve.bratcher@kylegislature.gov
Portrait of Daniel Grossberg
Daniel Grossberg

Representative · House District 030

Co-sponsor
daniel.grossberg@kylegislature.gov

Roll calls

January 21, 2026

House: 3rd reading, passed with 94-0 Committee Substitute (1)

Yea: 94
Nay: 0
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January 21, 2026

House: 3rd reading, passed with 94-0 Committee Substitute (1)

Yea: 94
Nay: 0
March 19, 2026

Senate: 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1)

Yea: 35
Nay: 0
March 31, 2026

House: Passed 94-0

Yea: 94
Nay: 0