HB 70 Kentucky House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to dietitians.

Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 310 to enact and enter into the Dietitian Licensure Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; establish participation requirements for states that wish to participate in the compact; recognize a licensure privilege and establish requirements; set requirements for transferring a home state license; designate home state licensure for active members of the military; establish penalties and adverse actions against a licensee; establish a joint government agency, create membership rules, establish voting requirements, and permit the government agency to establish rules and perform duties; require the compact commission to create a data system and outline the requirements; permit the executive and judicial branches within each state to enforce the compact; establish dispute resolution and outline termination procedures.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Last action Mar 14, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Current/Final · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill underwent technical formatting updates to standardize header information across pages, replacing the original bill number (BR 142) with the current bill number (HB 70/GA). Additionally, a minor text change was made to Section 3, removing the word 'licensed' from one of the prohibited titles to ensure consistency in how dietitian titles are regulated.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; changes are primarily administrative and formatting.
TECHNICAL

Header information updated to reflect current bill number HB 70/GA instead of the original BR 142 designation.

DEFINITION

Removed the word 'licensed' from the list of prohibited titles in Section 3, changing 'licensed dietitian' to 'dietitian' for consistency.

Floor votes · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

940
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 104
Mar 7, 2025
D Democratic21
17 Yea 4
80% Yea
R Republican83
77 Yea 6
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Mar 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
returned to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
taken from Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 91-0
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.