HB 280 Kentucky House · 2026 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to health care and declaring an emergency.

Summary
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.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 8, 2026 Signed Apr 10, 2026
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What changed between versions

Introduced Current/Final · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill primarily updates formatting and numbering for the nursing licensure statute, while adding a new subsection (12) that grants registered nurses the right to use the professional title 'R.N.' It also clarifies the requirements for foreign-educated nurses seeking licensure by endorsement.
Scope change
The scope of the bill remains focused on regulating the licensure of registered nurses in Kentucky, with a slight expansion to explicitly define the right to use the professional title.
REQUIREMENT

Added a new provision granting registered nurses the explicit right to use the title 'registered nurse' and the abbreviation 'R.N.'

TECHNICAL

Updated page headers and bill identifiers to reflect the final engrossed version of the legislation

Adjusted paragraph indentation and spacing throughout the text for consistency

Floor votes · House Jan 21, 2026

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Apr 10, 2026
Signed into law
signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 75)
lower
Mar 31, 2026
Upper · Passed
enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
upper
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
lower
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
passed 94-0
lower
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 19, 2026
Committee
to Rules (H)
lower
Mar 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
to Health Services (S)
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed with 94-0 Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
to Health Services (H)
lower
Jan 8, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 8, 2026
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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