HB 36 Kentucky 2026RS session

AN ACT relating to interstate licensure compacts.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 314A to enact and enter into the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; establish participation requirements; recognize a licensure privilege and establish requirements; designate home state licensure for active military members; establish penalties and adverse actions against a licensee; establish the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission; create membership rules, establish voting requirements, and permit the commission 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.

Status

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Floor vote
  4. Passed
  5. Enacted

Enacted — last recorded action April 6, 2026

signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 33)

Recorded votes

Final Passage

90 yes · 0 no · pass April 1, 2026

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Pass

97 yes · 0 no · pass March 3, 2026

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Passage likelihood

Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.

State-level impact

State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.

Official actions

  1. signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 33)
  2. delivered to Governor
  3. enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  4. enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  5. passed 90-0
  6. House concurred in Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
  7. posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
  8. to Rules (H)
  9. received in House
  10. passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendment (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
  11. floor amendment (1) withdrawn
  12. 3rd reading
  13. passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
  14. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
  15. floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
  16. floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
  17. reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) as a consent bill
  18. returned to Licensing & Occupations (S)
  19. 1st reading
  20. taken from Licensing & Occupations (S)
  21. to Licensing & Occupations (S)
  22. to Committee on Committees (S)
  23. received in Senate
  24. 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
  25. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 03 2026
  26. 2nd reading, to Rules
  27. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
  28. to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
  29. to Committee on Committees (H)
  30. introduced in House
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