Kentucky Senate Bill 47 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-31 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 146)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A to define terms and establish a medicinal cannabis program; amend KRS 342.815 to establish that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so would subject the authority to a violation of state or federal law; amend KRS 216B.402 to require hospital emergency departments to report cases of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; amend KRS 218A.010, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423, and 218A.500 to conform; amend KRS 12.020, 12.252, 15.300, 15.380, 15.398, 15.420, 15A.340, 61.592, 62.160, 131.1815, 211.285, 241.010, 241.015, 241.030, 243.025, 243.0307, 243.038, 243.090, 243.360, 438.310, 438.311, 438.313, 438.315, 438.317, 438.320, 438.325, 438.330, 438.337, and 438.340 to change the name of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control; some sections EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024.

AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis.

Sen. Steve West [R]	Sen. Phillip Wheeler [R]	Sen. Casey Chambers Armstrong [D]	Sen. Karen Berg [D]
Sen. Shelley Frommeyer [R]	Sen. Denise Harper Angel [D]	Sen. Jimmy Higdon [R]	Sen. Stephen Meredith [R]
Sen. Gerald Neal [D]	Sen. Mike Nemes [R]	Sen. Brandon Smith [R]	Sen. Reginald Thomas [D]
Sen. Robin Webb [D]	Sen. David Yates [D]

2023-03-30 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 364 (Y: 66 N: 33 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-03-30 - House - House: Suspend the Rules RCS# 363 (Y: 39 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 46) [PASS]
2023-03-16 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading W/scs1 sfa1 RSN# 2702 (Y: 26 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-31	Senate	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 146)
2023-03-30	Senate	delivered to Governor
2023-03-30	Senate	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2023-03-30	Senate	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2023-03-30	Senate	received in Senate
2023-03-30	House	3rd reading, passed 66-33
2023-03-30	House	placed in the Orders of the Day
2023-03-30	House	taken from Rules
2023-03-30	House	floor amendment (1) filed
2023-03-30	House	reported favorably, to Rules
2023-03-29	House	to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
2023-03-29	House	2nd reading
2023-03-29	House	taken from Committee on Committees (H)
2023-03-16	House	returned to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-03-16	House	1st reading
2023-03-16	House	taken from Committee on Committees (H)
2023-03-16	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-03-16	House	received in House
2023-03-16	Senate	3rd reading, passed 26 -11 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1)
2023-03-16	Senate	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 16, 2023
2023-03-15	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2023-03-14	Senate	floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2023-03-14	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2023-03-01	Senate	to Licensing & Occupations (S)
2023-01-05	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2023-01-05	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb47.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb47/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb47/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0146.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/SB47/SCS1.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/23RS/sb47/SCS1CI.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/23RS/sb47/SCS1LM.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/SB47/SFA1.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/SB47/HFA1.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/23RS/sb47/CI.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/23RS/sb47/LM.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb47/vote_history.pdf