KY HB95 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Passed on March 29 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-29 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 46)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Passed on March 29 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-29 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 46)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Amend KRS 334.020 to allow audiologists licensed under KRS Chapter 334A to engage in the sale and practice of fitting hearing instruments; amend KRS 334.030 to update the mailing address of the Kentucky Licensing Board for Specialists in Hearing; amend KRS 334A.020 to include selling or fitting of hearing instruments in the definition of "the practice of audiology"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 334A to establish requirements for any person engaged in the selling and fitting of hearing instruments; establish procedures for complaints against licensed persons; establish procedures for a client's right to cancel the purchase of a hearing instrument; require any person licensed to sell hearing instruments to maintain records of clients to whom a hearing device was sold for a minimum of three years; amend KRS 334A.040 to establish exemptions for persons licensed under KRS Chapter 334A.
Title
AN ACT relating to the selling and fitting of hearing instruments.
Sponsors
| Rep. Walker Thomas [R] | Rep. Kimberly Banta [R] | Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D] | Rep. Ed Massey [R] |
| Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D] | Rep. Phillip Pratt [R] | Rep. Sal Santoro [R] |
Roll Calls
2022-03-23 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 2195 (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-01-24 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 45 (Y: 90 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2022-01-24 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 45 (Y: 90 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 8) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-29 | House | signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 46) |
| 2022-03-24 | House | delivered to Governor |
| 2022-03-24 | House | enrolled, signed by President of the Senate |
| 2022-03-24 | House | enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House |
| 2022-03-24 | House | received in House |
| 2022-03-23 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 37-0 |
| 2022-03-22 | Senate | passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day |
| 2022-03-17 | Senate | posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 22, 2022 |
| 2022-03-09 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill |
| 2022-03-08 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar |
| 2022-01-27 | Senate | to Licensing & Occupations (S) |
| 2022-01-25 | Senate | to Committee on Committees (S) |
| 2022-01-25 | Senate | received in Senate |
| 2022-01-24 | House | 3rd reading, passed 90-0 |
| 2022-01-21 | House | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, January 24, 2022 |
| 2022-01-20 | House | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2022-01-19 | House | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar |
| 2022-01-13 | House | to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) |
| 2022-01-04 | House | to Committee on Committees (H) |
| 2022-01-04 | House | introduced in House |
| 2021-12-02 | House | Prefiled by the sponsor(s). |
