Kentucky 2024 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 17 R cosponsors

SB 295 — AN ACT relating to vaccines.

Last action — to Committee on Committees (H)

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit a requirement for any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, modified ribonucleic acid (modRNA) vaccine, or messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine for the purposes of student enrollment, employment, or medical treatment in the Commonwealth.

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UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 1191 AN ACT relating to vaccines.
UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS SB 295/GA AN ACT relating to vaccines.
Any COVID-19 vaccine, modified ribonucleic acid (modRNA) vaccine, or messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine shall not be required for any individual for the purposes of student enrollment, employment, or medical treatment in the Commonwealth.
Any COVID-19 vaccine shall not be required for any individual for the purposes of:
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(1) Student enrollment or participation in any school-sponsored program or extracurricular activity;
(2) Employment with an employer as defined in KRS 344.030(2), whether paid or unpaid, including but not limited to internships or any other type of work-based learning that provides work experience in a particular occupation;
(3) Acquiring or maintaining any professional license;
or (4) Receiving any health care service, including but not limited to any health care procedure, treatment, or service rendered by a provider within the scope of practice for which the provider is licensed or certified and includes physical and behavioral health care.
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Action History

  1. to Committee on Committees (H)

  2. received in House

  3. 3rd reading, passed 25-11 with Committee Substitute (1)

  4. posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024

  5. 2nd reading, to Rules

  6. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

  7. to Health Services (S)

  8. to Committee on Committees (S)

  9. introduced in Senate

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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21 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 117 not signed on · 9 voted No

Sponsors (21)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (117)

117 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

PASS SB 295 W/ scs1

Passed 25 Yea · 11 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 21501
Unaffiliated 4300
Democrat 0300
Total 251101
% of votes cast 68%30%0%3%
How each member voted (37)
Member Party Vote
Schickel — Yea
Turner — Yea
Southworth — Yea
Thayer — Yea
Westerfield — Nay
Yates — Nay
Harper Angel — Nay
Cassie Chambers Armstrong Democrat Nay
Gerald A. Neal Democrat Nay
Karen Berg Democrat Nay
Brandon J. Storm Republican Yea
Christian McDaniel Republican Nay
Danny Carroll Republican Yea
David P. Givens Republican Nay
Donald Douglas Republican Yea
Gary Boswell Republican Yea
Greg Elkins Republican Yea
Jared Carpenter Republican Yea
Jason Howell Republican Yea
Jason Nemes Republican Yea
Jimmy Higdon Republican Yea
Julie Raque Adams Republican Nay
Lindsey Tichenor Republican Yea
Matthew Deneen Republican Yea
Max Wise Republican Yea
Michael Meredith Republican Yea
Nick Wilson Republican Yea
Phillip Wheeler Republican Yea
Rick Girdler Republican Yea
Robby Mills Republican Yea
Robert Stivers Republican Not Voting
Robin L. Webb Republican Nay
Shelley Funke Frommeyer Republican Yea
Stephen West Republican Yea
Tom Smith Republican Yea
Wade Williams Republican Yea
Walker Thomas Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 295 do?
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit a requirement for any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, modified ribonucleic acid (modRNA) vaccine, or messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine for the purposes of student enrollment, employment, or medical treatment in the Commonwealth.
Who sponsors SB 295?
SB 295 is sponsored by Lindsey Tichenor (Republican), Stephen West (Republican), Gary Boswell (Republican), Matthew Deneen (Republican), Donald Douglas (Republican), Greg Elkins (Republican), Shelley Funke Frommeyer (Republican), Rick Girdler (Republican), Jimmy Higdon (Republican), Stephen Meredith (Republican), Robby Mills (Republican), Michael J. Nemes (Republican), J. Schickel, A. Southworth, Brandon J. Storm (Republican), D. Thayer, J. Turner, Phillip Wheeler (Republican), Gex Williams (Republican), Mike Wilson (Republican), and Max Wise (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 295?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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