# Kentucky HB 495: AN ACT relating to healthcare services and declaring an emergency. Kentucky HB 495, AN ACT relating to healthcare services and declaring an emergency., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by David Hale (Republican); status became law, last action 2025-03-27 (delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 107)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB495-2025RS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kentucky HB 495 - State: Kentucky - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: AN ACT relating to healthcare services and declaring an emergency. - Status: became law - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-13 - Last action: 2025-03-27, delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 107) - Sponsor: David Hale (Republican) - Cosponsors: 5 - Subjects: Effective Dates, Emergency, Mental Health, Personnel and Employment, State Agencies, Medicaid, Civil Actions, Short Titles and Popular Names, Local Mandate - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (281 yes, 69 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Medicaid funding limits for gender-related medical care: cost, medium. Beginning when the law takes effect upon enactment, Kentucky Medicaid and its contracted managed care plans face new funding limits. They cannot fund cross-sex hormones above amounts normally produced naturally by a healthy person of the same age and sex. They also cannot fund gender reassignment s… - Kentucky cancels order and blocks similar actions: cost, low. Executive Order 2024-632 has no legal effect beginning when the law takes effect upon enactment. From the law’s effective date through January 1, 2028, identical or substantially similar regulations, executive orders, and directives also have no effect. These limits apply despite conflicting laws,… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: David Hale (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bill Wesley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chris Fugate (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kim King (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Savannah Maddox (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Shawn McPherson (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-27 | House | passed | pass | 78 | 20 | | | 2025-03-27 | Senate | passed | pass | 31 | 6 | | | 2025-03-14 | Senate | passed | pass | 67 | 19 | | | 2025-03-13 | Senate | passed | pass | 28 | 6 | | | 2025-03-05 | House | 3rd reading, passed | pass | 77 | 18 | | ## Actions (45) - 2025-03-27: delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 107) - 2025-03-27: enrolled, signed by President of the Senate (House) - 2025-03-27: enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House (House) - 2025-03-27: received in House (House) - 2025-03-27: passed 31-6 (Senate) - 2025-03-27: veto overridden (Senate) - 2025-03-27: posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto - 2025-03-27: to Rules (S) (Senate) - 2025-03-27: received in Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-27: passed 78-20 (House) - 2025-03-27: veto overridden (House) - 2025-03-27: posted for consideration of Governor's veto - 2025-03-27: taken from Rules (House) - 2025-03-27: to Rules (H) (House) - 2025-03-27: received in House (House) - 2025-03-24: Vetoed - 2025-03-14: delivered to Governor - 2025-03-14: enrolled, signed by President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-14: enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House (Senate) - 2025-03-14: passed 67-19 (Senate) - 2025-03-14: House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) (Senate) - 2025-03-14: placed in the Orders of the Day (House) - 2025-03-14: to Rules (H) (House) - 2025-03-14: received in House (House) - 2025-03-13: passed 28-6 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Floor Amendment (1) defeated (Senate) - 2025-03-13: 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-03-13: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-12: floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute (Senate) - 2025-03-12: reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) (Senate) - 2025-03-11: returned to Health Services (S) (Senate) - 2025-03-11: 1st reading (Senate) - 2025-03-11: taken from Health Services (S) (Senate) - 2025-03-11: to Health Services (S) (Senate) - 2025-03-06: to Committee on Committees (S) (Senate) - 2025-03-06: received in Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-05: 3rd reading, passed 77-18 with Floor Amendment (4) and Floor Amendment (5-title) (House) - 2025-03-05: floor amendments (4) and (5-title) filed (House) - 2025-03-04: floor amendments (1), (2-title) and (3) filed (House) - 2025-02-28: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 04, 2025 (House) - 2025-02-28: 2nd reading, to Rules (House) - 2025-02-27: reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar (House) - 2025-02-21: to State Government (H) (House) - 2025-02-13: to Committee on Committees (H) (House) - 2025-02-13: introduced in House (House) ## Bill text - Current, 2025-03-27: [PDF](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb495/bill.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-03-05: [PDF](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb495/orig_bill.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 501: AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs. (became law) - HB 664: AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and declaring an emergency. (signed) - HB 606: AN ACT relating to economic development. (signed) - HB 421: AN ACT relating to colorectal cancer screenings. (signed) - HB 555: AN ACT relating to local government financial practices. (signed) - HB 493: AN ACT relating to the towing and storage of motor vehicles. (signed) ## Sources - [Current (PDF)](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb495/bill.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb495/orig_bill.pdf) ## Related - [HB 501: AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB501-2025RS) - [HB 664: AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and declaring an emergency.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB664-2025RS) - [HB 606: AN ACT relating to economic development.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB606-2025RS) - [HB 421: AN ACT relating to colorectal cancer screenings.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB421-2025RS) - [HB 555: AN ACT relating to local government financial practices.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB555-2025RS) - [HB 493: AN ACT relating to the towing and storage of motor vehicles.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB493-2025RS) - [Kentucky bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kentucky/bills) - [Kentucky state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kentucky) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB495-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).