HB 646 KY Introduced
AN ACT relating to the use of pharmaceuticals to intentionally terminate life.
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Summary
Amend KRS 218A.100 to place an abortion-inducing drug in Schedule IV; amend KRS 218A.1413 to include an abortion-inducing drug in the offense of trafficking in a controlled substance in the second degree; amend KRS 218A.1415 to include an abortion-inducing drug in the offense of possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, except when in the possession of a pregnant woman for her own personal use; create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to establish the offense of importing an abortion-inducing drug amend KRS 216.302 to include providing any drug, medication, or other substance as a means of assisting another person to commit or attempt to commit suicide; increase the penalty from a Class D felony to a Class B felony when the act is done knowingly by force or duress and from a Class C to a Class B felony when a person knowingly or intentionally provides the physical means or participates in a physical act by which another person commits or attempts suicide; create a new section of KRS 216.300 to 216.308 to establish the offense of medically assisted aid in dying as a Class B felony; amend KRS 216.308 to provide for the revocation of a license upon a criminal conviction or plea of guilty of assisted suicide or medically assisted aid in dying; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to provide a civil cause of action for any person who sustains damages resulting from receiving an abortion-inducing drug; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require the distribution of specified information to any patient who a physician or other healthcare provider believes is experiencing a complication as a result of taking an abortion-inducing drug; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to make specified information available on its website.
Sponsors (21)
- N. Tate Republican · primary
- T. Roberts Republican · primary
- S. Baker Republican · primary
- K. Banta Republican · primary
- J. Decker Republican · primary
- S. Doan Republican · primary
- R. Dotson Republican · primary
- D. Fister Republican · primary
- D. Gordon Republican · primary
- D. Hale Republican · primary
- J. Hodgson Republican · primary
- T. Huff Republican · primary
- K. King Republican · primary
- M. Lockett Republican · primary
- S. Maddox Republican · primary
- C. Massaroni Republican · primary
- K. Moser Republican · primary
- J. Nemes Republican · primary
- M. Proctor Republican · primary
- F. Rabourn Republican · primary
- T. Smith Republican · primary
Action history (3)
- Feb 13, 2026 introduced in House · lower
- Feb 13, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
- Feb 23, 2026 to Judiciary (H) · lower
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