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Neutral Bill Mar 16, 2026

AN ACT relating to the use of pharmaceuticals to intentionally terminate life.

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.

https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB646/2026
Nancy Tate State Representative T.J Roberts State Representative Cosponsor Shane Baker State Representative Cosponsor Kim Banta State Representative Cosponsor Jennifer Decker State Representative Cosponsor Steven Doan State Representative Cosponsor Ryan Dotson State Representative Cosponsor Dan Fister State Representative Cosponsor Deanna Gordon State Representative Cosponsor David Hale State Representative Cosponsor John Hodgson State Representative Cosponsor Thomas Huff State Representative Cosponsor Kim King State Representative Cosponsor Matt Lockett State Representative Cosponsor Savannah Maddox State Representative Cosponsor Candy Massaroni State Representative Cosponsor Kim Moser State Representative Cosponsor Jason Nemes State Representative Cosponsor Marianne Proctor State Representative Cosponsor Felicia Rabourn State Representative Cosponsor Tom Smith State Representative Cosponsor
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