26RS HB 646

House Bill 646

Actions

Last Action	02/13/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to the use of pharmaceuticals to intentionally terminate life.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement	Corrections Impact
Bill Request Number	496
Sponsors	N. Tate, T. Roberts, K. Banta, D. Fister, J. Hodgson, K. King, M. Lockett, C. Massaroni, K. Moser, M. Proctor
Summary of Original Version	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.
Index Headings of Original Version	Civil Actions - Abortion-inducing drugs, civil cause of action, establishment Crimes And Punishments - Assisted suicide, penalty, increase Crimes And Punishments - Importing, abortion-inducing drug, Class D felony, establishment Crimes And Punishments - Medically assisted aid in dying, Class B felony, establishment Crimes And Punishments - Possession of a controlled substance, first degree, abortion-inducing drug, addition Crimes And Punishments - Possession of a controlled substance, first degree, pregnant woman, exemption Crimes And Punishments - Trafficking in controlled substance, second degree, abortion-inducing drug, inclusion Drugs And Medicines - Abortion-inducing drug, Schedule IV, addition Drugs And Medicines - Abortion-inducing drugs, trafficking, possession, penalties, establishment Health And Medical Services - Abortion-inducing drugs, suspected complication, notice of rights, requirement Health And Medical Services - Medically assisted aid in dying, Class B felony, establishment Licensing - Assisted suicide, medically assisted aid in dying, criminal conviction, revocation State Agencies - Cabinet for Health and Family Services, abortion-inducing drugs, publication, requirement Corrections Impact - Abortion-inducing drugs, trafficking, possession, penalties, establishment