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Kentucky SenateHB 695

AN ACT relating to the Medicaid program and declaring an emergency.

Passed 29–7Party-line

What it does: On the version voted Mar 14, 2025: Requires legislative authorization before the Cabinet changes Medicaid eligibility, coverage or benefits, makes the community engagement waiver mandatory, creates a Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board, reinstates behavioral health prior authorization rules as of January 1, 2020, and requires new managed care contracts by 2027. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Override veto: final passage

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The tally

Yes 29 · No 7 · Not voting 2

Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting
Democrats060
Republicans2912

Most Democrats voted no; most Republicans voted yes. 1 member voted against their party’s majority.

Voted against their party’s majority

The full roll (38)

“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.