---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky State Police and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to allow the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to provide state resources to the Kentucky State Police Foundation; amend KRS 16.040 to provide additional criteria for the appointment of police officers by administrative regulation; amend KRS 16.080 to allow the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations setting out an ethics code for officers of the department and individuals employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class; EMERGENCY."
description: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky State Police and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to allow the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to provide state resources to the Kentucky State Police Foundation; amend KRS 16.040 to provide additional criteria for the appointment of police officers by administrative regulation; amend KRS 16.080 to allow the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations setting out an ethics code for officers of the department and individuals employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2017RS"
identifier: "HB 396"
citation: "Kentucky HB 396 (2017RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2506d2f4-454a-4633-bb7a-e19baaebe562"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB396.htm"
source_hash: "dae1c099693ddb18c0c83777664433f65ff293632f7d4d687fc9764fce19a7d7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 396 (2017RS) — AN ACT relating to the Kentucky State Police and declaring an emergency. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15A to allow the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to provide state resources to the Kentucky State Police Foundation; amend KRS 16.040 to provide additional criteria for the appointment of police officers by administrative regulation; amend KRS 16.080 to allow the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations setting out an ethics code for officers of the department and individuals employed as a Trooper R Class or CVE R Class; EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 396 (As Introduced)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB396/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **HCS1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB396/HCS1.pdf)
3. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB396/bill.pdf)
4. **SFA1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB396/SFA1.pdf)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-02-16** To Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Posted in committee
- **2017-03-01** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-1`
- **2017-03-02** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 3, 2017
- **2017-03-03** 3rd reading, passed 78-0 with Committee Substitute `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-06** Received in Senate
- **2017-03-07** To Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2017-03-08** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** Returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2017-03-14** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** Floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-29** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 29, 2017
- **2017-03-29** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with floor amendment (1) `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-30** Received in House
- **2017-03-30** To Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Posted for passage for concurrence in Senate floor amendment (1)
- **2017-03-30** House concurred in Senate floor amendment (1)
- **2017-03-30** Bill passed 91-2
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2017-03-30** Delivered to Governor
- **2017-04-11** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 186) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2506d2f4-454a-4633-bb7a-e19baaebe562`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).