---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to peace officer contracts."
description: "Amend KRS 16.050 to extend contracts subject to reimbursement for training costs to five years for state police officers; amend KRS 70.290 to extend contracts subject to reimbursement for training costs to five years for law enforcement officers employed by cities and counties; amend KRS 183.881 to allow public airport boards to condition employment of a safety and security officer to contract to repay the airport board for training costs if the officer accepts a similar position within five years, and require the firing entity to repay costs under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 101"
citation: "Kentucky SB 101 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities", "Contracts", "Counties", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Police", "City and County", "Police", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/737ba5d2-0f08-483c-bd37-6da05cbba407"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb101.html"
source_hash: "60b01ff8a375f5ac7dbfb7ce002b16b3e5c470876d67de26d5ad81769563d543"
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 SB 101 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to peace officer contracts.

Amend KRS 16.050 to extend contracts subject to reimbursement for training costs to five years for state police officers; amend KRS 70.290 to extend contracts subject to reimbursement for training costs to five years for law enforcement officers employed by cities and counties; amend KRS 183.881 to allow public airport boards to condition employment of a safety and security officer to contract to repay the airport board for training costs if the officer accepts a similar position within five years, and require the firing entity to repay costs under certain circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb101/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 69** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0069.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb101/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 101 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 08, 2023
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36 -0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 87-5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 69) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/737ba5d2-0f08-483c-bd37-6da05cbba407`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).