---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to compensatory time. Amend KRS 337.285 to allow Trooper R and CVE R law enforcement officers to receive and use compensatory time for time worked over forty hours per week."
description: "AN ACT relating to compensatory time. Amend KRS 337.285 to allow Trooper R and CVE R law enforcement officers to receive and use compensatory time for time worked over forty hours per week."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 476"
citation: "Kentucky HB 476 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Blanton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-26"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39b85d02-4e83-4c0c-911a-34d4fe407e76"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB476.htm"
source_hash: "6c95bd10988371e75f2a6dfbdadc36d0d51a85f544511fdc8ba250bcc5dd1b4c"
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 476 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to compensatory time. Amend KRS 337.285 to allow Trooper R and CVE R law enforcement officers to receive and use compensatory time for time worked over forty hours per week.

## Version chain

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

1. **Most Recent Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/18RS/HB476/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Blanton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** To State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-08** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-09** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-13** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 14, 2018
- **2018-03-15** 3rd reading, passed 83-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-16** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-19** To Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2018-03-22** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** Returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2018-03-27** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2018-03-29** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, April 2, 2018
- **2018-04-02** Passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
- **2018-04-13** Passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
- **2018-04-14** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-14** Received in House
- **2018-04-14** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-14** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-04-14** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-26** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 195) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39b85d02-4e83-4c0c-911a-34d4fe407e76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).