---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to law enforcement support programs, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require the Department of Criminal Justice Training to provide a law enforcement professional development and wellness program; outline standards for program; require program to be confidential; create a fund for the program's administration; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY."
description: "AN ACT relating to law enforcement support programs, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require the Department of Criminal Justice Training to provide a law enforcement professional development and wellness program; outline standards for program; require program to be confidential; create a fund for the program's administration; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "HB 68"
citation: "Kentucky HB 68 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Gentry", "B. Reed", "C. Fugate", "C. McCoy", "C. Morgan", "D. Bentley", "D. Elliott", "D. St. Onge", "DJ Johnson", "J. Blanton", "J. DeCesare", "J. Fischer", "J. Greer", "J. Miller", "J. Petrie", "J. Richards", "J. Sims Jr", "K. Fleming", "K. King", "M. Cantrell", "M. Meredith", "R. Benvenuti III", "R. Huff", "R. Meeks", "R. Mills", "R. Palumbo", "R. Webber", "S. Miles", "S. Santoro", "T. Couch"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-11-28"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11331d3f-5717-45bc-aa10-fb6457313778"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/HB68.htm"
source_hash: "57b11e63c872ac524dadd3d147bd2bb4d72b03763206bd0b7dd4804b964c8fa1"
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 68 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to law enforcement support programs, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to require the Department of Criminal Justice Training to provide a law enforcement professional development and wellness program; outline standards for program; require program to be confidential; create a fund for the program's administration; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

## 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/HB68/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Gentry — primary (person)
- B. Reed — primary (person)
- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- C. McCoy — primary (person)
- C. Morgan — primary (person)
- D. Bentley — primary (person)
- D. Elliott — primary (person)
- D. St. Onge — primary (person)
- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- J. Blanton — primary (person)
- J. DeCesare — primary (person)
- J. Fischer — primary (person)
- J. Greer — primary (person)
- J. Miller — primary (person)
- J. Petrie — primary (person)
- J. Richards — primary (person)
- J. Sims Jr — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- K. King — primary (person)
- M. Cantrell — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- R. Benvenuti III — primary (person)
- R. Huff — primary (person)
- R. Meeks — primary (person)
- R. Mills — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- R. Webber — primary (person)
- S. Miles — primary (person)
- S. Santoro — primary (person)
- T. Couch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-11-28** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2018-01-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-02** To Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-04** Posted in committee
- **2018-01-10** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-01-11** Recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2018-02-01** Posted in committee
- **2018-02-06** Reported favorably, to Rules
- **2018-02-07** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 8, 2018
- **2018-02-08** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-09** Received in Senate
- **2018-02-12** To Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-20** Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 20, 2018
- **2018-03-20** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-21** Received in House
- **2018-03-21** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-21** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 104) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11331d3f-5717-45bc-aa10-fb6457313778`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).