---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to training for telecommunicators. Amend KRS 15.550 to require telecommunicators that provide dispatch for emergency medical conditions to be trained in high-quality telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR)."
description: "AN ACT relating to training for telecommunicators. Amend KRS 15.550 to require telecommunicators that provide dispatch for emergency medical conditions to be trained in high-quality telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2018RS"
identifier: "SB 142"
citation: "Kentucky SB 142 (2018RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Carroll"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4329dc4f-e49b-46f5-bd6f-a16f26e24431"
source_url: "http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18RS/SB142.htm"
source_hash: "ebf2067dcd7127e78384146d6eb1920843d57867318a7857fb47e411bb607dee"
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 142 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to training for telecommunicators. Amend KRS 15.550 to require telecommunicators that provide dispatch for emergency medical conditions to be trained in high-quality telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR).

## 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/SB142/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Carroll — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-13** To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `reading-1`
- **2018-03-02** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 6, 2018
- **2018-03-06** 3rd reading, passed 37-1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-07** Received in House
- **2018-03-09** To Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Posted in committee
- **2018-03-20** Taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)
- **2018-03-20** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-20** Returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H)
- **2018-03-21** Reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as Consent Bill `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21** Posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 22, 2018
- **2018-03-22** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-22** Received in Senate
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2018-03-22** Delivered to Governor
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 65) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4329dc4f-e49b-46f5-bd6f-a16f26e24431`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).