---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Department of Kentucky State Police and declaring an emergency."
description: "AN ACT relating to the Department of Kentucky State Police and declaring an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 223"
citation: "Kentucky HB 223 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Police", "State", "Substance Abuse", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Freeland", "J. Blanton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3b7543e-5aea-4bc7-a7ac-b6dc11d1cf1d"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb223.html"
source_hash: "7391c4e14f6c4c2f163e56e8fc52f89aa9253ba14d24ae283b0e7b098f2a3ea8"
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 223 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to the Department of Kentucky State Police and declaring an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb223/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Freeland — primary (person)
- J. Blanton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 22, 2019
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (S)
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (S)
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2019
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts Ch. 194) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3b7543e-5aea-4bc7-a7ac-b6dc11d1cf1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).