---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to professional and volunteer firefighters programs, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "AN ACT relating to professional and volunteer firefighters programs, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 273"
citation: "Kentucky HB 273 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fiscal Note", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Fire Prevention", "Firefighters and Fire Departments", "Mental Health", "Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Reed", "B. Wheatley", "C. Freeland", "C. Stevenson", "D. Hale", "J. Jenkins", "J. Sims Jr", "K. Hinkle", "M. Hart", "M. Marzian", "M. Meredith", "P. Pratt", "R. Bridges", "R. Meyer", "R. Rothenburger", "S. Santoro", "S. Westrom", "T. Branham Clark", "T. Moore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3854d3de-cb61-4d16-9342-84b5f0cd4f68"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb273.html"
source_hash: "12f49d71e21f5f019f2d837756424fd3c79f1f3854c2b21a59fe845c61026ca3"
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 273 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to professional and volunteer firefighters programs, declaring an emergency, and making an appropriation therefor.

## 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/hb273/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Reed — primary (person)
- B. Wheatley — primary (person)
- C. Freeland — primary (person)
- C. Stevenson — primary (person)
- D. Hale — primary (person)
- J. Jenkins — primary (person)
- J. Sims Jr — primary (person)
- K. Hinkle — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Marzian — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- R. Bridges — primary (person)
- R. Meyer — primary (person)
- R. Rothenburger — primary (person)
- S. Santoro — primary (person)
- S. Westrom — primary (person)
- T. Branham Clark — primary (person)
- T. Moore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Local Government (H)
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 1, 2019
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (S)
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (S)
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 14, 2019
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2019-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch. 067) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3854d3de-cb61-4d16-9342-84b5f0cd4f68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).