---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to county detectives."
description: "AN ACT relating to county detectives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 368"
citation: "Kentucky HB 368 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Counties", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Meade"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f39dcaa-8136-46a6-b358-59a3814f9c91"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb368.html"
source_hash: "c628d47af74843b28d5ba8b212f74a73c2afb052eae37dbaeace9f9ff01f1a6c"
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 368 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to county detectives.

## 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/hb368/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Meade — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Local Government (H)
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Local Government (H)
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a Consent bill
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 99-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 12, 2019
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **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
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch.149) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f39dcaa-8136-46a6-b358-59a3814f9c91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).