---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the reemployment of retired police officers by a postsecondary institution."
description: "AN ACT relating to the reemployment of retired police officers by a postsecondary institution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2019RS"
identifier: "HB 381"
citation: "Kentucky HB 381 (2019RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement and Pensions", "State Agencies", "Universities and Colleges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Blanton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
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/a434c0b6-5ead-4d20-a5bb-2a5674d91dbe"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb381.html"
source_hash: "08edb82e56764776d5bc111a97c7bb2efa13ee45387a4ebc2d3ef2eedb163377"
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 381 (2019RS) — AN ACT relating to the reemployment of retired police officers by a postsecondary institution.

## 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/hb381/bill.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Blanton — 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 State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 25, 2019
- **2019-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 `reading-3`
- **2019-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2019-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **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
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (KY Acts ch.127) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a434c0b6-5ead-4d20-a5bb-2a5674d91dbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).