---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to 911 services and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "AN ACT relating to 911 services and making an appropriation therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2020RS"
identifier: "HB 229"
citation: "Kentucky HB 229 (2020RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Medical Services", "Fees", "Fire Prevention", "Health and Medical Services", "Local Government", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Homeland Security", "Public Safety", "Cities", "Counties", "Telecommunications", "Public Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44e02fd2-d669-439a-8182-c7209fb71459"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb229.html"
source_hash: "f4ab05a4a0fa49106b357647b77ebe215eb2b4fedb8594f89f6b605e9c82c75c"
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 229 (2020RS) — AN ACT relating to 911 services and making an appropriation therefor.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb229/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb229/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 229 W/ scs1, scta1 — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2020-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 30, 2020
- **2020-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 92-0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2020-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 18, 2020
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 31-0 with Committee Substitute (1) committee amendment (1-title) `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title)
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** passed 83-0 `passage`
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- **2020-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts ch. 40) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44e02fd2-d669-439a-8182-c7209fb71459`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).