---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to peace officers."
description: "AN ACT relating to peace officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2021RS"
identifier: "SB 80"
citation: "Kentucky SB 80 (2021RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities", "Counties", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Police", "City and County", "Police", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Embry Jr.", "D. Carroll", "D. Meade", "D. Yates", "M. Nemes", "N. Kulkarni", "N. Kulkarni"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45f246f3-f6bc-4c7f-93e9-b4a5eaf0d5da"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/sb80.html"
source_hash: "36860265bafa13c3498b797e2eff45f1a63d653be9e302eec31fc6fdb1454b18"
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 SB 80 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to peace officers.

## 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/21RS/sb80/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 73** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/21RS/documents/0073.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/sb80/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASS SB 80 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 80 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Embry Jr. — primary (person)
- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- D. Meade — primary (person)
- D. Yates — primary (person)
- M. Nemes — primary (person)
- N. Kulkarni — primary (person)
- N. Kulkarni — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 11, 2021
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 28-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** reassigned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted in committee
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 5, 2021
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (2) and (3) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 91-0 with floor amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House floor amendment (1) for Tuesday, March 16, 2021
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House floor amendment (1)
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Bill passed 33-0 `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 73) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45f246f3-f6bc-4c7f-93e9-b4a5eaf0d5da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).