---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to public safety personnel."
description: "Amend KRS 90.330 to remove the requirement that a candidate for employment shall not have passed his or her 46th birthday; amend KRS 95.010 to amend the definition of \"member\" as used in KRS 95.440 to 95.629; amend KRS 95.022 to provide that the number of police officers a city may hire is based on the total number of officers employed by the city in the immediately preceding year; amend KRS 95.450 to provide that any person may file a complaint and a mayor, city manager, or legislative body may prefer charges; to provide that a hearing shall occur within 10 days after charges were filed; to provide that an accused member shall be served with a copy of the charges at least 5 days before a hearing; to provide that an accused member may waive service and demand a hearing within 10 days after charges were filed; amend KRS 95.460 to provide that review by a Circuit Court shall be based solely on the record created before the legislative body and any new evidence regarding arbitrariness of the legislative body; amend KRS 95.495 to provide an exception to the work day limitations for police departments; amend KRS 95.762 to remove the age requirements for a candidate for employment as a police officer; amend KRS 95.765 to provide that any person may file a complaint and a mayor, city manager, or legislative body may prefer charges; to provide that a hearing shall occur within 10 days after charges were filed; to provide that an accused member shall be served with a copy of the charges at least 5 days before a hearing; to provide that an accused member may waive service and demand a hearing within 10 days after charges were filed; amend KRS 337.285 to provide an exception to the work day limitations for police departments with officers who are represented by collective bargaining units."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 414"
citation: "Kentucky HB 414 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities", "Cities", "Home Rule Class", "Collective Bargaining", "Consolidated Local Governments", "Local Mandate", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Police", "City and County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Blanton", "K. Banta"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c4ae1e1-17c3-483a-b023-d6b92316b0e4"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb414.html"
source_hash: "a49491f362b62d49644a50be2d96384a1c1f6d3c7f46784fedcfa3a8b872cc14"
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 414 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to public safety personnel.

Amend KRS 90.330 to remove the requirement that a candidate for employment shall not have passed his or her 46th birthday; amend KRS 95.010 to amend the definition of "member" as used in KRS 95.440 to 95.629; amend KRS 95.022 to provide that the number of police officers a city may hire is based on the total number of officers employed by the city in the immediately preceding year; amend KRS 95.450 to provide that any person may file a complaint and a mayor, city manager, or legislative body may prefer charges; to provide that a hearing shall occur within 10 days after charges were filed; to provide that an accused member shall be served with a copy of the charges at least 5 days before a hearing; to provide that an accused member may waive service and demand a hearing within 10 days after charges were filed; amend KRS 95.460 to provide that review by a Circuit Court shall be based solely on the record created before the legislative body and any new evidence regarding arbitrariness of the legislative body; amend KRS 95.495 to provide an exception to the work day limitations for police departments; amend KRS 95.762 to remove the age requirements for a candidate for employment as a police officer; amend KRS 95.765 to provide that any person may file a complaint and a mayor, city manager, or legislative body may prefer charges; to provide that a hearing shall occur within 10 days after charges were filed; to provide that an accused member shall be served with a copy of the charges at least 5 days before a hearing; to provide that an accused member may waive service and demand a hearing within 10 days after charges were filed; amend KRS 337.285 to provide an exception to the work day limitations for police departments with officers who are represented by collective bargaining units.

## 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/22RS/hb414/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 191** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0191.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb414/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 414 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Blanton — primary (person)
- K. Banta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 11, 2022
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 85-12 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State `became-law`
- **2022-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 191) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c4ae1e1-17c3-483a-b023-d6b92316b0e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).