---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to public employee benefits."
description: "Amend KRS 16.198 to require the Kentucky State Police to promulgate administrative regulations to establish vacation and sick leave and holiday pay for Trooper R and commercial vehicle enforcement R Class employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 209"
citation: "Kentucky SB 209 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Regulations and Proceedings", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Police", "State", "State Agencies", "State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Nemes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64916e2f-7abe-44cf-935f-9a4ac52c8518"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb209.html"
source_hash: "3a2987b6630dd22d89ac1cee40acbd75ac660f5784da171c39ac5e27a9aac50c"
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 209 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to public employee benefits.

Amend KRS 16.198 to require the Kentucky State Police to promulgate administrative regulations to establish vacation and sick leave and holiday pay for Trooper R and commercial vehicle enforcement R Class employees.

## 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/sb209/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 152** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0152.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb209/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASS SB 209 w/ hcs1 hcta1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 209 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Nemes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 04, 2022
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 31-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** to State Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 14, 2022
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 36-0 `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 152) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64916e2f-7abe-44cf-935f-9a4ac52c8518`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).