---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to hunter education."
description: "Amend KRS 150.170 to exempt current and former members of the Armed Forces and certified peace officers from the live-fire component of the hunter education course."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "Kentucky SB 241 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment and Conservation", "Firearms and Weapons", "Fish and Wildlife", "Hunting and Fishing", "Licensing", "Military Affairs and Civil Defense", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Safety", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Higdon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcda5984-c38a-4f0a-90eb-51fa9d889949"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb241.html"
source_hash: "1618fed92fd197d5f158f9f7faf94d69dfbb9353ed48d85b6a66f2ffc196c4fb"
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 241 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to hunter education.

Amend KRS 150.170 to exempt current and former members of the Armed Forces and certified peace officers from the live-fire component of the hunter education course.

## 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/sb241/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 142** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0142.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb241/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- No Motion Provided — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 241 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Higdon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 16, 2022
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 25, 2022
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** taken from the Orders of the Day
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Rules
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **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. 142) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcda5984-c38a-4f0a-90eb-51fa9d889949`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).