---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to peer counseling for public safety employees."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to provide definitions, authorize any public agency to establish a peer support counseling program, and provide for confidentiality of communications within a peer support counseling program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "SB 64"
citation: "Kentucky SB 64 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter County Government", "Cities", "Consolidated Local Governments", "Counties", "Counties", "Urban", "Emergency Medical Services", "Firefighters and Fire Departments", "Local Government", "Mental Health", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Police", "City and County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Carroll", "M. Nemes", "M. Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/573bd24d-4a75-4362-8326-d950cc9a3c84"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/sb64.html"
source_hash: "f98e9a9f6a9619943336698b0c9d113dc58c682ebc3d9274fa65eb869c2ba100"
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 64 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to peer counseling for public safety employees.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to provide definitions, authorize any public agency to establish a peer support counseling program, and provide for confidentiality of communications within a peer support counseling program.

## 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/sb64/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 17** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0017.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/sb64/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS SB 64 W/ sfa1 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Carroll — primary (person)
- M. Nemes — primary (person)
- M. Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 01, 2022
- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 with Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 04, 2022
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 98-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/573bd24d-4a75-4362-8326-d950cc9a3c84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).