---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to peace officer certification."
description: "Amend KRS 15.310 and 95A.100 to describe which criminal offenses a fire investigator shall investigate; amend KRS 15.380 to remove court security officers from the list of officers required to be certified by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council; allow the council to certify local alcoholic beverage control investigators appointed before April, 2019; amend KRS 15.386 to allow an officer who has been on inactive status for less than one year to return to certification status with no additional training requirements; amend KRS 15.391 to redefine \"final order\" and \"investigating agency\"; require that information obtained about active investigations to remain confidential; amend KRS 15.3973 to provide that court security officers may have certification revoked for the same bases as under KRS 15.391; amend 15.3977 to redefine \"inactive status\" and \"revoked status\"; amend KRS 15.530 to redefine \"CJIS telecommunicator\"; amend KRS 15.540 to require an agency seeking to hire a telecommunicator to certify to the council that the applicant meets the qualifications for employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 373"
citation: "Kentucky HB 373 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firefighters and Fire Departments", "Local Mandate", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Police", "City and County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/225e35f1-166c-42e4-a259-7131c7975183"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb373.html"
source_hash: "2d5dae7f886dc50d7817951997c08323824f90ab34c0eb17fa337d2c491e4b51"
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 373 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to peace officer certification.

Amend KRS 15.310 and 95A.100 to describe which criminal offenses a fire investigator shall investigate; amend KRS 15.380 to remove court security officers from the list of officers required to be certified by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council; allow the council to certify local alcoholic beverage control investigators appointed before April, 2019; amend KRS 15.386 to allow an officer who has been on inactive status for less than one year to return to certification status with no additional training requirements; amend KRS 15.391 to redefine "final order" and "investigating agency"; require that information obtained about active investigations to remain confidential; amend KRS 15.3973 to provide that court security officers may have certification revoked for the same bases as under KRS 15.391; amend 15.3977 to redefine "inactive status" and "revoked status"; amend KRS 15.530 to redefine "CJIS telecommunicator"; amend KRS 15.540 to require an agency seeking to hire a telecommunicator to certify to the council that the applicant meets the qualifications for employment.

## 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/23RS/hb373/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 170** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0170.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb373/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 373 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Suspend the Rules — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 02, 2023
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 29, 2023
- **2023-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37 -0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 170) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/225e35f1-166c-42e4-a259-7131c7975183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).