---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to peace officer certification and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 15.400 to extend the period of time that a peace officer, who was employed as a peace officer as of December 1, 1998, may be separated from service before losing his or her certification status from 100 days to 365 days; EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "HB 64"
citation: "Kentucky HB 64 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Police", "City and County", "Police", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b95c6451-d75e-4435-a238-51a3f6eb18ca"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb64.html"
source_hash: "f068826df5378f60e203313eeec3eeaa8151f57e55a7b91a0e1d3494f9ab6d4e"
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 64 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to peace officer certification and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 15.400 to extend the period of time that a peace officer, who was employed as a peace officer as of December 1, 1998, may be separated from service before losing his or her certification status from 100 days to 365 days; EMERGENCY.

## 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/hb64/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 171** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0171.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb64/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 64 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `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** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `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`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+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. 171) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b95c6451-d75e-4435-a238-51a3f6eb18ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).