---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to reinstatement of police and fire department employees."
description: "Amend KRS 95.440 to remove the requirement that a person shall only be eligible for reinstatement to a police or fire department within one year following separation from employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 248"
citation: "Kentucky HB 248 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Urban", "Firefighters and Fire Departments", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Personnel and Employment", "Police", "City and County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Camuel", "B. Chester-Burton", "C. Aull", "C. Freeland", "C. Stevenson", "K. Banta", "K. Timoney", "L. Burke", "P. Flannery", "P. Pratt", "P. Stevenson", "R. Palumbo", "R. Roarx"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20ab71e0-f312-4d18-b358-651794c8e139"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb248.html"
source_hash: "ca35df51b911b78823e46527958184c4f8ed542d42ce05c06aea1ead3ded392c"
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 248 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to reinstatement of police and fire department employees.

Amend KRS 95.440 to remove the requirement that a person shall only be eligible for reinstatement to a police or fire department within one year following separation from 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/24RS/hb248/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 101** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0101.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb248/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 248 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Camuel — primary (person)
- B. Chester-Burton — primary (person)
- C. Aull — primary (person)
- C. Freeland — primary (person)
- C. Stevenson — primary (person)
- K. Banta — primary (person)
- K. Timoney — primary (person)
- L. Burke — primary (person)
- P. Flannery — primary (person)
- P. Pratt — primary (person)
- P. Stevenson — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- R. Roarx — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 101) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20ab71e0-f312-4d18-b358-651794c8e139`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).