---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to fire protection."
description: "Create a new section of KRS 75.100 to 75.260 to require a fire protection district, volunteer fire department district, or subdistrict when making a change to fire protection services involving communications, firefighting resources, or water supply that will likely downgrade fire service ratings to host a public hearing and provide notice of the hearing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 43"
citation: "Kentucky HB 43 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Financial Responsibility", "Fire Prevention", "Firefighters and Fire Departments", "Insurance", "Local Government", "Public Meetings", "Public Safety", "Special Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bauman", "J. Hodgson", "J. Nemes", "K. Bratcher", "K. Fleming", "S. Bratcher", "S. Rawlings", "S. Witten"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5388f0e4-e0a2-43cc-93bc-f8c0d826e5ce"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb43.html"
source_hash: "805113d5dfe818d6fa820f5a228292ca41a14b6b71d6f8ceabe03f2b699084bc"
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 43 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to fire protection.

Create a new section of KRS 75.100 to 75.260 to require a fire protection district, volunteer fire department district, or subdistrict when making a change to fire protection services involving communications, firefighting resources, or water supply that will likely downgrade fire service ratings to host a public hearing and provide notice of the hearing.

## 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/hb43/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 92** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0092.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb43/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 43 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Bauman — primary (person)
- J. Hodgson — primary (person)
- J. Nemes — primary (person)
- K. Bratcher — primary (person)
- K. Fleming — primary (person)
- S. Bratcher — primary (person)
- S. Rawlings — primary (person)
- S. Witten — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-02T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, January 24, 2024
- **2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **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. 92) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5388f0e4-e0a2-43cc-93bc-f8c0d826e5ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).