---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to telecommunicators."
description: "Create a new section within KRS 15.530 to 15.590 to create the Public Safety Telecommunicator Work Group to develop a new delivery format for the public safety telecommunicator academy; amend KRS 15.530 to define \"public safety telecommunicator\" and \"public safety telecommunicator academy,\" and remove the \"CJIS\" and \"non-CJIS\" designations; amend KRS 15.540 to allow an agency seeking to hire a telecommunicator 90 days to certify the eligibility of an applicant to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, require training regarding the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS); amend KRS 15.560 to require all telecommunicators to complete the academy within six months of their hire date; remove disparate requirements for CJIS and non-CJIS telecommunicators; amend KRS 15.565 to remove disparate requirements for CJIS and non-CJIS certification, require all telecommunicators to complete CJIS in-service training recognized by the Kentucky State Police CJIS Services Agency; amend KRS 15.590 to remove distinction of CJIS and non-CJIS telecommunicator academy and recognize the public safety telecommunicators academy in its place; EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 782"
citation: "Kentucky HB 782 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory Boards", "Commissions", "and Committees", "Background Checks", "Cities", "Counties", "Effective Dates", "Delayed", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Occupations and Professions", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Public Safety", "Sunset Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["S. Lewis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48efe2b9-ae2a-4860-b8cc-ce0a93215ed9"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb782.html"
source_hash: "3263c449a2b545b32120effb1f27439f1ac6aa8ea4094a4624f2623aeda1840c"
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 782 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to telecommunicators.

Create a new section within KRS 15.530 to 15.590 to create the Public Safety Telecommunicator Work Group to develop a new delivery format for the public safety telecommunicator academy; amend KRS 15.530 to define "public safety telecommunicator" and "public safety telecommunicator academy," and remove the "CJIS" and "non-CJIS" designations; amend KRS 15.540 to allow an agency seeking to hire a telecommunicator 90 days to certify the eligibility of an applicant to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, require training regarding the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS); amend KRS 15.560 to require all telecommunicators to complete the academy within six months of their hire date; remove disparate requirements for CJIS and non-CJIS telecommunicators; amend KRS 15.565 to remove disparate requirements for CJIS and non-CJIS certification, require all telecommunicators to complete CJIS in-service training recognized by the Kentucky State Police CJIS Services Agency; amend KRS 15.590 to remove distinction of CJIS and non-CJIS telecommunicator academy and recognize the public safety telecommunicators academy in its place; EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2026.

## 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/hb782/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 108** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0108.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb782/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 782 W/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- S. Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 94-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) as a consent bill `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** passed 96-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage`
- **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. 108) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48efe2b9-ae2a-4860-b8cc-ce0a93215ed9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).