---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to public safety."
description: "Amend KRS 15.382, relating to peace officer professional standards certification, to provide that a person who has previously been employed as a peace officer in another state and who meets certain criteria, shall not be required to pass a physical agility test; make technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 237"
citation: "Kentucky SB 237 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Mandate", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Police", "City and County", "Police", "State", "Sheriffs", "Technical Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14c42b41-33c1-4726-b66d-e18f75b812c8"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb237.html"
source_hash: "fcb3a01c5ded296e1315cbcddabc5a7a56ad24028052178fb4b78dd389db55f0"
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 SB 237 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to public safety.

Amend KRS 15.382, relating to peace officer professional standards certification, to provide that a person who has previously been employed as a peace officer in another state and who meets certain criteria, shall not be required to pass a physical agility test; make technical corrections.

## 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/25RS/sb237/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 53** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0053.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb237/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **95–0** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 237 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage SB 237 W/ hcs1 hfa1 hfa2 hcta1 — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 05, 2025
- **2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1) and (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1) and (2), Committee Substitute (1), and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendment Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1) and (2), and Committee Amendment (1-title)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 36-0 `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 53) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14c42b41-33c1-4726-b66d-e18f75b812c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).