---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Fire Commission."
description: "Amend KRS 95A.020 to increase the Kentucky Fire Commission to 18 members by transferring the 4 ex officio members to full member status; provide for terms of office of the members not subject to gubernatorial appointment; amend KRS 95A.262 to specify that any reimbursement to the Kentucky Career and Technical College System for administrative activities is subject to the 5% reimbursement cap in KRS 94A.240; specify that cancer screening reimbursements can be made from revenues allocated to the Firefighters Foundation Program fund pursuant to KRS 42.190 and 136.392."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "HB 419"
citation: "Kentucky HB 419 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards And Commissions", "Diseases", "Fire Prevention", "Firefighters And Fire Departments", "Public Officers And Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Wesley", "D. Grossberg", "DJ Johnson", "M. Hart", "M. Meredith", "S. Miles"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89433016-aad9-4e7b-93a9-79c1f12ae501"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb419.html"
source_hash: "2909fead1758f9a49c1dbe34cc62cf09deaeb629a63a211a96679fa19e24f0cf"
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 419 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Fire Commission.

Amend KRS 95A.020 to increase the Kentucky Fire Commission to 18 members by transferring the 4 ex officio members to full member status; provide for terms of office of the members not subject to gubernatorial appointment; amend KRS 95A.262 to specify that any reimbursement to the Kentucky Career and Technical College System for administrative activities is subject to the 5% reimbursement cap in KRS 94A.240; specify that cancer screening reimbursements can be made from revenues allocated to the Firefighters Foundation Program fund pursuant to KRS 42.190 and 136.392.

## 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/26RS/hb419/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 111** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0111.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb419/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Passage — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 419 w/ SCS 1 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Wesley — primary (person)
- D. Grossberg — primary (person)
- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Meredith — primary (person)
- S. Miles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-16T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 05 2026
- **2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 31 2026
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 38-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Committee Substitute (1)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed 90-0 `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 111) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89433016-aad9-4e7b-93a9-79c1f12ae501`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).