---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Kentucky State Police and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 16.197 to allow an individual previously appointed to Trooper R Class or commercial vehicle enforcement officer R class to return to service with the Department of Kentucky State Police after 1 month of separation from service but no more than 60 months following the individual's latest separation date from service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2026RS"
identifier: "SB 102"
citation: "Kentucky SB 102 (2026RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Peace Officers And Law Enforcement", "Police", "State", "Public Safety", "Retirement And Pensions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Reed", "M. Deneen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e7fe626-474a-4ff4-92ef-3f12353ce8ef"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb102.html"
source_hash: "04550943fa1d674ff7f5e09cc6265e4980f4b450ec74ae8c583dc81058f65787"
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 102 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the Kentucky State Police and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 16.197 to allow an individual previously appointed to Trooper R Class or commercial vehicle enforcement officer R class to return to service with the Department of Kentucky State Police after 1 month of separation from service but no more than 60 months following the individual's latest separation date from service.

## 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/sb102/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 63** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0063.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb102/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 102 w/ HFA 1, HFA 2 (T) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **93–0** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 102 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Reed — primary (person)
- M. Deneen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 03 2026
- **2026-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** passed 38-0 `passage`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (1) and (2-title) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 26 2026
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained for concurrence in House Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title) `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in Floor Amendment (1) and Floor Amendment (2-title)
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** passed 38-0 `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 63) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e7fe626-474a-4ff4-92ef-3f12353ce8ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).