---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to supplemental payments to police officers."
description: "Amend KRS 15.420 to include certain local and Commonwealth employees within the definition \"police officer\"; amend KRS 15.440 to include certain task forces, departments and agencies within the definition of eligible unit of government; ensure that the eligible units will be reimbursed for administrative costs and retirement contributions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 137"
citation: "Kentucky HB 137 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Attorney", "Commonwealth's", "Attorney", "County", "Consolidated Local Governments", "Counties", "Fiscal Note", "Local Government", "Local Mandate", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. McCool", "C. Massey", "J. Miller", "M. Prunty"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-12-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a02cfc5-83ab-4743-a067-9cf7933c2d15"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb137.html"
source_hash: "be58ee4ad0fbe5a3dd1014e0fa7bfb5fd2059a0713ce6cf035920091b083e669"
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 137 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to supplemental payments to police officers.

Amend KRS 15.420 to include certain local and Commonwealth employees within the definition "police officer"; amend KRS 15.440 to include certain task forces, departments and agencies within the definition of eligible unit of government; ensure that the eligible units will be reimbursed for administrative costs and retirement contributions.

## 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/22RS/hb137/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 231** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0231.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb137/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE HB 137 w/ fccr1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 137 w/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. McCool — primary (person)
- C. Massey — primary (person)
- J. Miller — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 28, 2022
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 63-1 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 23, 2022
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 34-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** House refused to concur in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for receding from Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Senate refused to recede from Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report filed in House and Senate
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Conference Committee report adopted in House and Senate
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report (1) filed in House and Senate
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in Senate
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 30-0-5 `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Free Conference Committee Report
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Free Conference Committee report adopted in House
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 86-1 `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2022-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 231) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a02cfc5-83ab-4743-a067-9cf7933c2d15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).