republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-239.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to local government and making an appropriation therefor.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 70 to prohibit any constable elected for the first time after January 1, 2023, from exercising general police powers unless certified, leaving all other constables unchanged; amend various KRS sections as they relate to constable powers and duties, especially those with police powers; allow constables to apply for training at any KLEC-approved basic training course, cost allocation determined; require the Department of Criminal Justice Training to accept one qualified constable per training class for training; APPROPRIATION.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 239	Kentucky HB 239 (2022RS)	bill	Appropriations Consolidated Local Governments Constables Counties Counties Charter Counties Urban Local Government Local Mandate	enacted	A. Gentry A. Koenig C. Massey C. Miller J. Jenkins K. Moser S. Rudy S. Westrom	3	28	2	2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9ef0de14-0c92-4ddc-be23-10a1d37b52ec	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb239.html	5dde85f0a5bcf4e48a9c7a58bb3c573df2c2bc72c808f7ec51012e92185e543e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 239 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to local government and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 70 to prohibit any constable elected for the first time after January 1, 2023, from exercising general police powers unless certified, leaving all other constables unchanged; amend various KRS sections as they relate to constable powers and duties, especially those with police powers; allow constables to apply for training at any KLEC-approved basic training course, cost allocation determined; require the Department of Criminal Justice Training to accept one qualified constable per training class for training; APPROPRIATION.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 90 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASS HB 239 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Gentry — primary (person)
• A. Koenig — primary (person)
• C. Massey — primary (person)
• C. Miller — primary (person)
• J. Jenkins — primary (person)
• K. Moser — primary (person)
• S. Rudy — primary (person)
• S. Westrom — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 to Local Government (H) referral-committee
• 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 25, 2022
• 2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 59-38 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 to State & Local Government (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 taken from State & Local Government (S)
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 1st reading reading-1
• 2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 returned to State & Local Government (S)
• 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules committee-passage
• 2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1), (2) and (3) filed
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 24, 2022
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (4) (5) (6) (7) filed amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (1), (3), (6) withdrawn
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (2) (4) (5) and (7) rejected
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 passed 23-11 passage
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
• 2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 90) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ef0de14-0c92-4ddc-be23-10a1d37b52ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).