republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-259.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to employees of the Kentucky State Police and declaring an emergency.	Amend KRS 16.052 to increase state trooper salaries.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 259	Kentucky HB 259 (2022RS)	bill	Effective Dates Emergency Fiscal Note Peace Officers and Law Enforcement Police State Public Salaries	enacted	B. McCool B. Reed C. Freeland C. Fugate D. Bentley D. Frazier Gordon D. Hale DJ Johnson J. Blanton J. Tipton K. Upchurch M. Prunty N. Tate P. Flannery R. Huff R. Palumbo S. Lewis S. Rudy S. Santoro S. Sheldon S. Westrom	3	27	3	2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9c7c2449-e3b1-4878-a305-21e256a8785a	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb259.html	68b1919d27eb1e58e132cfff842ba6b80870ed06b1bdedcc4685fc86cf14c6f4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 259 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to employees of the Kentucky State Police and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 16.052 to increase state trooper salaries.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 181 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 259 w/ scs2 scta1 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. McCool — primary (person)
• B. Reed — primary (person)
• C. Freeland — primary (person)
• C. Fugate — primary (person)
• D. Bentley — primary (person)
• D. Frazier Gordon — primary (person)
• D. Hale — primary (person)
• DJ Johnson — primary (person)
• J. Blanton — primary (person)
• J. Tipton — primary (person)
• K. Upchurch — primary (person)
• M. Prunty — primary (person)
• N. Tate — primary (person)
• P. Flannery — primary (person)
• R. Huff — primary (person)
• R. Palumbo — primary (person)
• S. Lewis — primary (person)
• S. Rudy — primary (person)
• S. Santoro — primary (person)
• S. Sheldon — primary (person)
• S. Westrom — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00 to Appropriations & Revenue (H) referral-committee
• 2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) committee-passage
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 10, 2022
• 2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 87-2 with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-02-11T05:00:00+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 recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitutes (1) and (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) as a consent bill committee-passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2022
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 taken from Rules
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (2) and committee amendment (1-title)
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (2) and committee amendment (1-title)
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 passed 92-1 passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 181) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c7c2449-e3b1-4878-a305-21e256a8785a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).