republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-562.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to first responders.	Amend KRS 15.518 to define "critical incident," allow a peace officer to take 48 hours leave after being involved in a critical incident, allow leave to be paid or unpaid, declare this section does not supersede any existing policies that grant greater benefits; amend KRS 95A.292 to define "critical incident," allow a firefighter to take 48 hours leave after being involved in a critical incident, allow leave to be paid or unpaid, declare this section does not supersede any existing policies that grant greater benefits; amend KRS 337.100 to conform.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2022RS	HB 562	Kentucky HB 562 (2022RS)	bill	Charter County Government Cities Consolidated Local Governments Counties Counties Urban Emergency Medical Services Firefighters and Fire Departments Local Government Local Mandate Peace Officers and Law Enforcement Police City and County Police State Unified Local Governments	enacted	A. Tackett Laferty M. Hart N. Kirk-McCormick	3	19	2	2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00	2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/73d847bd-41c3-4525-bdcc-06d3f1886668	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb562.html	8c2b2218c86e79d8b28b378b3d41eb8fe72d9ffcb2031945a992316a70e3938a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 562 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to first responders.

Amend KRS 15.518 to define "critical incident," allow a peace officer to take 48 hours leave after being involved in a critical incident, allow leave to be paid or unpaid, declare this section does not supersede any existing policies that grant greater benefits; amend KRS 95A.292 to define "critical incident," allow a firefighter to take 48 hours leave after being involved in a critical incident, allow leave to be paid or unpaid, declare this section does not supersede any existing policies that grant greater benefits; amend KRS 337.100 to conform.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 94 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 562 — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• A. Tackett Laferty — primary (person)
• M. Hart — primary (person)
• N. Kirk-McCormick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) referral-committee
• 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 87-0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) referral-committee
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2022-03-29T04:00:00+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 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 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. 94) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73d847bd-41c3-4525-bdcc-06d3f1886668. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).