republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2023rs/hb-157.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to urban search and rescue and making an appropriation therefor.	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to create the Kentucky Urban Search and Rescue Program under the Division of Emergency Management and specify its administration, requirements for crafting policies and procedures and issuing Kentucky administrative regulations, and funding; APPROPRIATION.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2023RS	HB 157	Kentucky HB 157 (2023RS)	bill	Appropriations Disasters Firefighters and Fire Departments Fiscal Note Homeland Security Public Officers and Employees Reports Mandated Safety Space and Offices State Agencies State Employees	enacted		3	22	2	2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00	2023-03-28T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/219199f3-d4a9-4ca8-8ad8-9703665a546e	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb157.html	205bbc3ab09c369841c5ea4106205912383a8789c431366ad00b47ecf064b0c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 157 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to urban search and rescue and making an appropriation therefor.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 39A to create the Kentucky Urban Search and Rescue Program under the Division of Emergency Management and specify its administration, requirements for crafting policies and procedures and issuing Kentucky administrative regulations, and funding; APPROPRIATION.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 115 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE HB 157 — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2023-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2023-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) referral-committee
• 2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
• 2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, to Rules committee-passage
• 2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 02, 2023
• 2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 96-0 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) referral-committee
• 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
• 2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 36-0 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2023-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 115) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/219199f3-d4a9-4ca8-8ad8-9703665a546e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).