republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2026rs/hb-188.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to public safety.	Amend KRS 508.025 to expand assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a healthcare provider in a jail, penitentiary, or local or state correctional or detention facility; amend KRS 65.1591 to add jailers, deputy jailers, and correctional officers employed by a local detention center, local correctional facility, or regional jail to the list of public safety employees eligible to participate in a peer support counseling program.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2026RS	HB 188	Kentucky HB 188 (2026RS)	bill	Corrections And Correctional Facilities State Corrections Impact Counties Crime Victims Crimes And Punishments Health And Medical Services Jails And Jailers Local Government Local Mandate Mental Health Occupational Safety And Health	enacted	D. Elliott D. Hale J. Hodgson K. Jackson K. Moser M. Meredith R. Duvall S. Lewis S. McPherson S. Riley W. Williams	3	20	2	2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00	2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/64f10bdc-4afd-4ad6-805d-b95f9f34636d	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb188.html	9dc9a17c9785005ab5b4c3d9dc8cde670625269467a44f92a01f55b63d97795f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 188 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to public safety.

Amend KRS 508.025 to expand assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a healthcare provider in a jail, penitentiary, or local or state correctional or detention facility; amend KRS 65.1591 to add jailers, deputy jailers, and correctional officers employed by a local detention center, local correctional facility, or regional jail to the list of public safety employees eligible to participate in a peer support counseling program.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 28 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Pass — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 188 — 38–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• D. Elliott — primary (person)
• D. Hale — primary (person)
• J. Hodgson — primary (person)
• K. Jackson — primary (person)
• K. Moser — primary (person)
• M. Meredith — primary (person)
• R. Duvall — primary (person)
• S. Lewis — primary (person)
• S. McPherson — primary (person)
• S. Riley — primary (person)
• W. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (H) referral-committee
• 2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed amendment-introduction
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 05 2026
• 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 97-0 with Floor Amendment (1) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2026-02-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 to Judiciary (S) referral-committee
• 2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar committee-passage
• 2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill reading-2
• 2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 25 2026
• 2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 38-0 passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 28) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/64f10bdc-4afd-4ad6-805d-b95f9f34636d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).