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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to local government and making an appropriation therefor."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 239"
citation: "Kentucky HB 239 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Consolidated Local Governments", "Constables", "Counties", "Counties", "Charter", "Counties", "Urban", "Local Government", "Local Mandate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Gentry", "A. Koenig", "C. Massey", "C. Miller", "J. Jenkins", "K. Moser", "S. Rudy", "S. Westrom"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ef0de14-0c92-4ddc-be23-10a1d37b52ec"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb239.html"
source_hash: "5dde85f0a5bcf4e48a9c7a58bb3c573df2c2bc72c808f7ec51012e92185e543e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb239/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 90** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0090.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb239/bill.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ef0de14-0c92-4ddc-be23-10a1d37b52ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).