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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to employees of the Kentucky State Police and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amend KRS 16.052 to increase state trooper salaries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 259"
citation: "Kentucky HB 259 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Fiscal Note", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Police", "State", "Public Salaries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c7c2449-e3b1-4878-a305-21e256a8785a"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb259.html"
source_hash: "68b1919d27eb1e58e132cfff842ba6b80870ed06b1bdedcc4685fc86cf14c6f4"
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 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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb259/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 181** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0181.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb259/bill.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c7c2449-e3b1-4878-a305-21e256a8785a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).