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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to first responders."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 562"
citation: "Kentucky HB 562 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["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"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Tackett Laferty", "M. Hart", "N. Kirk-McCormick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73d847bd-41c3-4525-bdcc-06d3f1886668"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb562.html"
source_hash: "8c2b2218c86e79d8b28b378b3d41eb8fe72d9ffcb2031945a992316a70e3938a"
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 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](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb562/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 94** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0094.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb562/bill.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73d847bd-41c3-4525-bdcc-06d3f1886668`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).