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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the Prosecutors Advisory Council."
description: "Amend KRS 15.705 to expand the membership of the Prosecutors Advisory Council from 9 members to 13 members; amend the requirements for selection to the council for Commonwealth's attorneys; allow the membership of the Commonwealth's Attorneys Association to elect their members; amend the requirements for selection to the council for county attorneys; allow the membership of the County Attorneys Association to elect their members; allow the Attorney General to appoint the nonattorney citizen members from a list of 3 names submitted by the Commonwealth's Attorney Association and the County Attorneys Association; provide members shall serve for two year terms;provide that Commonwealth's attorneys and county attorneys shall not serve more than 1 consecutive term."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 773"
citation: "Kentucky HB 773 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Attorney", "Commonwealth's", "Attorney", "County", "Prosecutors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Massey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7e89acd-5e49-4a71-9aed-eb3fdf6b5064"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb773.html"
source_hash: "464f22ffd51aa1358d6f8271a920cd23c765760afaf9b98073b9822a747da58c"
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 773 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to the Prosecutors Advisory Council.
Amend KRS 15.705 to expand the membership of the Prosecutors Advisory Council from 9 members to 13 members; amend the requirements for selection to the council for Commonwealth's attorneys; allow the membership of the Commonwealth's Attorneys Association to elect their members; amend the requirements for selection to the council for county attorneys; allow the membership of the County Attorneys Association to elect their members; allow the Attorney General to appoint the nonattorney citizen members from a list of 3 names submitted by the Commonwealth's Attorney Association and the County Attorneys Association; provide members shall serve for two year terms;provide that Commonwealth's attorneys and county attorneys shall not serve more than 1 consecutive term.
## 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/hb773/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 209** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0209.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb773/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Veto Override — **pass** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 773 w/ scs1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE HB 773 VETO OVERRIDE — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- C. Massey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
- **2022-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 18, 2022
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 89-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `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 Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules (H)
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1)
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** passed 97-0 `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
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 74-22 `passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for consideration of Governor's veto
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** veto overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed 27-7 `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2022-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Secretary of State (Acts Ch. 209) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7e89acd-5e49-4a71-9aed-eb3fdf6b5064`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).