republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2022rs/hb-79.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to mental health."
description: "Amend KRS 15.518 to include telecommunicators as eligible participants in the Law Enforcement Professional Development and Wellness Program; amend KRS 15.550 to require the telecommunicator basic course training to include instruction on and provide resources for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and work-induced stress, require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to incorporate PTSD mental health treatment into the telecommunicator training program and provide treatment resources to telecommunicators and their supervisors; amend KRS 15.560 and 15.565 to require each in-service training to include a mental health component on PTSD and work-induced stress; amend KRS 15.590 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to include training and resources for post-traumatic stress disorder and work-induced stress during each telecommunicator in-service training, provide guidelines and a resource list to all telecommunicators and their supervisors, and allow telecommunicators to access the Law Enforcement Professional Development and Wellness Program; this Act shall be known as the Lifeliner's Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2022RS"
identifier: "HB 79"
citation: "Kentucky HB 79 (2022RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fiscal Note", "Mental Health", "Occupational Safety and Health", "Peace Officers and Law Enforcement", "Police", "City and County", "Police", "State", "Public Officers and Employees", "Public Safety", "Short Titles and Popular Names", "Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Gentry", "A. Hatton", "A. Tackett Laferty", "B. Wesley", "C. Fugate", "C. Stevenson", "D. Fister", "D. Graham", "D. Hale", "J. Branscum", "J. Gooch Jr.", "K. Banta", "K. Bratcher", "K. Moser", "L. Willner", "M. Cantrell", "M. Hart", "M. Prunty", "N. Kirk-McCormick", "R. Palumbo", "R. Roberts", "R. White", "S. Maddox", "S. Sheldon", "T. Bojanowski", "W. Lawrence"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-22T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76ed47eb-67ed-4d27-88b6-75ad2511512f"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb79.html"
source_hash: "b1b05af5c4cd9e68f3c4d49a7b46115996375739ec8c8abc7fbe30906777cffc"
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 79 (2022RS) — AN ACT relating to mental health.

Amend KRS 15.518 to include telecommunicators as eligible participants in the Law Enforcement Professional Development and Wellness Program; amend KRS 15.550 to require the telecommunicator basic course training to include instruction on and provide resources for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and work-induced stress, require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to incorporate PTSD mental health treatment into the telecommunicator training program and provide treatment resources to telecommunicators and their supervisors; amend KRS 15.560 and 15.565 to require each in-service training to include a mental health component on PTSD and work-induced stress; amend KRS 15.590 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to include training and resources for post-traumatic stress disorder and work-induced stress during each telecommunicator in-service training, provide guidelines and a resource list to all telecommunicators and their supervisors, and allow telecommunicators to access the Law Enforcement Professional Development and Wellness Program; this Act shall be known as the Lifeliner's Act.

## 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/hb79/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 128** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0128.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb79/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- PASS HB 79 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Gentry — primary (person)
- A. Hatton — primary (person)
- A. Tackett Laferty — primary (person)
- B. Wesley — primary (person)
- C. Fugate — primary (person)
- C. Stevenson — primary (person)
- D. Fister — primary (person)
- D. Graham — primary (person)
- D. Hale — primary (person)
- J. Branscum — primary (person)
- J. Gooch Jr. — primary (person)
- K. Banta — primary (person)
- K. Bratcher — primary (person)
- K. Moser — primary (person)
- L. Willner — primary (person)
- M. Cantrell — primary (person)
- M. Hart — primary (person)
- M. Prunty — primary (person)
- N. Kirk-McCormick — primary (person)
- R. Palumbo — primary (person)
- R. Roberts — primary (person)
- R. White — primary (person)
- S. Maddox — primary (person)
- S. Sheldon — primary (person)
- T. Bojanowski — primary (person)
- W. Lawrence — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) withdrawn
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2022
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 96-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-29T04:00:00+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. 128) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76ed47eb-67ed-4d27-88b6-75ad2511512f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).