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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to assistant county attorneys."
description: "Amend KRS 69.300 to remove the residency requirement for assistant county attorneys."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2024RS"
identifier: "HB 137"
citation: "Kentucky HB 137 (2024RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney", "County", "Attorneys"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Lewis", "DJ Johnson", "S. Bratcher", "W. Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/525730a9-203b-4aa5-8b4c-4360d713fed5"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb137.html"
source_hash: "5b126408d79c73408e9b9bb3dea74bb8a22cdec0997dec92e663bc141c161f26"
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 137 (2024RS) — AN ACT relating to assistant county attorneys.
Amend KRS 69.300 to remove the residency requirement for assistant county attorneys.
## 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/24RS/hb137/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 78** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/24RS/documents/0078.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb137/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- PASS HB 137 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- D. Lewis — primary (person)
- DJ Johnson — primary (person)
- S. Bratcher — primary (person)
- W. Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-03T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2024-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, January 19, 2024
- **2024-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 78-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2024-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, March 11, 2024
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 36-1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2024-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 78) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/525730a9-203b-4aa5-8b4c-4360d713fed5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).