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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to firefighters' work schedules."
description: "Amend KRS 95.500 to allow, absent a collective bargaining agreement, specified fire personnel to have schedules consisting of 48 hours on duty followed by 96 hours of off duty time; specify that collective bargaining agreements maintained by a city or urban-county government may control work hours in lieu of the specified schedules."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 131"
citation: "Kentucky HB 131 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities", "Collective Bargaining", "Contracts", "Counties", "Counties", "Urban", "Fire Prevention", "Firefighters and Fire Departments", "Labor and Industry", "Local Government", "Workforce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e735cd05-8560-4298-9d72-3e4077a7adaa"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb131.html"
source_hash: "9fe9bb6a0fc24c94d199571f2dc2072f05b602e598ec41280df2d2b6d71a030d"
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 131 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to firefighters' work schedules.
Amend KRS 95.500 to allow, absent a collective bargaining agreement, specified fire personnel to have schedules consisting of 48 hours on duty followed by 96 hours of off duty time; specify that collective bargaining agreements maintained by a city or urban-county government may control work hours in lieu of the specified schedules.
## 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/25RS/hb131/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 24** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0024.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb131/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Pass — **950** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 131 — **350** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Local Government (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- **2025-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch.24) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e735cd05-8560-4298-9d72-3e4077a7adaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).