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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to coal mining."
description: "Amend KRS 351.127 to reduce the number of emergency medical or mine emergency technicians required to be on shift at every active coal mine from two to one, if the number of employees on the shift is 10 or fewer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 196"
citation: "Kentucky HB 196 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Coal", "Emergency Medical Services", "Energy", "Minerals and Mining", "Occupational Safety and Health", "Surface Mining"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a877ce1e-5270-4953-b325-a4718b7406cf"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb196.html"
source_hash: "d9af198d4895c5075f858ba44e5a8cd8ad0425c00d89142c98b0d6e8e54c0a2b"
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 196 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to coal mining.
Amend KRS 351.127 to reduce the number of emergency medical or mine emergency technicians required to be on shift at every active coal mine from two to one, if the number of employees on the shift is 10 or fewer.
## 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/hb196/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 80** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0080.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb196/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Pass — **7616** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 196 — **307** (pass) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Natural Resources & Energy (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 20, 2025
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 76-16 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (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 30-7 `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
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 80) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a877ce1e-5270-4953-b325-a4718b7406cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).