Fabio
91 lines
5.4 KiB
Markdown
91 lines
5.4 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "AN ACT relating to the Department of Kentucky State Police."
|
||
description: "Amend KRS 16.060 to require the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police to authorize officers of the department to engage in certain types of law enforcement-related off-duty employment; require the commissioner to establish policies and procedures for off-duty employment; amend KRS 16.070 to require the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police to establish policies and procedures related to the use of uniforms, equipment, and facilities for off-duty employment; amend KRS 44.045 to allow officers of the Department of Kentucky State Police to use motor vehicles with regular license plates for off-duty employment."
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
|
||
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
|
||
session: "2026RS"
|
||
identifier: "SB 278"
|
||
citation: "Kentucky SB 278 (2026RS)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Police", "State", "State Agencies"]
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["A. Mays Bledsoe", "A. Reed", "B. Storm", "C. Richardson", "J. Higdon", "M. Deneen", "M. Nunn", "M. Wise", "R. Stivers", "R. Webb", "S. Funke Frommeyer", "S. West"]
|
||
version_count: 3
|
||
action_count: 20
|
||
vote_count: 2
|
||
first_action: "2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
|
||
last_action: "2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41ba582c-2285-4a9f-a9e1-c15b3ec51a6f"
|
||
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb278.html"
|
||
source_hash: "f21418f6f98573576132c856e106c9f462302b9fc18e0cd0111e855e7f8b1e7f"
|
||
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 SB 278 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the Department of Kentucky State Police.
|
||
|
||
Amend KRS 16.060 to require the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police to authorize officers of the department to engage in certain types of law enforcement-related off-duty employment; require the commissioner to establish policies and procedures for off-duty employment; amend KRS 16.070 to require the commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police to establish policies and procedures related to the use of uniforms, equipment, and facilities for off-duty employment; amend KRS 44.045 to allow officers of the Department of Kentucky State Police to use motor vehicles with regular license plates for off-duty employment.
|
||
|
||
## 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/26RS/sb278/orig_bill.pdf)
|
||
2. **Acts Chapter 60** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0060.pdf)
|
||
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb278/bill.pdf)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- Pass — **95–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
- PASS SB 278 — **29–6** (pass) · upper
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- A. Mays Bledsoe — primary (person)
|
||
- A. Reed — primary (person)
|
||
- B. Storm — primary (person)
|
||
- C. Richardson — primary (person)
|
||
- J. Higdon — primary (person)
|
||
- M. Deneen — primary (person)
|
||
- M. Nunn — primary (person)
|
||
- M. Wise — primary (person)
|
||
- R. Stivers — primary (person)
|
||
- R. Webb — primary (person)
|
||
- S. Funke Frommeyer — primary (person)
|
||
- S. West — primary (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
|
||
- **2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2026-03-09T04:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2026-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
|
||
- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 16 2026
|
||
- **2026-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 29-6 `passage, reading-3`
|
||
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
|
||
- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
|
||
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 26 2026
|
||
- **2026-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `passage, reading-3`
|
||
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
|
||
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
|
||
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
|
||
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
|
||
- **2026-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
|
||
- **2026-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 60) `became-law`
|
||
|
||
## Source
|
||
|
||
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41ba582c-2285-4a9f-a9e1-c15b3ec51a6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
|
||
|