Kentucky House Bill 211

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-01-14 - to Judiciary (H)
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to define terms; impose a duty on peace officers to intervene to prevent or stop another officer from using physical force that will cause unlawful serious physical injury, death, or deprivation of civil rights; impose a duty to provide or obtain emergency medical assistance; require reporting of intervention; provide administrative and legal protections; amend KRS 15.330 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to prescribe minimum standards for use of force by officer, an officer's duty to intervene, and reporting of police officer misconduct; amend KRS 413.115 to require that an action for retaliatory personnel actions to be commenced within 3 years.

AN ACT relating to peace officers.

Rep. Nima Kulkarni [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-01-14	House	to Judiciary (H)
2026-01-07	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2026-01-07	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb211.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/hb211/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/26RS/hb211/LM.pdf