Kentucky House Bill 394 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-28 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 15A.020 to provide that the Department of Kentucky State Police shall be an independent agency within the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; create new sections of KRS Chapter 16 to establish the Kentucky State Police Commission and the membership; provide that the Kentucky State Police Commission shall promulgate administrative regulations to create a competitive examination for applicants for employment and establish a list of eligible candidates for employment; provide that the Kentucky State Police Commission shall have the sole authority to appoint a commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police; amend KRS 16.050 to require that the biennial salary survey be provided to the Kentucky State Police Commission and to conform; provide for staggering of initial appointments to the commission.

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky State Police.

Rep. Ed Massey [R]	Rep. Jason Petrie [R]	Rep. Myron Dossett [R]	Rep. Kim King [R]
Rep. Scott Sharp [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-28	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-01-28	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb394.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb394/orig_bill.pdf