Kentucky House Bill 41

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 30-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 37.170 to create the Kentucky Emergency Volunteer Corps (KEV Corps) within the Kentucky State Defense Force; create a new section of KRS Chapter 37 to detail KEV Corps eligibility, supervision, training requirements, uniform details, and prohibitions and to create the KEV Corps fund; amend KRS 39B.030 to permit the local emergency management director to use the KEV Corps during a local disaster or emergency; amend KRS 39B.050 to include the KEV Corps as a part of the local disaster and emergency services organization; amend KRS 39B.070 to permit each city, urban-county government, or charter county government the use of the KEV Corps.

AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Emergency Volunteer Corps.

Rep. John Hodgson [R]	Rep. Shane Baker [R]	Rep. Kimberly Banta [R]	Rep. Ryan Bivens [R]
Rep. John Blanton [R]	Rep. Joshua Branscum [R]	Rep. Daniel Elliott [R]	Rep. Daniel Fister [R]
Rep. Patrick Flannery [R]	Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon [R]	Rep. Peyton Griffee [R]	Rep. Vanessa Grossl [R]
Rep. David Hale [R]	Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. DJ Johnson [R]	Rep. William Lawrence [R]
Rep. Derek Lewis [R]	Rep. Matt Lockett [R]	Rep. Candy Massaroni [R]	Rep. Michael Pollock [R]
Rep. Marianne Proctor [R]	Rep. T.J. Roberts [R]	Rep. Scott Sharp [R]	Rep. Tom Smith [R]
Rep. Nancy Tate [R]	Rep. Walker Thomas [R]	Rep. Timmy Truett [R]	Rep. Billy Wesley [R]
Rep. Richard White [R]	Rep. Susan Tyler Witten [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2025-01-07	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb41.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb41/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/25RS/hb41/LM.pdf