Kentucky House Bill 79 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 16-10)
Status: Passed on April 8 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-08 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 128)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Amend KRS 15.518 to include telecommunicators as eligible participants in the Law Enforcement Professional Development and Wellness Program; amend KRS 15.550 to require the telecommunicator basic course training to include instruction on and provide resources for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and work-induced stress, require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to incorporate PTSD mental health treatment into the telecommunicator training program and provide treatment resources to telecommunicators and their supervisors; amend KRS 15.560 and 15.565 to require each in-service training to include a mental health component on PTSD and work-induced stress; amend KRS 15.590 to require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to include training and resources for post-traumatic stress disorder and work-induced stress during each telecommunicator in-service training, provide guidelines and a resource list to all telecommunicators and their supervisors, and allow telecommunicators to access the Law Enforcement Professional Development and Wellness Program; this Act shall be known as the Lifeliner's Act.

AN ACT relating to mental health.

Rep. Billy Wesley [R]	Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. Kimberly Banta [R]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]
Rep. Joshua Branscum [R]	Rep. Kevin Bratcher [R]	Rep. McKenzie Cantrell [D]	Rep. Daniel Fister [R]
Rep. Chris Fugate [R]	Rep. Alan Gentry [D]	Rep. Jim Gooch [R]	Rep. Derrick Graham [D]
Rep. David Hale [R]	Rep. Angie Hatton [D]	Rep. Norma Kirk-McCormick [R]	Rep. William Lawrence [R]
Rep. Savannah Maddox [R]	Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]	Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]	Rep. Melinda Prunty [R]
Rep. Rachel Roberts [D]	Rep. Steve Sheldon [R]	Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson [D]	Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty [D]
Rep. Richard White [R]	Rep. Lisa Willner [D]

2022-03-29 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 2272 (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-02-23 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 171 (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-08	House	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 128)
2022-03-30	House	delivered to Governor
2022-03-30	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2022-03-30	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2022-03-29	House	received in House
2022-03-29	Senate	3rd reading, passed 36-0
2022-03-25	Senate	passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
2022-03-24	Senate	passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
2022-03-23	Senate	passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
2022-03-22	Senate	passed over and retained in the Consent Orders of the Day
2022-03-17	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 22, 2022
2022-03-11	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
2022-03-10	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2022-03-03	Senate	to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
2022-02-24	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2022-02-24	Senate	received in Senate
2022-02-23	House	3rd reading, passed 96-0
2022-02-15	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 16, 2022
2022-02-15	House	reported favorably, to Rules
2022-01-13	House	floor amendment (1) withdrawn
2022-01-13	House	recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2022-01-12	House	floor amendment (1) filed
2022-01-12	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2022-01-11	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2022-01-08	House	to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)
2022-01-04	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-01-04	House	introduced in House
2021-10-22	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb79.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb79/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb79/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/22RS/documents/0128.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/HB79/HFA1.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/22RS/hb79/FN.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb79/vote_history.pdf