# Kentucky SB 237: AN ACT relating to public safety. Kentucky SB 237, AN ACT relating to public safety., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Jason Howell (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-24 (signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 53)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-SB237-2025RS - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kentucky SB 237 - State: Kentucky - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: AN ACT relating to public safety. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-18 - Last action: 2025-03-24, signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 53) - Sponsor: Jason Howell (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Peace Officers and Law Enforcement, Police, City and County, Police, State, Sheriffs, Technical Corrections, Local Mandate - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (167 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Experienced officers can skip agility testing: benefit, low. Experienced out-of-state officers can skip Kentucky's physical agility test when applying for peace officer certification. Applicants must provide certified records to the hiring agency when applying. They must still work as certified officers elsewhere or have left that service less than three mon… - More emergency workers face dispatcher rules: cost, low. Kentucky's dispatcher rules cover public employees, sworn or civilian, who take 911 calls, dispatch emergency services, or provide live crime-database information. This broader definition brings those workers under applicable dispatcher training rules. The law also defines the full-access crime-dat… - Dispatcher training deadlines put jobs at risk: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, dispatchers without prior Kentucky Law Enforcement Council certification must finish required training within 12 months of hire. Full-time workers need at least 160 academy hours; part-time workers need the 40-hour online overview course. Part-time workers, including those h… - Dispatchers need yearly training with stress support: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, all public safety dispatchers must complete eight hours of training each calendar year. Training must match their job duties and come from a school certified or recognized by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council. Each course must include mental health content on post-traumat… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jason Howell (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Danny Carroll (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Matt Nunn (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-14 | Senate | passed | pass | 36 | 0 | | | 2025-03-13 | House | 3rd reading, passed | pass | 95 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed | pass | 36 | 0 | | ## Actions (25) - 2025-03-24: signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 53) - 2025-03-14: delivered to Governor - 2025-03-14: enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House (Senate) - 2025-03-14: enrolled, signed by President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-14: passed 36-0 (Senate) - 2025-03-14: Senate concurred in House amendment Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1) and (2), and Committee Amendment (1-title) (Senate) - 2025-03-14: posted for passage for concurrence in House Floor Amendments (1) and (2), Committee Substitute (1), and Committee Amendment (1-title) (House) - 2025-03-13: to Rules (S) (Senate) - 2025-03-13: received in Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-13: 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute (1), Floor Amendments (1) and (2) and Committee Amendment (1-title) (House) - 2025-03-12: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-12: floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute (House) - 2025-03-12: 2nd reading, to Rules (House) - 2025-03-11: floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute (House) - 2025-03-11: reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title) (House) - 2025-03-06: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H) (House) - 2025-03-06: to Committee on Committees (H) (House) - 2025-03-06: received in House (House) - 2025-03-05: 3rd reading, passed 36-0 (Senate) - 2025-02-28: posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 05, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-02-27: 2nd reading, to Rules (Senate) - 2025-02-26: reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar (Senate) - 2025-02-20: to State & Local Government (S) (Senate) - 2025-02-18: to Committee on Committees (S) (Senate) - 2025-02-18: introduced in Senate (Senate) ## Bill text - Current, 2025-03-14: [PDF](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb237/bill.pdf) - Introduced, 2025-03-05: [PDF](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb237/orig_bill.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 501: AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs. (became law) - HB 664: AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and declaring an emergency. (signed) - HB 606: AN ACT relating to economic development. (signed) - HB 421: AN ACT relating to colorectal cancer screenings. (signed) - HB 555: AN ACT relating to local government financial practices. (signed) - HB 493: AN ACT relating to the towing and storage of motor vehicles. (signed) ## Sources - [Current (PDF)](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb237/bill.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb237/orig_bill.pdf) ## Related - [HB 501: AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drugs.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB501-2025RS) - [HB 664: AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and declaring an emergency.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB664-2025RS) - [HB 606: AN ACT relating to economic development.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB606-2025RS) - [HB 421: AN ACT relating to colorectal cancer screenings.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB421-2025RS) - [HB 555: AN ACT relating to local government financial practices.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB555-2025RS) - [HB 493: AN ACT relating to the towing and storage of motor vehicles.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-HB493-2025RS) - [Kentucky bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kentucky/bills) - [Kentucky state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kentucky) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KY-SB237-2025RS (as of 2026-10-17).